{"id":6663,"date":"2020-01-07T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T06:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2020-01-08T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T09:59:43","slug":"smashing-magazine-person-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/smashing-magazine-person-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashing Magazine: <br> Person of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started reading and getting inspired by the excellent content of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/\">Smashing Magazine<\/a> over 12 years ago, even before I started college. It was a dream to get published and featured at this site as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf96\ufe0f Today, I woke up to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashingmag\/status\/1214275417646997508\">tweet by SmashingMagazine<\/a> and learned that I am featured on the homepage as a &#8220;<strong>Person of the Week<\/strong>&#8220;. 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Perfect start of the year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAhmadAwais\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6667\" src=\"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week.png\" alt=\"Ahmad Awais 2020-01-07 Smashing Magazine Person of the Week\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week.png 2880w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-1536x822.png 1536w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-2048x1097.png 2048w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-1680x900.png 1680w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-860x460.png 860w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-680x364.png 680w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-400x214.png 400w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ahmad-Awais-2020-01-07-Smashing-Magazine-Person-of-week-600x321.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<section class=\"postcontents wrapper\">\n<p>It&#8217;s an absolute honor to be considered and featured on Smashing Magazine. Earlier my work has been featured in different forms like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2014\/05\/desktop-wallpaper-calendars-june-2014\/#nothing-s-like-a-mango-in-summer\">wallpaper<\/a> I designed and my <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AhmadAwais\">open-source software<\/a> libraries that were written about. I am also a small part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/about\/#smashing-magazine-s-experts-panel\">Smashing Magazine&#8217;s Experts Panel<\/a>, where I help review content. But today&#8217;s feature is special for me.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please give a round of applause for our Person of the Week: Ahmad Awais! Ahmad is passionate about Developer Experience and doesn\u2019t rest when it comes to evangelizing Open Source and coding best practices.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for everything you do, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAhmadAwais?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MrAhmadAwais<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smashingcommunity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#smashingcommunity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbJLWpYV6S\">pic.twitter.com\/kbJLWpYV6S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Smashing Magazine (@smashingmag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashingmag\/status\/1214275417646997508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I also love the fact that they chose to specify my open source work instead of everything else I do. Open source is a cause super close to my heart. I am a huge advocate of learning by open-sourcing code. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has helped me be what I am today.<\/p>\n<p>A significant amount of software released today relies on different open-source software. If you&#8217;re a young aspiring software engineer, my advice to you is to invest some time in helping out the open-source community.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s about it. I want to thank everyone at Smashing Magazine for making my week (may as well be the year). Keep smashing!<\/p>\n<p>Peace! \u270c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 Today, I woke up to a tweet by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashingmag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SmashingMag<\/a> and learned that I have been featured on the mag&#39;s homepage as a &quot;Person of the Week&quot;. I&#39;m honored. Perfect start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a little something about it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ORqD7GGiT\">https:\/\/t.co\/3ORqD7GGiT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashingmag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SmashingMag<\/a> keep smashing!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAhmadAwais\/status\/1214448765899354112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up to a tweet by SmashingMagazine and learned that I (Ahmad Awais) am featured on the homepage as a &#8220;Person of the Week&#8221;. I&#8217;m humbled beyond expression. 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