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From Redux counter apps to a graduation-memory app, Girma builds in public and keeps the rough edges in the log.

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Girma Tesfaye started by documenting React and Redux lessons, then moved quickly into real projects: a photographer portfolio, a Tailwind band portfolio, and GC Magazine, an app for sharing graduation photos, memories, and voice messages. The channel mixes build updates with debugging notes, practical web-development lessons, and reflections on learning by making.

Posting activity
12posts a week
231 posts in 26 weeks
26 weeks agothis week
Active since Feb 2025Longest streak 37 wk13-week streak going
Busiest time
Daytime
Peaks around 8pm
Projects
11 shipped
13 tracked in posts
Language
English
81% English · 9% Amharic
Posts read
714
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How they work

Girma learns in public through short build notes, debugging stories, and shipped experiments. The stack has ranged from React, Redux, and Tailwind to PHP projects and AI-assisted development, with projects used as the main way to turn lessons into working software.

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  • The channel has collected 714 posts so far.
  • The current posting streak is 13 weeks.
  • The longest run with at least one post per week is 37 weeks.
  • There are 79 milestone posts in the archive.

The journey.

  1. Feb – Apr 2025

    Redux Before the Roadmap

    The channel opened as a learning diary, with Redux state-management notes, a counter app, forms, and the occasional Tailwind setup battle. Tutorials soon gave way to projects, including a photographer portfolio and a PHP-based Library Management System.

    Sources#5#6#7#8
  2. Apr – May 2025

    Tailwind, GitHub, Ship

    Girma turned frontend practice into portfolio work. The Band Portfolio Project became a third Tailwind project and was pushed to GitHub, while React came back onto the study plan.

    Sources#43#53#56#62
  3. Sep 2025 – Apr 2026

    Apps for the Next Chapter

    The channel expanded from coursework and final-year-project decisions into full app launches. GC Magazine brought graduation photos, final thoughts, reactions, and voice recordings into one student-focused product.

    Sources#90#554
  4. Aug – Oct 2026

    Tools, Agents, and TryTestr

    Later posts widened the lens toward AI coding tools, reverse engineering, and developer resources. The period ended with the launch of TryTestr, inviting people to test apps and submit bug reports.

    Sources#881#884#892

Their projects.

  • HU Story

    An app where users can explore stories and participate in cultural events.

    Launched14 posts
    Feb 2026 – Apr 2026Visit
  • BookCircle - Hawassa

    A full-stack web app for users of a Hawassa book community.

    Launched4 posts
    Oct 2025Visit
  • GC Magazine

    A digital graduation magazine featuring university students and their photos.

    Also referred to as GCMagazin in Apr 2026.

    Launched3 posts
    Apr 2026Visit
  • yeChink

    A web app for specifying a payment purpose, amount, and recipient.

    Launched3 posts
    Dec 2025
  • FaithLens

    A small project the author built and deployed over several days.

    Launched2 posts
    Oct 2025Visit
  • Band Portfolio Project

    A portfolio website for a band, built as a Tailwind project.

    Launched2 posts
    May 2025
  • Library Management System

    A system where administrators manage library records and members borrow books.

    Building1 posts
    Apr 2025
  • Portfolio website for a photographer

    A portfolio website created to showcase a photographer's work.

    Launched1 posts
    Apr 2025
  • Mobile app project

    A mobile application the author completed and said worked as expected.

    Launched1 posts
    Feb 2026
  • Final-year project

    A final-year project whose user interface the author was experimenting with.

    Building1 posts
    Feb 2026
  • Roaster bot

    A bot that responds to submitted prompts or text with humorous roasts.

    Launched1 posts
    Nov 2025
  • Coffee Chat AI

    An AI project for friends to use while hanging out and drinking coffee.

    Launched1 posts
    Nov 2025Visit
  • Vent-IS

    An anonymous posting app where users share thoughts and others can like them.

    Launched1 posts
    Nov 2025

Start here.

  1. 01

    The early Redux explainer that shows Girma learning by breaking concepts into practical examples.

    Here is what i have learn today🔖 Redux is state management system for cross platform or app wide state. that mean we can simple classify state based on place...

    Feb 26, 202562 views
  2. 02

    A clear statement of the channel’s project-first learning philosophy.

    Hey, what's up? I have been inactive in this channel for the past couple of weeks, and honestly, I'm not sure why. 😁 But now it’s time to get active and share...

    Apr 18, 202557 views
  3. 03

    An honest build log about tackling a PHP group project from scratch.

    Hey, Here’s what happened to me, a few weeks ago we were asked to complete a group project for our #Advanced IP course using PHP as the backend. As i mentioned...

    Apr 27, 202562 views
  4. 04

    The launch post for GC Magazine, with the product idea and its core features.

    It's finally here 🔥 I've just finished building the core of my latest app, GC Magazine this idea sparked from those awesome graduation magazines every univers...

    Apr 13, 20261.4K views

In their own words.

none of the tutorials we watch can compare to actually working on a project.
Apr 18, 2025 ↗

Fresh from the channel.

I hate being here in the US 🥱 why nuzz ask me to pay i thought i am in Ethiopia 😭

Oct 21, 2026 · 45 views

Sorry guys, it's done 🙂

Oct 21, 2026 · 55 views

I'm thinking of a secret number and counting up to it for those who drop a pic of the coffee they're drinking right now in the comments before I finish counting, I'm gonna pay for 3 of you 😁

Oct 21, 2026 · 55 views

ቡና ጠጡ 😌 @girma_thoughts

Oct 21, 2026 · 54 views

Just got the chance to leave a testimonial for this guy @bisalex16 on his portfolio and he's the one who designed my logo, and honestly, he is so damn talented at graphics.

Oct 20, 2026 · 49 views

thinking of making a video about REA ripo, including my thoughts on the future of software development. Is this a good idea, or nah?

Oct 20, 2026 · 56 views

Written from public posts, updated Oct 27, 2026. Every line links to its source.