Your VS Code Setup Is Probably Incomplete Without These 10 Extensions
I used to think VS Code was fine straight out of the box. Turns out, I was working about 40% slower than I needed to be. After spending the last two years testing extensions—installing them, uninstalling them, watching my terminal light up with errors, then installing them again—I've narrowed down what actually matters. Not the flashy stuff. Not the ext…
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Six Months of GitHub Copilot Changed How I Write Code — Here's What Actually Works
When GitHub Copilot first got on my radar, I was skeptical. Another AI tool promising to "revolutionize development"? I've heard that before. But I've now used it daily for six months across Python, JavaScript, and React projects — both freelance work and personal side projects. The reality is messier and more useful than the hype suggests. …
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Ditched My $50/Month AI Subscriptions — These Free Tools Do Everything I Need
I spent the better part of 2024 throwing money at AI tools like I was trying to end world hunger. ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Gemini Advanced — the works. Then one morning in November, I just... stopped. Not because I ran out of money (though that helped), but because I realized I was paying for features I barely used while completely overlooking genuinely powe…
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Your Resume Needs These 5 Skills Before 2025 — Not the Ones Everyone's Learning
I spent the last three months talking to hiring managers, CTOs, and recruiters across startups and tech companies. The conversation kept circling back to the same frustration: candidates have the *right* skills but not the *useful* ones. You know what I mean? Everyone's learning Python. Everyone's doing that Google Cloud certification. But the person …
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3 Reasons GitHub Pages Actually Beats Paid Hosting (And 2 Where It Doesn't)
I've hosted websites on Bluehost, Netlify, Vercel, and a couple of sketchy shared hosting providers that shall remain nameless. GitHub Pages came into my life during a broke phase in 2019, and honestly? I never fully left. Here's the thing though: it's not magic. It's not a replacement for everything. But for specific use cases — and I mean *…
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