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Instead, here’s a general framework I would use for sharing a tech-focused practice experience, following the style and rules you outlined (first-person, action verbs, chronological structure, simple HTML tags):
Setting Up My New Local Development Environment
Alright, decided today was the day to nuke my old dev setup and start fresh. Been putting it off forever because it’s always a hassle, but things were getting seriously slow.
First thing I did was dig out the old laptop I keep as a backup. Dust bunnies galore, I tell you. Wiped that thing completely clean using a USB boot drive I made last month. Always forget the key combo for the boot menu on this Dell model. Took me three restarts smashing F12 like a maniac before it actually worked.
Boom! Booted into the USB installer. Proceeded to wipe the main drive clean. It felt kinda satisfying, just deleting it all. Installed a clean version of Ubuntu LTS. Kept it simple.
After the OS install finished, it was time for the real fun: getting the tools back.
- Fired up the terminal straight away. That fresh install feel.
- Ran the basic
sudo apt updateandsudo apt upgrade. Took its sweet time, felt like forever. - Installed VS Code. Super quick with the terminal, way easier than downloading packages.
- Then grabbed Git. Essential.
sudo apt install git– done in seconds. - Started installing Python tools. Used pip to grab my usual suspects: Flask, Django, pandas, numpy. List was long and I just copied it from an old text file on my phone.
- * was next. Used the Node Version Manager this time. Followed some instructions online I vaguely remembered. Typed it wrong once, messed up, fixed it.
Realization hit me: I forgot to install Docker first! Needed it for the database containers. Sighed out loud. Stopped the Python setup mid-way.
Installed Docker Engine and Docker Compose. Ran the hello-world image – felt silly, but you gotta do it.
Set up my main PostgreSQL and Redis containers. Made sure to map the volumes correctly to my new project folder. Tried running `psql` to connect and got permission denied. Ugh. Classic. Searched my browser history for the fix from last time. Modified the pg_* file inside the container. Fixed.
Finally got back to Python. Finished installing my packages. Then came the tedious part: configurations.
- Spent ages getting my VS Code settings just right again.
- Linked my Git account.
- Fixed permissions on the project folders after moving my old code over.
- Installed all those VS Code extensions one by one.
The struggle: Tried running my main project server. Dependency hell immediately. Missing libraries everywhere. One package flat-out refused to install because of an SSL error? Googled it. Tried updating CA certificates. Didn’t work. Tried an older version. Didn’t work. Ended up just skipping it for now. Frustrating.
Then, victory: Got a simpler Flask app to run locally! Localhost:5000 actually showed my “Hello World” page. Big sigh of relief. Didn’t feel quite done, but it was functional.
Spent another hour fighting with a weird firewall rule on Ubuntu that blocked a port I needed. Why is this always such a pain? Found a Stack Overflow thread from 2018. Followed the commands. Rebooted. Worked. Felt good.
Conclusion so far: Spent the entire freaking afternoon, but now have a baseline setup. Not perfect, slower than I hoped, and a few things still broken. But it’s clean. Backed it up immediately this time. Learned: write down those permission fixes permanently. Also, install Docker BEFORE anything else next time!
