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Upcoming Trainee Engineer @ Simform 🚀 Building, experimenting, and writing my way through tech. AI • Web • Open Source • Challenges If I find something interesting, I'll probably write about it. 😄

Education

B.Tech in Computer Engineering @ Dharmsinh Desai University

Work

Computer Engineering Student | Full-Stack Developer

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Every Codebase Has a '// DO NOT TOUCH' File. I Built an AI Necromancer to Summon the Ghost of the Developer Who Wrote It 💀🔮

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge: Ghost in the Machine Submission 👻🌼

Every Codebase Has a '// DO NOT TOUCH' File. I Built an AI Necromancer to Summon the Ghost of the Developer Who Wrote It 💀🔮

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I'm Not on the DEV Team. I Still Debugged Their Missing Badges From Public Code. (And My First Test Was Wrong.)

A humbling reminder that passing tests can lie

I'm Not on the DEV Team. I Still Debugged Their Missing Badges From Public Code. (And My First Test Was Wrong.)

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I Built slothd: A Local-First, Offline-Capable AI Daemon That Patiently Organizes Your Messy Workspace

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady Submission 🦥

I Built slothd: A Local-First, Offline-Capable AI Daemon That Patiently Organizes Your Messy Workspace

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14 min read
5 DEV.to Features I Wish Existed. 3 I'm Genuinely Relieved They Don't.

Insights from a DEV Trusted Member

5 DEV.to Features I Wish Existed. 3 I'm Genuinely Relieved They Don't.

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What Happens After You Win a DEV Challenge? A Complete Guide to Getting Paid

Details the MLH payout timeline and FEMA steps

What Happens After You Win a DEV Challenge? A Complete Guide to Getting Paid

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7 min read
We Need to Talk About How Gross Modern Web Design Has Become (And How We Built an AI to Catch It)

Tech stack details inside

We Need to Talk About How Gross Modern Web Design Has Become (And How We Built an AI to Catch It)

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Buried Reads #1: Five Good Posts That Deserve More Attention

A curated spotlight on overlooked tech gems

Buried Reads #1: Five Good Posts That Deserve More Attention

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10 Prompting Techniques My Deep Learning Exam Taught Me (That I Actually Use Now)

Academic AI theory turned into practical dev tips

10 Prompting Techniques My Deep Learning Exam Taught Me (That I Actually Use Now)

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10 min read
WildProof: Go Outside With a Question, Come Back With Evidence

Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass Submission 🌿

WildProof: Go Outside With a Question, Come Back With Evidence

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6 min read
Gift Hunter: An AI Agent That Finds Gifts They’ll Actually Want

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission 🤝

Gift Hunter: An AI Agent That Finds Gifts They’ll Actually Want

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OriginTrace: Protecting the DEV Community from Content Theft using Sanity Context MCP

Sanity Challenge Path One Submission

OriginTrace: Protecting the DEV Community from Content Theft using Sanity Context MCP

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7 min read
Hacktoberfest Is Coming to Nadiad, Gujarat 🚀 Official MLH Meetup at DDU, 15 Oct

Organized entirely by a solo student

Hacktoberfest Is Coming to Nadiad, Gujarat 🚀 Official MLH Meetup at DDU, 15 Oct

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Chain-of-Thought Faithfulness: Toggling 'Reasoning Mode' Made One Model 5x More Likely to Follow Its Own Mistakes

Kaggle Benchmarking Challenge Submission

Chain-of-Thought Faithfulness: Toggling 'Reasoning Mode' Made One Model 5x More Likely to Follow Its Own Mistakes

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5 min read
We All Have a "Serious Work" AI and a "Just Vibing" AI. When Did That Happen?

Exposing the hidden costs of AI tool choices

We All Have a "Serious Work" AI and a "Just Vibing" AI. When Did That Happen?

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4 min read
AI Didn't Remove the Engineering Work. It Just Made It Easier to Pretend You Did.

Comments debate where true engineering begins

AI Didn't Remove the Engineering Work. It Just Made It Easier to Pretend You Did.

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IND-TECH WEEKLY #3: Pixxel's $100M Rocket Ride, Jio's Investor Roadshow Kicks Off, and Oracle's Next Layoff Wave 🇮🇳

IND-TECH WEEKLY #3: Pixxel's $100M Rocket Ride, Jio's Investor Roadshow Kicks Off, and Oracle's Next Layoff Wave 🇮🇳

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6 min read
Most AI "Reasoning" Traces Are Just the Answer, Written Backwards

Bigger models show lower reasoning faithfulness

Most AI "Reasoning" Traces Are Just the Answer, Written Backwards

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6 min read
The Internship That Taught Me to Read Between the Lines of a Job Offer

Features a pre-application vetting framework

The Internship That Taught Me to Read Between the Lines of a Job Offer

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IND-TECH WEEKLY #2: Jio's IPO Gets a Festive-Season Window, Slice Takes a ~70% Haircut, and the Jobs Watch Section 🇮🇳

IND-TECH WEEKLY #2: Jio's IPO Gets a Festive-Season Window, Slice Takes a ~70% Haircut, and the Jobs Watch Section 🇮🇳

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The Stack Nobody Picks Might Be the One That Picks You

Readers debate underrated tech stacks

The Stack Nobody Picks Might Be the One That Picks You

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IND-TECH WEEKLY #1: Jio Files for India's Biggest-Ever IPO, Navi Bags $100M, and What Devs Should Know 🇮🇳

Readers decide if it becomes a weekly series

IND-TECH WEEKLY #1: Jio Files for India's Biggest-Ever IPO, Navi Bags $100M, and What Devs Should Know 🇮🇳

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4 min read
Your Codebase Doesn't Need AI. It Needs Context.

Your Codebase Doesn't Need AI. It Needs Context.

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The Optimization That Was Too Good: Why Our Push Notifications Only Worked When You Weren't Looking

Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories 🐛🛹

The Optimization That Was Too Good: Why Our Push Notifications Only Worked When You Weren't Looking

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How I Got a Job Offer as a Fresher in an AI-Fearing Market — Without LeetCode or Club Leaderships on My Resume

How I Got a Job Offer as a Fresher in an AI-Fearing Market — Without LeetCode or Club Leaderships on My Resume

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Spicing Up the Web: Building "Angaar", an Immersive Indian Comfort Food Experience

Frontend Challenge Perfect Landing Submission 🍲🥧

Spicing Up the Web: Building "Angaar", an Immersive Indian Comfort Food Experience

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The Imitation Game — A Reverse Turing Test Set on June 21, 1952

June Solstice Game Jam Submission

The Imitation Game — A Reverse Turing Test Set on June 21, 1952

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ShelfTalk — Books Don't Talk. We Do. (A College Project, Revived)

GitHub “Finish-Up-A-Thon” Challenge Submission

ShelfTalk — Books Don't Talk. We Do. (A College Project, Revived)

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FinePrint — An AI Pocket Lawyer That Decodes Predatory Contracts Using Gemma 4

Gemma 4 Challenge: Build With Gemma 4 Submission

FinePrint — An AI Pocket Lawyer That Decodes Predatory Contracts Using Gemma 4

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