Six Months of Daily Coding Without These Extensions Felt Like Working With One Hand
===TITLE=== Six Months of Daily Coding Without These Extensions Felt Like Working With One Hand ===CONTENT=== I'm not exaggerating. When I first switched to VS Code from Sublime Text back in 2019, I used it bare. No extensions. Just the editor, a terminal, and pure stubbornness. I lasted about a week before I felt like I was moving in slow motion. The th…
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Can GitHub Copilot Actually Make You Code Faster, or Is It Just Hype?
I was skeptical. Genuinely skeptical. When GitHub Copilot first hit the market, I heard all the usual startup noise — "AI will write your code," "10x developer productivity," that kind of thing. I'd seen enough overhyped tools to know better. But after three months of using it daily across Python, JavaScript, and some messy legacy PHP…
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Free AI Tools Worth Your Time (And Which Ones to Skip)
I spent three months last year testing every free AI tool that crossed my radar. Some were genuinely useful. Most weren't. A few made me wonder how they're still running. The problem isn't that free AI tools are bad—it's that there are too many mediocre ones competing for your attention. And honestly? Your time is more valuable than saving $…
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Which Tech Skills Actually Matter for Landing a Job in 2025?
I spent the last six months watching people frantically learn whatever trending tech they saw on LinkedIn, hoping it'd land them a job. Most of them are still waiting for callbacks. Here's what I've learned: not all tech skills are created equal. Some will genuinely open doors. Others? They'll eat your time and leave you overqualified for th…
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Hosted My Portfolio on GitHub Pages for Free — Six Months Later, Still No Regrets
I was skeptical. Like, genuinely skeptical. When a friend suggested I host my portfolio on GitHub Pages instead of paying ₹3,000–5,000 annually for shared hosting, I thought it sounded like a shortcut that would inevitably bite me. Free hosting usually means compromises, right? Six months in, I've changed my mind. Not because GitHub Pages is perfect (it…
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