Hope you guys are having a great weekend! Just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I'll be flying around Europe Dec 2-4. Nothing changes for the group calls, we'll have the 2 calls next week. For next week's 1/1 syncs, hit me up either tomorrow (Monday) or end of the week. During my flights I'll be slower to respond. PS. Let me know if you're around any of these cities in December, I'm down to meet up: Bari, Milan, St Moritz, Zurich, Paris

Anyone looking for a fully remote short term contractor roles? I can refer you to a position that was offered to me. Only if you’re ready to joining immediately and keep in mind that this is a contractor role for 3-6 months (treat it as a side role you can have) Check out the tech stack and requirements below.

This week we did a role play system design interview where we designed a messaging app similar to WhatsApp. If you want to revisit anything, the full recording is below. Next week I’ll upload a longer, more detailed version of this breakdown so you can see the full design process step by step and compare it with your own approach. PS. what would you like us to work on next? 👇

Hey team! 👋 I've completed the Google Authentication with Firebase implementation for task #15 🎉 PRs ready for review: - Frontend: https://github.com/DeveloperMastery/fintrack/pull/54 - Backend: https://github.com/DeveloperMastery/fintrack-api/pull/17 - Task: https://github.com/orgs/DeveloperMastery/projects/1/views/6?pane=issue&itemId=131627232&issue=DeveloperMastery%7Cfintrack-api%7C15 What's been done: ✅ Firebase Auth integration (Google Sign-In) ✅ Users can now sign in with their Google account ✅ Backend verifies Firebase tokens and manages users in MongoDB ✅ Classic auth (email/password) still works as before Both authentication methods work seamlessly together. Ready for review! 🚀 PS: It's currently set up with my local Firebase project, so if you want to test locally, you'll need to add your own Firebase credentials to the .env files.

Hey team! 👋 I'm starting work on the GraphQL API https://github.com/orgs/DeveloperMastery/projects/1/views/6?pane=issue&itemId=131626259&issue=DeveloperMastery%7Cfintrack-api%7C11. Before diving in, I have a few questions to make sure I build this right: - 1. Are we replacing the REST API or running GraphQL alongside it? - 2. Which entities should be exposed via GraphQL? (Users, Transactions, Budgets, Categories, etc.) - 3. Should GraphQL run on the same Express server or separate? - 4. Keep current Firebase + JWT auth or migrate to GraphQL-specific auth? - 5. Any preference on library? (Apollo Server, express-graphql, etc.) Let me know so I can plan the implementation properly! 🚀