# 🌤 Today Is a Beautiful Day to Write Code ## 🌙 Saturday Night Code Last night was a Saturday. I pushed new code for **Kitbuy** at around 2 AM. No boss. No deadline. Just me, my laptop, and the quiet hum of thought. Because for me, coding isn’t work — it’s how I live. I’m a **Golang Indie Hacker**, and that means sometimes I have to write code on Sundays. While the world rushes toward *No Code*, *Low Code*, and *AI stacks*, I’m still here — a farmer tilling the code fields by hand. I’m not against AI, but I also refuse to hand over my thinking to it. Those who truly succeed with AI all share one thing in common: They’ve failed before. They’re not lazy thinkers. They’ve learned how to think deeply. But then there are others — chasing shortcuts, hoping technology will think for them. People talk about *brain rot* — the decay of thought. But to me, the real danger is *brain bot* — developers who let AI think in their place. I don’t judge. I just believe: > “The core of programming is thought. > The core of being human is thinking.” ## ✨ The Chance of a Dreamer I didn’t start coding because of some grand childhood dream. I was good at math, but numbers never made me feel anything. It wasn’t until ninth grade, standing in a quiet room, counting tiles on the floor, that I realized I loved to think — to see patterns in the abstract. Everything in life has a beginning, and mine came from somewhere unexpected: **the military.** While serving, I met an officer who sparked my curiosity about programming. After leaving the army, I started learning HTML and CSS on my own. That was where the journey began. As Vietnamese composer Trúc Phương once said: > “Everything is material for life.” And maybe, for me — **programming is the material of my life.** ## 💔 Failure, Return, and an Unfinished Dream I once tried to start a company. And I failed. I thought I was building something great, but after it collapsed, I went back to my hometown — broke, starting from zero. I did whatever I could to survive while keeping the dream alive: - Delivering packages to make ends meet. - Building small websites to keep my server online. - Doing affiliate marketing to pay the bills. Back then, I stopped chasing success or fame. Just being able to live by my own code was enough. But inside, one dream still burned quietly: > “The dream of technological independence.” I started coding in **2015**. Almost ten years later, I look back and see a stubborn fool — but a fool who never quit. Some people say I’m crazy for spending five years building a web framework only I use. Maybe they’re right. But I still love it — the code, and the version of myself who believed it was worth it. Some build a website in five days. I’ve spent **five years**, and my dream still isn’t done. I once said — and I don’t need anyone to understand: > “I go against the wind not because I’m a kite, > but because I’m a lonely bird.” Maybe you’ll meet me, and I won’t say hello. Forgive me. I might be there, but my mind’s already floating somewhere in the cloud. ## 🌀 Golang — More Than a Language Lately, I’ve been diving deeper into pure algorithms. They make me think, stretch, and rewire my mind. My favorite language? **Golang.** It forces me to rethink the simplest things — addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. It’s no longer just a programming language. It’s a **way of life**. You might say I’m stubborn — with Rust, Vlang, Python, Node.js out there. But I’m not here to argue about languages. Because for me: > **Mindset matters more than syntax.** > **Philosophy matters more than frameworks.** Someone once asked me, > “Why go to university?” I replied, > “To learn philosophy — and how to approach problems.” I don’t have a degree. And I don’t need a mouse pad with a university logo on it. ## 🔁 Programming — A Journey With No End Programming is a lot like life itself. It has **if**, **else**, **while**, and **with** — just like the loops and conditions we all go through. When we leave school, we dream of oceans. When we come home, we dream of something smaller — but closer to the heart. Whether or not we become successful doesn’t matter. What matters is what ten years of youth — and five years of code — have taught us. In **2018–2019**, when everything fell apart, I thought about quitting — going home, finding a quiet job. But somehow, I went back to the city. Kept learning Go. Kept tinkering. Kept writing code that no one taught me. And when the code finally ran, I smiled for the whole day. I write about *Indie Hackers*, but I always call myself a **Golang Indie Hacker**. Because just saying *Indie Hacker* feels too practical, too focused on money. I love **Golang** because it confuses me. I love **Indie Hacking** because it keeps me innocent. Technology changes every day. But my passion stays the same. And that’s enough. It’s a beautiful day. And I’m still here — writing code. If the clouds still hold a bit of sunlight, then I know I’m still lucky. 🌤 From a failed startup to returning home empty-handed, I kept building my dream — five years spent crafting a personal web framework no one else used. But that’s okay. Because for me, Golang isn’t just a tool. It’s a **lifestyle**. Programming is a journey with no finish line. 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