https://billyokeyo.dev/I am a software engineer with a burning passion to want and help others with code that I create. I enjoy the limitless potential of impact that I can have with what I build, it is what pushes me every day to become a better developer. 2026-05-05T12:10:13+00:00 Billy Okeyo https://billyokeyo.dev/ Jekyll © 2026 Billy Okeyo /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://billyokeyo.dev/posts/debugging-is-a-skill-noone-teaches-you/ Billy Okeyo

You’ve been staring at the same bug for 2 hours. You’ve restarted the server. Cleared cache. Added random console.logs. Somehow… it still doesn’t work. At some point, you stop coding and start guessing. And that’s the real problem. The issue isn’t the bug. It’s that nobody actually teaches debugging as a skill. The Way Most Developers Debug Let’s be honest. Most of us learned d...

2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://billyokeyo.dev/posts/stripe-connect-accounts-v2/ Billy Okeyo

This is the Accounts v2 companion to the original Connect guide (Accounts v1). Same platform concepts—Standard, Express, Custom, money flow, compliance—but the API shape is the one Stripe describes in Connect and the Accounts v2 API. Use the older post when you must stay on v1 (Account.create with type=express, OAuth-only Standard flows, etc.). Use this post when you are designing around one Ac...

2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://billyokeyo.dev/posts/contract-testing/ Billy Okeyo

“It worked locally. Tests passed. But production still broke.” If you’re building distributed systems with multiple services and frontends, you’ve likely encountered this (whether using .NET + Angular, Node.js + React, Python + Vue, or any combination): A backend change gets deployed The frontend suddenly breaks No tests warned you The issue isn’t always logic. It’s often a brok...

2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://billyokeyo.dev/posts/why-your-django-app-needs-redis/ Billy Okeyo

Django is an incredibly powerful framework for building web applications quickly. However, as your application grows, certain tasks begin to slow down request-response cycles. Examples include: Sending emails Generating reports Processing uploaded files Running background analytics Sending notifications Running these tasks during an HTTP request can make your application slow and...

2026-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 2026-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 https://billyokeyo.dev/posts/image-uploads/ Billy Okeyo

File uploads are one of those features that look simple… until they aren’t. Images need previewing. CSV files need parsing. Excel files need validation. Large files need handling. And suddenly your “simple upload” becomes a full feature. In this guide, we’ll build a practical and production-ready file upload system using: Angular (Frontend) Django + Django REST Framework (Backend) We’...