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This "Best Coding Practice" Cost $750 Million
Everyone has heard of DRY but almost no developer actually knows what DRY means. And no, it means a lot more then "Don't Repeat Yourself." In this video we will be explaining how exactly you should...
I Don't Write Test Scripts Anymore
Check out Amazon Nova Act here: https://fandf.co/4aVEI1A If you are watching this, you’re probably testing wrong. In this video, I’m showing you why traditional testing automation fails and how to...
Stop Coding Like a Junior
These are the 6 mistakes kept me stuck at junior level for years. The gap between junior and senior isn't intelligence or years of experience - it's the lessons that change how you think before you...
I Wasted 12 Months Learning to Code (Don't Be Me in 2026)
I wasted 12 months "learning to code" by watching tutorials. If I had to start over in 2026, I would skip the courses and do this instead. In this video, I break down the exact roadmap I would use ...
Why It's Impossible to Get Hired in Tech (The Math)
12,000 people applied for 3 junior backend developer roles. Nobody got hired. This isn't just a bad job market, it's a broken economic model. Want to book a 1-on-1? https://www.codingwithroby.com/...
Why Backend Engineers Are Getting WORSE (The AI Trap)
Get started with Graphite today: https://graphitedev.link/roby The gap between Junior and Senior backend engineers is widening. While AI makes some developers 10x faster, it’s causing others to fa...
Stop Building CRUD Backends (RAG Tutorial)
Get started with MongoDB Atlas today: https://fandf.co/4iQ7uTt The future of backend engineering is being able to build AI Agentic RAG applications. Here's how to do that. Want to book a 1-on-1?...
The Traditional Backend Engineer is Dying (Do This Instead)
Being a "coder" is the fastest way to become obsolete. This what you need to stay relevant as a software engineer. Join my newsletter: https://www.codingwithroby.com/newsletter Come work with me: ...
Hackers are targeting your weak password RIGHT NOW
There are plenty of great password managers. Do your future self a favor and pick one today. Follow @KnowBe4 for more cybersecurity tips! #Cybersecurity #KnowBe4 #AD
Why Spaghetti Code Beat Clean Architecture
Backend engineering code quality does not matter. These 4 backend pillars are what matters... Join my newsletter: https://www.codingwithroby.com/newsletter Come work with me: https://www.codingwit...
I Built THIS in 4 Days to Replace Our Backend Expert
Get started with Firecrawl here: https://firecrawl.link/eric-zasy Backend engineer's main role is to solve problems. And in 4 days, we did just that, using AI, MCP and with our backs against the w...
5 Things You Must Do to Get Promoted as a Backend Engineer
Are you a backend engineer who’s been writing clean code, fixing bugs, shipping features… but still not getting promoted? You’re not alone. Here is how to get promoted. Join my newsletter: https:/...
6 Backend Mistakes Keeping You Stuck at Junior Level
Backend engineering is a field that takes time and discipline to grow in. Here are the top 6 reasons people stay stuck as a junior backend engineer and stop growing. Join my newsletter: https://ww...
7 Things I WISH I Knew Before Becoming a Backend Engineer
Backend engineering is an amazing field, but here are 7 things I wish I knew before diving into the backend profession. Join my newsletter: https://www.codingwithroby.com/newsletter Come work with...
THIS is The Next Big Thing for Backend Engineers
If you’re a backend engineer and you haven’t started learning this one skill yet, you’re already behind. I’ll show you how backend engineering is changing fast and why the next generation of backen...
I Wasted 2 Years Learning Backend the Wrong Way
I spent years "learning" backend engineering. Watching tutorials, reading docs, planning the perfect projects. But I never actually became a backend engineer. Join my newsletter: https://www.codin...
5 Backend Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Career (Stop Doing These)
Backend engineering can be hard. However, it can be easy to do things that destroy your backend engineering career. Join my newsletter: https://www.codingwithroby.com/newsletter Come work with me...
