By Naima A pythonista and coding nomad who loves coding, travelling, meeting new people, and discussions about programming and tech. Substack: https://substack.com/@naimacodes
The Founding Mission: A Diary for Developers
In the beginning, there was a simple, driving mission: to create and share free resources, visuals, tutorials and tips to learn programming & software/web development. Our brand, techiediaries, was born from this idea. It was founded not as a faceless corporation, but as the public diary of a developer, our founder, bou~codes.The goal was to document the technical journey, providing practical, hands-on guides for the technologies that were building the modern web.
Our identity was forged in the trenches of code. We weren’t interested in high-level, abstract theory alone; we were interested in building. This practical, “in-the-weeds” approach became our hallmark. We set out to create a library of content that a developer could use, right now, to solve a complex problem or build a real-world project from scratch.
This philosophy was built on two great pillars that defined our early authority: the Angular platform and the Python-based Django framework.
Forging Authority in the Trenches (The Techie Diaries Era)
The Two Pillars: Angular and Django
We didn’t just write about Angular; we had a prolific output that covered the entire ecosystem. We created comprehensive guides for building everything from a simple calculator app to complex, full-stack CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) applications.Our tutorials showed developers how to integrate Angular with Bootstrap (Which was a very popular tutorial among the community for years), how to integrate Angular with a PHP and MySQL backend, how to master the Angular Router (also was very popular), and how to use HttpClient to communicate with a REST API.
Simultaneously, we built a deep specialization in Django. We focused heavily on the Django REST Framework (DRF), teaching developers how to build powerful, secure APIs.Our content guided users through creating a complete Django 3 CRUD application with MySQL, handling complex tasks like file and image uploads, and securing their applications with JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication.
This dual focus mattered. It proved we weren’t just front-end or back-end developers; we were full-stack practitioners. Our content was a testament to the belief that a developer’s true value lies in understanding the entire stack.
Beyond Tutorials: A Developer as a Toolmaker
Our evolution didn’t stop at publishing. A diary is about doing, not just writing. This belief led us to our next logical step: we had to move from being just teachers of web development to being toolmakers for the community.
This led to the creation of the techiediaries profile on the npm registry, a home for our own open-source software packages. We authored and maintained a portfolio of multiple packages, including utilities like:
@techiediaries/ngx-textarea-autosize,@techiediaries/ngx-darkmode,- and
@techiediaries/ngx-jwtauth.
Our flagship package quickly became @techiediaries/ngx-qrcode, an Angular component for generating QR codes. This package was a perfect example of our new, self-reinforcing ecosystem.
This interaction was everything. It proved our tools were being used in the real world, to the point of generating support queries and bug reports. It established us as active maintainers who provided clear migration paths.
We weren’t just teaching. We were building the tools for the community.
An Expanding Digital Ecosystem
Our footprint grew far beyond a single domain. We understood that developers live on many platforms, and we were determined to meet them where they were.
Capturing the “How-To” Audience
Our techiediaries GitHub account became a cornerstone of our brand. It wasn’t just a profile; it was a living library of 338+ repositories, hosting the complete source code for our tutorials, from the Angular Calculator to the PHP JWT demos. This open-source-first approach meant our code was transparent, forkable, and practical. It became a resource that other organizations and developer groups, like sitepoint-editors, buddy-works, and globizs, would fork and build upon.
We also embraced the power of interactive code playgrounds. Our profiles on CodeSandbox and Stackblitz became a massive, silent engine of discovery. This was an audience that wasn’t looking for our brand; they were looking for an answer. Our “angular-45-router-demo” on CodeSandbox alone exploded, drawing in over 866,600 views. These weren’t readers; they were developers actively interacting with our code. This massive top-of-funnel-traffic proved our technical authority on a scale we hadn’t anticipated.
Even our simple code gists provided tangible value, such as a popular snippet for an Electron app splash screen. Every piece of content, no matter how small, was a potential solution.
Validation from the Industry and Community
Our work soon earned validation from the wider industry. This third-party credibility was crucial. Our founder was invited to author content for A-list technical publications, including Smashing Magazine and Pluralsight, and was profiled by major tech companies. We literally “wrote the book” on our specializations, such as “Full-Stack Development with Angular and GraphQL,” which received positive pre-reviews from industry experts.
But the validation that mattered most came from the community itself. In the developer-focused forums where reputation is earned, not given, our content was being shared as the definitive solution.
- On Reddit’s r/django, when a beginner asked for help, users championed our tutorial as “one of the best for beginners”.
- On r/laravel, users recommended our guide as a “pretty good as a starting point” for a complex CRUD app.
