/blogs
Here are my writings on software, engineering, and everything in between. ✍🏻
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 the skills nobody teaches you in college. · 2 min read
LeetCode #509: Fibonacci Number
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: multiple approaches to computing Fibonacci numbers, from recursion to dynamic programming. · 2 min read
LeetCode #128: Longest Consecutive Sequence
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: finding the longest consecutive sequence in an unsorted array using a hash set approach. · 1 min read
LeetCode #135: Candy
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: distributing the minimum number of candies to children based on their ratings. · 2 min read
LeetCode #376: Wiggle Subsequence
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: solving the wiggle subsequence problem using dynamic programming and greedy techniques. · 2 min read
LeetCode #1465: Maximum Area of Cake After Cuts
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: finding the largest piece of cake after a series of horizontal and vertical cuts. · 1 min read
LeetCode #1710: Maximum Units on a Truck
🗓️ Daily LeetCode Challenge: a greedy approach to maximizing units loaded onto a truck with limited capacity. · 1 min read
2021
Portfolio Website Development 🏗️ - Part 2
Continuing the portfolio build: implementing the UI, adding content sections, and deploying the first version live. · 2 min read
Moving Gradient Animation with CSS 🎨
How to create smooth, animated gradient backgrounds using pure CSS, with code examples you can copy. · 1 min read
Page Fade-In Animation with CSS 🎨
Add a subtle fade-in effect to your web pages using a few lines of CSS, no JavaScript required. · 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 building, publishing, and maintaining your first npm package. · 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 Immersion Challenge 2020
My experience contributing to Facebook's open-source projects, finishing in the 🏆 top 1000 participants 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. · 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 Together 🏆
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