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Career

June 20259 min read

Building a Portfolio as a Junior Developer: What Actually Gets You Hired

A junior developer's honest guide to building a portfolio that gets callbacks — what interviewers actually look for vs what tutorial content tells you.

Career

June 20259 min read

Developer Productivity Tools I Actually Use in 2025

My real developer toolbox in 2025 — not what's trending, but what I reached for every day as a student, part-time DevOps engineer, and indie developer.

Career

June 202510 min read

Learning a New Tech Stack Efficiently: My Actual Process

How to go from zero to productive in a new technology stack in 4-6 weeks — the learning sequence, resources, and practice strategies that actually work.

Career

June 20259 min read

How Open Source Contributions Boosted My Career (and How to Start)

The real career impact of open source contributions — what kind of contributions matter for job hunting, and a practical guide to making your first meaningful PR.

June 202510 min read

Prompt Injection Defense: How I Harden AI Systems Against Manipulation

Real prompt injection attack patterns, OWASP LLM Top 10 defenses, and practical controls I implement when building AI-powered APIs and agents.

June 202511 min read

Building an MCP Server from Scratch: A Practical Developer Guide

Step-by-step guide to building a Model Context Protocol server with real tools, authentication, and production deployment — using the official TypeScript SDK.

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