- On r/django again, users asking how to build APIs were directed to our tutorial on the Django Rest Framework.
- On Stack Overflow, the ultimate meritocracy, answerers pointed developer stuck on authentication to our guide as “a good example of implementing jwt”.
- Our articles were even used as the authoritative source to settle technical debates, such as one on r/react explaining the complex, new behavior of
useEffectin React 18.
The evidence was clear. techiediaries had built a brand synonymous with high-quality, practical, and correct technical solutions. We were helping developers solve real problems.
The Great Shift: A New Kind of Developer
But then, the ground beneath all of us began to shift. The very definition of “developer” was being rewritten.
The AI Revolution
The programming world was being revolutionized by Artificial Intelligence.Powerful AI coding assistants were no longer a fantasy in a research paper; they were becoming practical, everyday tools. We realized that “AI is changing software development forever” and that understanding how to leverage it is no longer optional—it’s a core skill for the modern developer.
We immediately dove in, publishing our own hands-on reviews of groundbreaking tools like Gemini CLI, Claude CLI, and the GitHub Copilot.We saw firsthand that these tools could smash out complex coding tasks in minutes, tasks that used to take developers hours.
This led to a profound realization. Our old model of just teaching “how-to” code a specific function was becoming obsolete. If an AI can write boilerplate code better and faster than any human, what is the developer’s new role?
The “10x Developer”: From Myth to a New Reality
This question brought us face-to-face with one of our industry’s most controversial topics: the “10x developer.”
For decades, the “10x developer” was a contentious, almost mythical figure. This was the “rockstar engineer,” the lone genius who was supposedly ten times more productive than their peers. The concept was often criticized as toxic. It prioritized raw output over collaboration, ignored the importance of teamwork, and created a culture that led directly to burnout. The data itself was flimsy, often misinterpreting a 10:1 difference between the best and worst programmers as a 10:1 difference between the best and the average.
But AI was changing this equation completely. Suddenly, the “10x” concept was no longer a myth, but a new, attainable reality.
AI tools were augmenting all developers, handling the repetitive, time-consuming, and tedious tasks. The new “10x developer” isn’t someone who writes 10x more code. It’s someone who works smarter—a developer who delivers 10x more value by leveraging AI.
The developer’s role must shift. It was no longer about “line-by-line coding”. The developer was becoming the architect. bou~codes.
The new, essential skills were no longer about memorizing syntax. They were about high-level, strategic thinking: “system design and architectural decisions,” “high-level direction,” and “quality assurance”.
The developer’s new job was to be the “skilled craftsperson”, the “AI partner” who provides the “precise specification” for the AI and performs the “rigorous verification” of its output.
This was our new calling.
Our mission had to evolve to teach these new, crucial skills. bou~codes.
The Rebrand: The Birth of 10xdev.blog
This new focus required a new identity. This was the birth of 10xdev.blog.
A New Brand for a New Mission
The name was chosen deliberately to reclaim and redefine the “10x developer” concept. Our new brand is built on the idea that any developer can achieve 10x value by becoming an AI-assisted architect.
Our new content pillars shifted to reflect this: “AI assisted coding, system design, career growth, productivity, deveneurship, indie hacking, technical writing, and personal branding for devs”.
We are now focused on “easy-to-grasp roadmaps tailored for 2025 and beyond”. We’re teaching developers how to think at a system level, not just what to type.
Our content strategy reflected this move up-market. We shifted from publishing only “how-to” tutorials to also publishing strategic, “in-depth reviews” and critical “hands-on reviews”.
Consolidating a Decade of Equity
This wasn’t a fresh start; it was a strategic pivot. We didn’t abandon our past or the community we had spent a decade building. We consolidated our equity.
The techiediaries GitHub account, with its 338+ repositories, now points all visitors directly to its new home: https://10xdev.blog.
All the SEO authority, community trust, and open-source credibility we had earned over a decade were seamlessly transferred to this new, future-focused brand.
Our New Mission: Building the AI-Assisted Architect
Our journey has been one of constant evolution. techiediaries was about building a great coder. 10xdev.blog is about building a great architect.
The 10x developer is no longer a myth about a lone genius. It is the new, tangible reality for any developer who learns to “leverage AI”, “focus on problem-solving and architecture”, and become the high-level strategic thinker that the future demands.
This is our new mission. To provide the “bite-sized podcasts,” the “easy-to-grasp roadmaps,” and the “quick posts on programming, career growth, [and] productivity” that help developers make this leap. We’ve moved from writing a diary of code to building a blueprint for the future.