Huzaifa Rasheed

Huzaifa Rasheed

Software Engineer

Email at dev@rhuzaifa.com


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juice.log

June 28, 2025

Sometimes the blocker isn’t in the code - it’s in the backyard.

I wanted mint juice.

Cold. Green. The kind that slaps in summer and clears your head like a clean refactor.

Usually there’s some mint in the fridge; a few fresh leaves, ready to crush and mix.

Not this time: no juice, no mint.

Lately I’ve been cutting dependencies in my projects - figured I’d do the same here.

And if you know me by now…

SpongeBob scheming, symbolic of having a plan

Yeah. I decided to grow my own mint.

That’s when the real debugging started.


🐛 Bug #1: No Output

Week one - no leaves. Zero output.

I’d planted the mint cutting (store-sourced) too deep and left the pot in the shade.

Fix: replanted shallower, moved it to sunlight, watered right.

Environment config matters - even outside the terminal.


💧 Bug #2: Overflow

Overwatered. Twice a day - thinking I could speed things up.

Bad assumption. Yellow leaves. Growth stalled.

Fix: dialed it back to once daily.

Simpler inputs. Better results.


🐜 Bug #3: Actual bugs

Tiny // (Green + Yellow)‘ish Color.

Unsure about their name and origin.

Fix: neem oil. Nature’s kill -9.

Monitored logs (read: leaves) daily for regressions.


Final Commit: 🍃 Mint to Prod

By week four, the mint was thriving - vibrant, fragrant, and ready.

Close-up of healthy mint leaves ready for harvest

Harvested a handful. Crushed it with lime, sugar, ice, soda.

First sip: cold, clean, handcrafted.

Exactly what I was after.


🧃 Why It Was Worth It

Wasn’t trying to be poetic - just wanted juice.

But growing something real - offline, analog, physical - hits different.

Sometimes the best reset isn’t a break. It’s a build in a different ecosystem.

Even if prod is just a glass.