The Writing Dev

Building an AI-Based CLI Tool in 2024

Howitzer is an CLI tool that turns plain English into precise terminal instructions. Learn how it was built today!

Passing metadata to actions, sending messages as users and deleting ephemeral messages in Slack Bolt JS SDK

The Slack documentation is severely lacking when explaining certain things. In this doc, I'm going to explain certain problems I tried to solve and how you can solve them too. Passing Metadata to Actions If you try to Google "Passing Metadata to Actions" while working with

How the Global Talent visa might make you layoff-proof in the UK 🇬🇧

As a software engineer who has navigated the complex world of international work visas, I've experienced firsthand the challenges and uncertainties that come with building a career abroad. After two years in the UK and multiple layoffs, I've finally secured an unlimited visa known as the

Is the Indian Education System Broken?

In my previous post, I discussed the global state of Computer Science education, highlighting that the issue isn't necessarily with the education system itself, but rather with our approach to it. Today, I want to expand on this idea, focusing on the Indian education system, which has been

Is CS Education Broken?

Is CS Education broken globally?? YES and NO! Just studying CS for the sake of a computer science job doesn't make sense. I was doing games development and programming a couple of years before my computer science degree. Similarly, someone I know studied Mechanical engineering with a focus

AI

Let AI ship your side-projects

How Cursor helps me ship projects with AI code generation, explanation and debugging.

Howitzer - The CLI Helper

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a quick update on what I’ve been working on recently. Here are the highlights How CLI: Your CLI tutor using GPT-4o One of the main projects I’ve been focused on is developing a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool. This tool is designed

Getting out of an early-career rut

A story about embracing diverse tech roles.

Why I Turned Down a Big-4 Offer for a Startup

For growth, learnings, and finding my own purpose

How to Redirect www to Apex Domain on Cloudflare in 2024: A Step-by-Step Guide with Screenshots

Learn how to seamlessly redirect your www subdomain to your Apex Domain on Cloudflare with our comprehensive 2024 guide. Follow step-by-step instructions complete with screenshots to ensure a smooth setup. Perfect for developers looking to optimize their domain configurations.

Job Referrals Don't Work 🌶️

Job Referrals not working for you? Here's why. I've applied to a ton of companies over the past few years, and according to my experience, the power of a referral is inversely proportional to the size of the company you're applying to. In my

How to make iframes persistent in React, Vue, Svelte et al

One of the most annoying things while working with iframes in reactive UI libraries like React, Vue or Svelte, is that it's very easy to accidentally make your iframes unstable in them. If you put an iframe behind a conditionally rendering component like a tab or a checklist,

Laid Off WTF #1: Kinds of Technical Recruiters

Logging into this website to journal my experience working with Technical Recruiters. Love em or hate em, they are the ones you spend the most time with while going through the hiring process. Generally, recruiters can be divided into 2 categories - first party recruiters and third party recruiters. 👉 First

Featured

What's "new" in JS

Everyone knows that JS is a multi-paradigm language. However, did you know to what extent? JS allows you to encapsulate your state, create abstractions and perform using both - Functions and Objects. How, you may ask? Let's find out. The new keyword lets developers create an instance of

AI

Building AI apps using GPT, Claude and Cloudflare

Learn how to build AI apps using ChatGPT and Claude APIs.

The Joy of Lagging Behind

You're not too late to AI! Lagging Behind the Adoption Curve for an Upper Hand! 🌟 As tech enthusiasts, we're all about staying ahead of the curve. Every week, a new tech innovation comes out, which we want to get ahead on. But what if I told

What's Your Idea of Fun?

What's your idea of fun? It might be this This Or this During my childhood years, my idea of fun used to be playing videogames and reading books by myself. Even though these are activities you do by yourself, I always felt content doing them. There were no

Strategy

Navigating the Future of Job Market: What to Expect in the Next 5 Years

Skills and strategies to navigate the job market of the future.

Typescript

RocketRPC: Simplifying Client-Server Interactions using TypeScript

RocketRPC is a framework that allows developers to invoke server functions on the client-side as if they were present on the client itself. In this article, we will discuss how we can use it, and how it works under the hood.

Advice

Building YOUR OWN Roadmap to a Web Dev Job

How you can create a Personalized Roadmap to Landing Your Dream Web Development Job

Increasing Lucky Breaks: A FAANG Story

How I got into Meta, and you might too?

Cheat Sheet Featured

Everything you need to know about GraphQL before an Interview

A quick reference sheet for everything GraphQL.

Guide - Moving to London

My experience in moving to London, and my learnings from it, which you can use while considering your move to the city.

React

The Complete Interview-Ready Guide to React

An interview-oriented explanation of renders in React, and how you can deploy memoization, context, and other tools to simplify your React app.

Journal Entry

You MAY find success through your career

A journal entry breaking down the successful careers of people that I admire.