Backend Engineering Has CHANGED - Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Backend engineering is changing. Not necessarily for the worst, but you want to know everything about the backend engineering field before diving in. 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI Begi...
How to Get AHEAD of 99% of Backend Engineers
Backend engineering is a fantastic field! But how do you become a great backend engineer? We will cover the steps to make you a top 1% backend engineer. 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI B...
I Made Our API 15x Faster… After Crashing 147 Restaurants
Backend engineering is a powerful spot to be in. Our backend API crashed 147+ stores and we needed a fix yesterday. Our fix made our backend 15x faster only after implementing multiples mistakes fi...
Why ALL Backend Devs Are Switching to Python
Register for Snyk DevSecCon FREE here: https://snyk.plug.dev/0OERDVM Python is the number 1 programming language in the world and for good reason! Python can do just about anything for backend eng...
5 Backend Career Mistakes I Wish I Avoided
Backend engineering is a fantastic field. There is so much depth and backend engineering powers every product on the planet. However, the growth and journey is unique to each person. These backend ...
THIS is SLOWING Down your Backend Engineering Growth
If you're a backend engineer you have probably ran into these problems. Once fixed, you will be able to grow significantly faster within your backend engineering craft! Backend engineering is a fan...
How One Change in My Code Is SAVING Me OVER 100 Hours!
As a backend engineer we all run into coding problems. It is easy to avoid the hard problem, but as a backend engineer it is up to choose the right one. 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI B...
Build a PROFESSIONAL FastAPI project ONLY using Claude Code
Claude Code + FastAPI makes an amazing pair! We will be using Claude Code to build a professional FastAPI app from scratch! 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI Beginner & Advanced: https://w...
10 Years of Backend Engineering in UNDER 10 Minutes
Backend engineering is such an amazing field. In this video, I will go over the top lessons I learned from 10 years of backend engineering. 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI Beginner & Ad...
The Backend Engineering Shifts No One Talks About
Software engineering is changing fast. Product engineers are becoming a thing, perfect code is no longer needed and the most valuable item a software engineer can bring to the table is impact & val...
Why I Pick Python Every Time in 2025!
Python is the most versatile language on the market. Python has some of the most powerful frameworks, libraries and is always a "top desired" programming language every year. In this video I explai...
The No-BS Modern Backend Engineering Roadmap for 2025
Backend engineering is an amazing field. That is why in this video I explain the steps needed to go from a newbie to a backend engineer this year! 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI Beginne...
I Made One Change and My FastAPI Code Got 10x Cleaner
Test CodeRabbit for FREE here: https://fnf.dev/3U3X72x Just one small change made my FastAPI code 10 times cleaner and easier to maintain. FastAPI is becoming a MUST for Python and AI products, so...
FastAPI + Context Engineering = Beautiful Frontend UI (Mind BLOWN!)
Test Augment Code for FREE here: https://fnf.dev/4lx4M5T Context Engineering and FastAPI keep growing in popularity. In under 8 minutes I will show you how you can use both Context Engineering and...
I Was Tired of Outdated LLMs… So I Built THIS
Test ScraperAPI for FREE here: https://www.scraperapi.com/?fpr=testit Learn more about LangChain ScraperAPI integration: https://www.scraperapi.com/integration-tutorials/langchain/?fpr=testit Out...
I Wrote 100,000+ Lines Of Python. Here's What You NEED To Know!
After writing over 100,000 lines of Python code I have learned some lessons. In this video, we will go over those Python lessons. Want FREE code repositories: https://www.codingwithroby.com/freeb...
11 New Rules for Learning to Code in 2025
Learning to code in 2025 isn’t the same as it was even a few years ago. AI is changing the game. Bootcamps are everywhere. And some people are even saying coding is done. So… should you still bothe...
