I owe you an introduction.
More importantly, I owe myself one.
I've spent years learning, building, shipping, and quietly moving forward — while still feeling shy, sometimes inferior, and occasionally wondering if I belonged in the rooms I found myself in. This post is me correcting that. Not loudly. Not arrogantly. Just... honestly.
Let's do this properly.
who i am
My name is Chibueze Michael Aniezeofor.
Most people know me as codad5. Some call me blue_bueze.
I'm a software engineer. I also study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
I don't see these as conflicting paths. Engineering is engineering. I care less about titles and more about outcomes — what gets built, how it's built, and why it matters.
This is not a success story. It's a still-building one -- and I’m okay with that.
where it started
My first real interaction with code was around 2017.
Back in secondary school, two friends and I were obsessed with ideas — hardware, software, games, cartoons, random things that would "make humans happier". We even formed a company in our heads. Still not launched. By God's grace, one day.
Reality hit hard though.
Hardware was expensive. Prototyping was expensive. Dreaming was free.
So I pivoted. If software was cheaper to build and could scale ideas faster, then I'd become really good at it.
Shoutout to Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates — teenage me genuinely believed I could do what they did. That delusion was necessary.
learning with vibes and no resources
No stable internet.
One desktop.
My dad's laptop (that I later colonized permanently).
I touched Python. Installed Kodu Game Lab. Played with turtle graphics and pygame like I knew what I was doing.
I did not.
But I read anyway. I wanted to understand how computers worked physically — chips, hardware, signals — but I knew I had to start somewhere.
lockdown changed my brain chemistry
Boarding school slowed things down for years. Then COVID lockdown happened.
HTML.
CSS.
JavaScript.
I learned mostly on my phone. When my phone spoiled, I used my mum's phone.
Day.
Night.
Repeat.
No Instagram. No TikTok. Just YouTube and curiosity.
This obsession cost me academically — my WAEC result could've been better, and I knew it. But at the time, my bigger fear was graduating broke and abandoning all those ideas.
Then my dad asked:
"If I buy you one thing — laptop or phone?"
I didn't think.
Laptop.
Two weeks later, I got my first personal laptop — with help from my uncle (forever grateful).
8GB RAM.
500GB HDD.
That machine carried dreams.
university reality check
Eight months later, UNN. Mechanical Engineering.
I chose it deliberately. I believed I could learn Computer Science online — but going the other way would be harder.
Here's the thing though:
I'm not good at being average.
I don't need to be first. But I can't be complacent. I care about outcomes, not titles. I love engineering because of what it lets me build.
finding my people (harder than coding)
Making friends wasn't easy. I'm picky. I wanted vision and hunger.
Eventually, I met Paul — my first real friend in school. Solid guy. Bright mind. Disciplined.
Paul wanted to top the class.
I wanted to become a cracked developer and survive school.
Our first tech money came from a ₦5,000 website gig.
₦2,500 each.
Small money.
Big validation.
quiet but consistent growth
By early 2021, I moved from basic JavaScript and basic PHP to:
- PHP (OOP)
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind
- Rust (baby steps)
First interview.
More gigs.
My first major role came from Twitter — literally from my replies. The internet is wild if you actually show up.
Big shoutout to Trulyao — genuinely incredible engineer and constant motivation.
2025 was proof
2025 was important.
I defended my B.Eng project.
I also worked as the founding engineer at AwaDoc. 100k users in the first year. Fast delivery. Zero internal downtime.
That experience answered a question I had been asking myself for years:
"Can I actually build serious systems?"
Yes. Apparently.
what i'm building now
Some current projects:
- cilbup.site — anonymous messages + tipping for creators
- resurgee.xyz — an AI-powered calendar & task manager
- Supporting Sakura AI
- Still deeply invested in AwaDoc
More coming. Quietly. Then loudly.
gratitude (because nobody does this alone)
My parents.
Some of my aunts and uncles: Dr. Catherine, Aunt Jane (to name a few).
Some of my friends: Paul, Mike, Sarah, Peter (the dev), Jerry, Michael Nuel — and many more I can't fit here.
From AwaDoc: Jesse, Michael Tyler, Michael Piper.
From Fusion Intel: Kolade.
Bosses who became friends. Friends who became family.
Thank you.
2026 goals (written so I can't dodge them)
This year, I want to:
- Get very good at chess (not vibes-chess, real chess)
- Get properly good at Rust
- Build and publish a mobile app
- Improve leadership & management skills
- Communicate better (already seeing progress)
- Learn how to appreciate small wins instead of downplaying them
- Take more risks
one last introduction
I'm Chibueze Aniezeofor — a software engineer who enjoys real problem-solving.
I don't limit myself to stacks or tools. I care about systems, scale, and impact — especially in this AI era.
I like:
- Gaming
- Coding
- Movies with actual stories
- Conversations that go somewhere
I dislike:
- Brain rot
- Noise without direction
- Being asked "what language do you code in?" as if that's the whole personality
I've been building quietly.
Not anymore.