Nico Reyes

I’m a software engineer who automates anything repetitive because manual work just doesn’t make sense. I work mostly with Python, web scraping, and APIs, building tools that save time and let me focus

Joined on Mar 30, 2026

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

My CSV had 50K rows. Row 23,487 broke everything.

#python #data #debugging #programming

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Spent 2 hours fixing Docker. The problem was one word in my config.

#docker #devops #tools #debugging

1 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

API returned 401. My key was valid. Spent 3 hours finding out why.

#webdev #python #api #programming

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

#python #testing #debugging #webdev

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Auth token worked in Postman. Python said 401.

#api #python #debugging #webdev

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Docker said build succeeded. Image was 4GB.

#docker #python #devops #containers

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Website changed a div class. Scraper returned nothing.

#webscraping #python #webdev #tutorial

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

datetime said midnight. Server logged 5 AM.

#python #datetime #beginners #programming

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Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Built a script to auto-archive old Slack messages. Company storage limit disappeared.

#python #automation #slack #productivity

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

My validation caught everything. Except what mattered.

#python #data #validation #debugging

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

API docs said pagination worked. It didn't.

#api #python #webdev #backend

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Git said everything merged fine. My code was gone.

#git #webdev #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Scraper worked on my laptop. Deployed to server and got instant 403s.

#webscraping #python #tutorial #debugging

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Tried 3 ways to handle retries in Python. This one actually makes sense.

#python #programming #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Built a tool to auto-reply to emails. Now I reply to spam faster than real people.

#showdev #python #automation #productivity

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

Spent 2 hours debugging CSV import. Turns out Excel added invisible characters.

#python #csv #debugging #data

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

REST API said 200 OK. Response was 404 JSON.

#api #python #webdev #debugging

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

My VS Code debugger broke. Took 3 days to find the dumbest fix.

#javascript #webdev #node #debugging

3 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

#python #debugging #testing #webdev

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

I got rate limited scraping 100 pages. Here's what actually worked

#webscraping #python #programming #tutorial

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

I automated my CSV cleanup with Python (saved 2 hours every week)

#python #data #automation #pandas

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 31

I lost 4 hours of work to a Git rebase. Here's what I should've done

#git #tools #productivity #programming

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

API pagination broke differently on each endpoint

#api #python #webdev #programming

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

#python #testing #debugging #programming

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

I got rate limited scraping 100 pages. Here's what actually worked

#webscraping #python #tutorial #webdev

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

Scraped 1200 products. 87 had prices like '$19.99extra'.

#python #data #webscraping #tutorial

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

API said 'success'. Data was empty.

#webdev #api #python #beginners

1 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

I spent 3 hours debugging. Then I found the print statement.

#python #debugging #devops #testing

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

I automated competitor price tracking with Python (saved 4 hours per week)

#python #automation #sideprojects #webscraping

3 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

#python #testing #beginners #programming

2 min read

Nico Reyes

Mar 30

I got rate-limited scraping 100 pages. Here's what actually worked

#webscraping #python #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

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My CSV had 50K rows. Row 23,487 broke everything.

Spent 2 hours fixing Docker. The problem was one word in my config.

API returned 401. My key was valid. Spent 3 hours finding out why.

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

Auth token worked in Postman. Python said 401.

Docker said build succeeded. Image was 4GB.

Website changed a div class. Scraper returned nothing.

datetime said midnight. Server logged 5 AM.

Built a script to auto-archive old Slack messages. Company storage limit disappeared.

My validation caught everything. Except what mattered.

API docs said pagination worked. It didn't.

Git said everything merged fine. My code was gone.

Scraper worked on my laptop. Deployed to server and got instant 403s.

Tried 3 ways to handle retries in Python. This one actually makes sense.

Built a tool to auto-reply to emails. Now I reply to spam faster than real people.

Spent 2 hours debugging CSV import. Turns out Excel added invisible characters.

REST API said 200 OK. Response was 404 JSON.

My VS Code debugger broke. Took 3 days to find the dumbest fix.

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

I got rate limited scraping 100 pages. Here's what actually worked

I automated my CSV cleanup with Python (saved 2 hours every week)

I lost 4 hours of work to a Git rebase. Here's what I should've done

API pagination broke differently on each endpoint

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

I got rate limited scraping 100 pages. Here's what actually worked

Scraped 1200 products. 87 had prices like '$19.99extra'.

API said 'success'. Data was empty.

I spent 3 hours debugging. Then I found the print statement.

I automated competitor price tracking with Python (saved 4 hours per week)

My Python tests passed. Production still broke.

I got rate-limited scraping 100 pages. Here's what actually worked