/blogs
Here are my writings on software, engineering, and everything in between. ✍🏻
2026
Half a Decade at HackerRank 💚
My goodbye to HackerRank after five years: getting recruited off a GitHub profile, going from writing code to owning outcomes, and shipping AI to real users. · 7 min read
What Is an AI First Engineer in 2026? 🤖
An AI first engineer in 2026 is defined by verification, not generation. What the role really means, what changed this year, and how to actually become one. · 6 min read
Mirra Landing Page: AI Writing Companion Build 🏗️
Mirra landing page build for an AI writing companion for solo creators, covering product positioning, mascot design, Luma.ai video, Next.js, and beta waitlist. · 7 min read
My Blog Syndication Strategy 📣
My blog syndication strategy keeps souravdey.space as the canonical source, with Dev.to and Hashnode as discovery layers instead of separate homes. · 9 min read
Why Side Projects Compound 🏗️
Side projects used to feel like stolen time. They became steady career practice: shipping in public, clearer choices, and skills that showed up at work. · 4 min read
Product Engineering: The Only Skill That Survives AI 🏗️
Why product thinking, not just coding ability, determines who thrives in the AI era. Seven years of building customer-facing products taught me this. · 4 min read
7 Years as a Software Engineer: What Actually Changed 💼
Seven years in software: from green builds that still felt wrong to owning ambiguity and scope. Honest notes on career, craft, and what still feels hard. · 4 min read
2022
My Hackathon Mentoring Experience 🚀
What it's like mentoring developers at a hackathon: guiding teams, reviewing ideas, and helping build solutions under time pressure. · 3 min read
YouTube Live with PrepInsta and Careerboat 🎥
A live session on landing high-paying tech jobs as a fresher: my TCS to HackerRank journey, building projects that matter, and skills college never teaches. · 2 min read
LeetCode #509: Fibonacci Number
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving LeetCode 509, Fibonacci Number, with multiple approaches, from plain recursion to dynamic programming. · 2 min read
LeetCode #128: Longest Consecutive Sequence
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving LeetCode 128 by finding the longest consecutive sequence in an unsorted array in linear time with a hash set. · 1 min read
LeetCode #135: Candy
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving LeetCode 135, Candy, by distributing the minimum number of candies to children based on their ratings. · 2 min read
LeetCode #376: Wiggle Subsequence
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving LeetCode 376, Wiggle Subsequence, using dynamic programming and greedy techniques, with a full code walkthrough. · 2 min read
LeetCode #1465: Maximum Area of Cake After Cuts
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving LeetCode 1465 by finding the maximum area of a piece of cake after a series of horizontal and vertical cuts. · 1 min read
LeetCode #1710: Maximum Units on a Truck
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving LeetCode 1710, Maximum Units on a Truck, with a greedy approach to load the most units onto a truck of limited capacity. · 1 min read
2021
Portfolio Website Development 🏗️ - Part 2
Portfolio website development, Part 2: implementing the UI, adding content sections, and deploying the first version of the portfolio live on the web. · 2 min read
Moving Gradient Animation with CSS 🎨
How to create a smooth moving gradient animation in pure CSS using @keyframes, background-size and background-position, with code examples you can copy. · 1 min read
Page Fade-In Animation with CSS 🎨
Add a subtle page fade-in animation to your website using CSS @keyframes and opacity. Just a few lines of CSS, no JavaScript required, with copyable code. · 1 min read
Portfolio Website Development 🏗️ - Part 1
The journey of building my personal portfolio site from scratch: choosing the tech stack, planning the design, and setting up the project. · 1 min read
Creating Your Own npm Package 📦
A step-by-step guide to creating your own npm package: setting up package.json, writing the module, publishing it to the npm registry, and pushing it to GitHub. · 3 min read
Hashnode Blog Cards 🏗️ - Rich Previews for Your Blog Links
Turn plain blog links into beautiful, embeddable card previews. Built for Hashnode bloggers who want their content to stand out when shared. · 4 min read
Flexbox Guide 🏗️ - Learn and Generate CSS Flexbox Layouts
An interactive tool for learning CSS Flexbox. Arrange flex items visually and copy the generated code directly into your project. · 2 min read
2020
Facebook Developer Circle Open Source Challenge 2020 🏆
My experience in the Facebook Developer Circle Open Source Immersion Challenge 2020: contributing to open source and finishing in the 🏆 top 1000 worldwide. · 1 min read
Finalist at Google Cloud DevJam Hackathon 2020 🏆
How our team's product idea and prototype reached the top 6 finalists globally in the Google Cloud DevJam Hackathon 2020, from first idea to a working demo. · 5 min read
How to Create a Portfolio with Your GitHub README 🏗️
Turn your GitHub profile into a personal portfolio using the special README feature, with layout ideas and markdown tips. · 1 min read
Building a COVID-19 Info Bot 🤖
How I built a chatbot that delivers real-time COVID-19 case data for India and answers common questions about the pandemic. · 2 min read
PandoConnect: A Social Platform to Fight the Pandemic 🏆
How I built a hackathon-winning social media platform connecting COVID-19 patients and families to share support, spread awareness, and stay motivated. · 2 min read