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What's That One Moment That Still Makes You Feel Proud?🔥

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 on October 19, 2026

We all have that one moment in life that makes us smile whenever we think about it. You know, the kind of moment where you randomly remember w...
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EffessDev •

Ohhhhhh either there is a lot or there is nothing 😅

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Hahaha Come on, there must be at least one! Tell me that one 🤣

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EffessDev •

This is a brilliant post honestly. It made me think for quite a while 😅 Still can't come up with one. Maybe TSE? It's a small game that I built myself (no AI, only the documentation and some help from the Godot Discord server).

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Thanks for sharing this 🙏🏻:D

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EffessDev •

Can you rate it out of 10 please 🥹

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EffessDev •

@xulingfeng you liked it? Can you rate it out of 10? @akhourianmolkumar can you rate it out of 10? @koda2026 what about you?

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nyaomaru •

JEE Advanced is no joke 😹 That’s seriously impressive.
I can totally see why that’s still one of your proudest moments 🔥

It's my side, probably deciding to live in the Netherlands 😸
It was a huge life decision, but looking back, I’m still really glad I chose to build my life here.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Yeah, that was truly an amazing moment! Before the results came out, I was literally thinking that even passing would be difficult. I was like, “Forget IIT Bombay, any college would be fine, just let me pass!” But then I actually got IIT Bombay. It took me almost 15 days to believe that it had really happened!

By the way, settling in the Netherlands is a pretty special moment too! Honestly, your name made me think you might have lived in Japan before, so I was a little confused about it. :D

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nyaomaru •

Wow, IIT Bombay?! That’s seriously impressive 😹
I didn’t realize how competitive JEE Advanced was until now. No wonder it took you 15 days to believe it haha. Huge respect 🔥

And yes, I’m Japanese 😸
I used to live in Japan before moving to the Netherlands. 😸

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Hoi Hoi! Japanese 😎 Doraemon 😼

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Shubhra Pokhariya •

I love this reminder, Divya. 😊 We don’t always have to rush towards the next goal without appreciating how far we’ve come. Sometimes, the moments we feel proudest of are the ones that remind us what we’re capable of, especially when we look back at how much effort it took to get there. We deserve to pause and give ourselves credit for those moments, too.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Aww, thank you! 🥰❤️ Your comment is such a lovely little moment, too! ❤️

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csm •

I want to mention my first working program that I wrote (back in 2022 I guess).
Using simple string manipulation encrypting text so that we can use it to send messages to a friend in code language. At that time it felt really cool!

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CatNight A •

One of the things I'm most proud of is looking back at the code I've written the old-fashioned way, one line at a time.

Since I wrote every line myself, there's a special sense of accomplishment when everything finally works.

AI can generate code instantly, but that feeling of typing every line by hand, thinking through every piece of logic, and watching a program come to life from scratch is something AI-generated code just can't replace.

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xulingfeng •

Shouldn’t you become One-Punch Man then? 😂

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CatNight A •

Haha, maybe I’ll become the One-Punch Man of programming someday. 😂💻

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xulingfeng •

Got stronger, but also went bald 😂💻

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CatNight A •

Once I reach that level, I won't even need to show off my skills anymore. 😂

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CatNight A •

Late at night, listening to emo music while coding hits different. Nothing beats that feeling. 🌙💻🎧

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xulingfeng •

Just went through my memory. The most recent one: I actually got my book published on Amazon. Still can’t believe it, hahaha 😄

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Congratulations 🎉👏🏻🎉👏🏻🔥🔥🔥🥰Lingfeng!!! 🎊👏🏻🎊👏🏻🎊❤️❤️❤️

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xulingfeng •

🤣🤣🤣hahahaha,very very very thankyou

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Mustafa ERBAY •

After more than 20 years in IT, I’ve worked on countless systems, solved some pretty challenging problems, and built things I’m genuinely proud of.

But strangely enough, the moment that still makes me smile isn’t my biggest project or most complicated architecture.

It’s remembering the first time I made something work entirely on my own. No fancy tools, no AI assistants, just curiosity, patience, and a lot of trial and error. 😂

That little feeling of “Wait… I actually built this!” never really goes away.

Even today, when something I’ve been struggling with finally works, I still get that same excitement.

I guess that’s what keeps us going. Technology changes, tools evolve, but the joy of creating something from nothing stays the same. ❤️

And honestly, I hope I never lose that feeling.

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

20years in IT
bro you and my father is in same field.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 • • Edited

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

my proud moment: when I realised I'm founder & ceo of a company in 13 and at 13 my freinds are doing some random stuffs in school

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Ohhhhh!! wow 🤯

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EffessDev •

This is the 3rd time I am seeing you comment this GIF

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

bro bye from discord, hi from dev.to 🤣🤣🤣
bro xulingfeng also uses same memes everytime so I also make this meme my signature meme.

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EffessDev •

Yeah this one?

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leob • • Edited

I really like these kind of dev.to posts!

So, what came to mind pretty quickly for me - I think that must be when I got pretty glowing reviews after one of my first assignments in my first job, which wasn't even coding, but more like business/organization analysis - that project turned out to be a pretty big success ...

So, maybe I missed my real "calling" as an 'analyst', rather than as a developer, because I've always loved interviewing users to gather requirements and find out "what they really want" ...

I still have more fondness for that kind of stuff than for the purely technical stuff (although in later assignments I did increasingly more of the latter and less of the former) - must be that I missed my true calling LOL - but never mind, things go as they go and that's life, it's all good!

P.S. really going completely off topic now, but when I think what I should REALLY have attempted though, instead of development - theoretical physics! It has always fascinated me immensely - but I have no idea if I'd been any good at it, because it's crazy difficult - so yeah maybe it's for the better ;-)

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

theoretical physics!!!!!!!!! Wooooooow....

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leob • • Edited

Yeah like I said, I would probably suck at it LOL - I was moderately good at highschool physics, very likely not nearly good enough for university physics, so it's probably for the better that I chose development instead ;-)

That being said, it has nonetheless always fascinated me enormously!

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Puneet-Kumar2010 •

One moment that still makes me feel proud is receiving the Award of Academic Excellence from the Mayor of Ludhiana 🏆, along with securing State Rank 9 in the Mathematics Olympiad last year 🥇.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

तुसी कमाल कर दित्ता🥰

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Puneet-Kumar2010 •

SHUKRIYAAAA JIIII 💗 TUSI VI GHAT NI OOOO✨

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

didi, mera post toh viral hone dete sayad ho bhi jata ek hi time pe mera and apka post hai ab toh guaranteed aapka post viral ho jayega and mera nhi...

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 • • Edited

Kitne views hai aapki post par? Jayada hi hoge na! Aap jeet gaye!

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Muhammad Murtuza Hussain •

Commenting on this post is my proud moment.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Thanks so much! 😊

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xulingfeng • • Edited

Respect to the genius! I’m kneeling 😂

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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gulnur •

I've got awarded author of the week ,that's my proud moment😊

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Congratulations Gulnur!! 🎉🥰