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Improve Developer Experience: The /home shortcut

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Ahmad Awais on January 15, 2023

tl;dr: When I’m logged into a SaaS app, it’s super hard to access the company’s homepage unless I log out. I want...

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Wordle Solved: Reverse Engineering and Hacking Wor...

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Ahmad Awais on January 1, 2022

The story of how Awais reverse-engineered the famous Wordle game and built not one, not two, but three small tools to help developers...

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🐙 RapidAPI DevRel 2021 Year in Review: 20M Deve...

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Ahmad Awais on February 13, 2022

It’s 8 am on a fine Saturday morning. I’m sitting here in the park at Union Square, San Francisco — prepping for the...

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Won MongoDB Innovation Award: Front Line Heroes 20...

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Ahmad Awais on November 24, 2021

Dev Ittycheria, CEO at MongoDB, has awarded Ahmad Awais with the MongoDB Innovation Award 2021 for the category of Front Line Heroes....

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My Open Source Code Contribution to NASA’s Ingen...

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Ahmad Awais on April 27, 2021

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut—exploring space and whatnot. But I was afraid of heights, told my mom I'll settle as...

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GitHub Stars Award

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Ahmad Awais on August 7, 2020

After creating open-source software for about a decade, I've been awarded a GitHub Star by folks who run GitHub. Wrote a little something...

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I Helped 9.5 Million Developers Solve Coding Issue...

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Ahmad Awais on November 22, 2021

Ten years ago, I started giving back on StackOverflow. Today I’m celebrating that I have managed to help over 9.5 Million developers...

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Hiring the DevRel A-Team

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Ahmad Awais on June 4, 2021

I have some pretty big news. I am hiring and extending RapidAPI’s Developer Relations (DevRel & DX) team. A team of developers,...

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My Command Line Audio Video Workflows with FFmpeg

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Ahmad Awais on May 27, 2021

If you know anything about me then you know I love automating anything and everything. I even have a complete course on building automation...

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React Server Components

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Ahmad Awais on December 22, 2020

The React.js core team announced the RFC on React Server Components just now. Imagine React components that run only on the server...

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Python not found on MacOS | Install Python with brew | Fix $PATH

Learn how to update Python on macOS and make Python 3.11 the default version. Follow step-by-step instructions to install Python via Homebrew, configure the $PATH variable, and start a new login shell. Say goodbye to "command not found: python" and enjoy the latest Python version on your Mac.

The Excuse Epidemic: Inaction & The Paralysis of Analysis

Overcome the excuse epidemic and take action today. Break free from analysis paralysis to improve your life. Don't let inaction hold you back.