The ONLY FastAPI Deployment Tutorial You'll Ever Need (CICD)
Sign up to use Render for free: https://fnf.dev/4kN0JkN Render makes Python & FastAPI CI/CD so easy! You can easily setup CICD pipelines to auto-deploy your Python FastAPI application in a just a ...
Make Your Python App 25x FASTER With These Database Tips
Get $100 credit after free trial when using Aiven through this link: https://fnf.dev/4jzhOho The database is the first place to look to make your Python application faster. Python frameworks like ...
Here's the RESULT of Vibe Coding a FASTAPI Admin Panel in 3 HOURS
I vibe coded a FastAPI admin panel using Cursor AI and a LLM. The FastAPI code works, but the code kind of stinks. In this video we will dive into the FastAPI code to find pros and cons of this new...
REST APIs Are Not Enough, You WANT To Learn THIS
Get started with the Postman MCP Catalog here: https://fnf.dev/4jiFC90 REST API endpoints might not be enough for your application, especially when talking with new consumers like large language m...
How PROFESSIONAL Software Engineers Code vs Vibe Coding
Vibe coding is what everyone is talking about. Is vibe coding a real option and how does it compare to an AI powered engineer? Want FREE code repositories: https://www.codingwithroby.com/freebies ...
Turn 99% of the Web Into LLM Knowledge in Just SECONDS
Test ScraperAPI for FREE here: https://www.scraperapi.com/solutions/structured-data/testit/ What if you could scrape 99% of the internet using ScraperAPI … and turn it into a full stack FastAPI AI...
Deploying a FastAPI App On AWS EC2 Has NEVER Been This Easy!
Get started with a FREE Builder ID: https://fnf.dev/44rOBB2 Deploying an app on AWS EC2 has never been easier with Amazon Q CLI. This tutorial covers how we can use Amazon Q CLI to change the code...
5 Reasons Every Python Developer Is Switching to FastAPI
FastAPI is taking the Python world by storm … but why? In this video, we break down 5 surprising reasons developers are making the switch to FastAPI. Whether you’re just hearing about FastAPI or al...
Is Python REALLY Worth Learning in 2025?
Is Python worth investing your time and doubling down on? I explain the pros and cons of learning Python this year. 🎓 FastAPI course can be found at: FastAPI Beginner & Advanced: https://www.udemy...
Make FASTAPI Endpoints SELF DESCRIBING In Just 15 Minutes
Are you building FastAPI endpoints professionally? Are you missing a FastAPI customization that you didn’t know exists? In this FastAPI tutorial, I show you how to level up your FastAPI application...
I Built a VOICE AI Agent That Actually Works (you can too!)
This FastAPI and PydanticAI video is AWESOME. This is the future no doubt. We will create an AI Agent that can understand voice, scrape data and return our data organized and clean using the power ...
API Versioning with FastAPI Made EASY (Do This Before It’s Too Late)
FastAPI is becoming one of the most popular web API frameworks on the market due to AI. However, if you have FastAPI in production, you will want to know how to update current versions of APIs to m...
The BEST Way to Create an Offline RAG AI with FastAPI & PydanticAI
AI Agents number one responsibility is to do AI automation. To make the AI automation personal, you want to implement RAG. So, in this PydanticAI and FastAPI tutorial we show you exactly how to aut...
How to Scrape ANY Website With Python (Even the Hard Ones)
Web scraping with Python has never been easier since the release of Crawl4AI. Crawl4AI is a MUST for any Python web scraping application and is even better when integrated with FastAPI. What is a h...
Build Your Own POWERFUL Multi-Agent AI (FastAPI & PydanticAI)
PydanticAI is really awesome. When you use FastAPI with PydanticAI you can create Multi AI Agents super easy that can make AI automate a lot of your daily life. This Python AI Agent video is focuse...
How to run your PERSONAL AI Offline (do whatever you want)
Setting up your own local AI Model can be easy when using the right tools. This makes the AI Model completely private so no one can see your data! This AI focused video will show you how to deploy ...