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Back on track📈
I got off track from my goals, and the backlog piled up. My laptop breaking down was one of the reasons, but honestly, that doesn't matter. At the end of the day, it's just an excuse.
Time to get back to work, clear the backlog, and keep learning and building 🔥
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Apr 22
Day 12 - Chai Aur Backend ✅
HTTP vs HTTPS: HTTPS encrypts
Client-server =communication
URI/URL →Resources
Headers =metadata (cache/auth/state)
Types: request/response/representation
Methods: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH
Status: 1xx–5xx (info → server errors)
@ChaiCodeHQ @Hiteshdotcom
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Apr 21
Day 11 ChaiAurBackend ✅
Backend handles uploads(frontend sends files; Express lacks support)
2-step: local → cloud
Cloudinary setup (env async)
Remove temp files (fs)
Multer config(diskStorage) upload.single()
Focus: utils, middleware, production-ready
@Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ
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Apr 20
Day 10 ChaiAurBackend Challenge ✅
-User & Video schemas (watchHistory, ownerRefs)
-Aggregation pagination (mongoose-aggregate-paginate)
-Password hashing with bcrypt(pre)
-isPasswordCorrect() custom method
-JWT auth (access refresh tokens)
@ChaiCodeHQ @Hiteshdotcom @nirudhuuu
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Apr 19
Day 9 – Chai Aur Backend ✅
• Standard APIs: JSON (statusCode, data, message, success)
• asyncHandler to avoid try/catch (Promise.resolve().catch())
• ApiError (extends Error) with statusCode
ApiResponse for success handling
Reusable utils
@Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ @nirudhuuu
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Apr 18
Day 7 - Chai Aur Backend ✅
• Use async/await for DB & wrap in try/catch->error
• Async IIFE in index.js works,not ideal for large apps
• Use modular setup with separate connectDB file
• Load dotenv early
• Start Server DB connects,else exit.process
@Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ
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Apr 17
Day 7 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge ✅
1) In this session we just setup our vs code for the mega backend project of this series according to production grade and standard Industry practices.
2) Nodemon
3) Role of backend engineer in production
@Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ @nirudhuuu
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Apr 16
Day 6 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge ✅
1)Planning Project Datapoints
2)E-commerce & Hospital systems: core entities
3)Handling of Buffer Data->photo
4)Relationships & references
5)Enums for restricted values
6)Arrays, sub-documents,many-to-many
@Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ @nirudhuuu
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Apr 15
Day 5 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge ✅
1.Mindset: focus on what data to store first-types, not how/where.
2. Mongoose helps manage MongoDB data.
3. Learned to connect collections using Mongoose.
4. Practiced by building tables for a Todo App.
@Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ @nirudhuuu
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Apr 14
Day 4 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge ✅
Session was a quick preview of what’s coming next 😊
• Basics → mega project journey
• DevUI (YouTube Twitter style)
• Core features: Like, Dislike, Subscribe, Comments, Watch History
• Admin dashboard @Hiteshdotcom @ChaiCodeHQ
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Apr 14
Day 3 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge ✅
Topics Covered:
Built frontend using Vite
Used Axios for data fetching
Learned CORS basics
Fixes: Whitelisting & Proxy
Avoided bad practices
Connected frontend & backend
Read APIs using JSON formatter
@ChaiCodeHQ @Hiteshdotcom @nirudhuuu
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Apr 14
Day 2 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge✅
Topics Covered :
1) Setting up the local environment
2) Building Express Server
3) Introduction to dotenv
4) Learnt about port dynamic allocation
5) The deployment Workflow
@ChaiCodeHQ @Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu @yntpdotme
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Apr 12
Week 13 – Sunday Class✅
Amazing class by @surajtwt_ sir 🔥,
Key takeaways:
• Embedding vs Referencing
• Aggregation & Populate
• BSON data types
• Mapping relationships & structure
• Built REST APIs from scratch
@Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu @yntpdotme
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Apr 12
Day 1 - Chai Aur Backend Challenge✅
Topics Covered :
Learned backend basics: server, API, DB, request flow, JS (Express/Mongoose), project structure. Understood backend flow: server handles requests, APIs talk to DB, proper architecture.
@ChaiCodeHQ @Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev
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Apr 11
Week 13 – Saturday Class✅
Today’s class was diving deeper into ImageKit and the Node.js fs module.
Topics Covered:
Multer
File system operations
File uploads & media handling
Asset management in backend
@Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu @yntpdotme @ChaiCodeHQ @surajtwt_
Apr 11
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Week 12 – Sunday Class ✅
Amazing second SQL session with Shubham Sir, Topics Covered :
• JOINS
• Transactions
• ACID principles
• Designed a DB schema as well
@Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu @yntpdotme @ChaiCodeHQ #LearningInPublic
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Week 12 – Saturday Class ✅
I learned MySQL in detail previously, but in today’s session with Shubham Sir, I gained new insights on:
• PostgreSQL setup using Docker
• Space optimization
• Index mapping
• Efficient pagination
• NoSQL
@Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu
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T-10 Class Completed ✅
Had a great session with @yntpdotme—revised TypeScript end-to-end
📌 Topics covered:
• Basic data types
• Custom type annotations (tuples, unions, intersections, enums, interfaces)
• Generics & generic interfaces
@Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu
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Mar 26
T-9 Class Completed ✅
Great session with @surajtwt_ on prototypes & classes🔥. Covered OOP 4 pillars dived into super(), private vars, constructors, satatic, getters & setters.
Things are more clear now 💻✨
@Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu @BlazeisCoding @yntpdotme
Mar 26
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Mar 19
T-8 class ✅
Today’s DOM class focused on :
1. Event Phases ( Capture, Target, Bubbling)
2. Event delegation
3. Event Type ( PointerEvent, KeyboardEvent, etc)
4. Build a Kanban Board Project
@surajtwt_ @Hiteshdotcom @piyushgarg_dev @nirudhuuu @yntpdotme @ChaiCodeHQ #ChaiCode
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