20 posts tagged with "learning-journey"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I just created a Postman collection in my backend worktree, and now Git is showing the entire postman/ folder as untracked files! I thought API testing folders were supposed to be gitignored automatically?"

DevOps Mentor: "Ah, you've discovered one of the subtle quirks of Git worktrees! Even though worktrees share the same repository, they each need proper .gitignore configuration. Let me show you what's happening!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I just successfully rebased my backend branch with 18 commits onto main! But when I try to push, Git says I need to force push. Why can't I just do a regular push? What happened to my commits?"

Git Mentor: "Ah! You've encountered one of Git's most important safety mechanisms. Let me show you exactly what happened during your rebase and why you now need force push!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I just successfully rebased my backend branch onto main with 18 commits. So now my main branch has all my backend changes, right?"

Git Mentor: "Actually... no! Your backend branch is updated, but main still doesn't have your changes!"

Backend Dev: "WHAT?! But I thought rebase puts my commits on top of main? Isn't that the same thing?"

Git Mentor: "Ah! This is one of the most common misunderstandings about Git! Let me show you exactly what happened and why main still doesn't have your changes!"

The Problem 😕​

Backend Dev: "I want to merge my frontend branch into main, but when I try git checkout main, Git says 'fatal: main is already checked out at ../EcommerceWebsite3-backend'. I can't checkout main because it's being used in my backend worktree!"

Frontend Mentor: "Ah! This is a perfect situation to use one of Git's hidden superpowers - pushing to a local branch without checking it out!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I'm looking at my Git history and I see that frontend branch has 13 commits that aren't on main, and main has 1 commit that frontend doesn't have. My mentor says I need to rebase. But... why? Why can't I just merge?"

Frontend Mentor: "Excellent question! This is where understanding the LOGIC of rebase becomes crucial. Let me show you exactly why rebase is necessary in this situation."

The Journey Begins 🚀​

Backend Dev: "I just completed my first successful rebase and merge! Let me show you what I learned along the way."

Frontend Mentor: "This is perfect! Let's walk through exactly what happened so others can learn from your success!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I have two worktrees - one for frontend and one for backend. When I commit in the backend worktree, does it show up in the original worktree? And when I merge backend into main, what happens to the backend branch?"

Frontend Mentor: "Great question! This is where Git worktrees become really magical. Let me show you exactly what's happening in your setup."

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I don't understand why we have Phase 2 in rebasing. I thought it would be as simple as running a merge command. But in rebase, I think we do merge command too? Why the extra step?"

Frontend Mentor: "Ah! This is one of the most common confusions about Git rebase. Let me show you what's really happening under the hood."

"Why make something private? Just make everything public. If the coder knows which method to call, they call it. Problem solved, right?" That was me a week ago. I was so wrong. Here's my journey from "public/private is just fancy nonsense" to "holy crap, this actually makes sense!" 🤯

A curated collection of breakthrough moments and essential insights from my algorithm learning journey.

This page highlights the most important revelations and "aha moments" from my learning journey. These are the posts where fundamental concepts finally clicked, where confusion turned into clarity.