My Life as a Series of Unhandled Exceptions: And Other Backend Nightmares

Synopsis

Ever wondered what goes on inside the mind of someone who willingly chooses to spend their days arguing with databases and writing code that only other machines will ever truly appreciate? Wonder no more! In this riveting (or perhaps just mildly depressing) autobiography, Gohar Younas Malik pulls back the curtain on a life spent mostly staring at screens, punctuated by the occasional sprint to fix something that was 'definitely working yesterday'. From the thrilling highs of deploying a feature that doesn't immediately crash the entire system, to the soul-crushing lows of explaining to non-tech friends what you actually do for a living, Gohar chronicles the glamorous world of backend development with all the wit and self-pity you'd expect. Join him as he navigates the complexities of gRPC and GraphQL, ponders the true meaning of 'done' in agile development, and tries to figure out why people care so much about frontend frameworks when the real magic happens behind the scenes. With insightful (read: cynical) commentary on everything from the latest tech trends to the baffling state of current affairs, and perhaps a few too many analogies involving cricket, 'My Life as a Series of Unhandled Exceptions' is a must-read for anyone who's ever typed `sudo rm -rf /` by mistake, or just enjoys watching someone else's career unfold like a particularly convoluted algorithm.