# I'm 12. I almost hit 1,000 followers today. Here is my gift to you. 🎁

> Source: <https://dev.to/koda2026/im-12-i-almost-hit-1000-followers-today-here-is-my-gift-to-you-58p6>
> Published: 2026-08-27 12:06:42+00:00

Wow. Just wow.

A few days ago, I was just a 12-year-old building an AI mentor on my Android phone. Today, I'm staring at my Dev.to dashboard and I'm about to cross **1,000 followers**.

While I was literally at a family wedding eating ice cream at the reception, this community was reading my articles, debating architecture with me in the comments, and even helping me fix a critical 500 Database error in my Supabase backend! (Shoutout to [@nyaomaru](https://dev.to/nyaomaru) and [@sanukhandev](https://dev.to/sanukhandev) for being the best QA engineers a 12-year-old could ask for 🙏).

To say thank you to the ~1,000 smartest developers in the world watching me right now, I want to give you an invitation.

I am hosting a 7-day global coding event.

**The Mission:** Build a single-page website for a niche market (dog walkers, guitarists, night-shift nurses).

**The Rule:** 50% of the code must be written with KODA (my AI mentor).

**The Prize:** Champion Status forever (Crown theme, 2x memory, Pro Sensei Mode).

The doors are officially open, the 500 signup bug is dead, and the arena is waiting.

If you've been following my journey and want to support me, the best way to do it is to **join the Jam and build something cool.**

👉 [Click here to read the rules and join the Code Jam](https://dev.to/koda2026/announcing-the-first-ever-koda-code-jam-218n)

Thank you for believing in a kid with a POCO C55 and a dream. Let's build. 🚀