TROJAN articles - 32 total
I Performed an Autopsy on My LeetCode Streak (It Didn’t Die Peacefully)
My LeetCode streak didn’t “break.” It died. Not heroically. Not after a hard problem. It died on a...
I tried tracking my LeetCode streak honestly. The API fought me. I won.
Most LeetCode trackers fail at the one thing that matters most: trust. If I solve a problem, I...
My Diary 2.0 — A Digital Journal
Some thoughts deserve a journal. Some thoughts deserve therapy. This app handles both. Welcome to My...
I Built a Gesture Controlled Fluid Simulation (And Accidentally Fought GitHub)
So I had a simple idea: “Let’s control a fluid simulation with hand gestures.” Now I have: 10,000...
I Built a Desktop App That Commits to GitHub So I Don’t Have To Lie About Consistency
Let’s be honest for a second. GitHub contribution graphs are not a productivity metric. They are a...
Most Developers Aren’t Bad. They’re Just Invisible.
Hot take skill is not the bottleneck anymore. There are incredibly capable developers with clean code...
Five Projects, Carefully Unhinged and Fully Deployed
I recently reviewed my Vercel dashboard and came to an unexpected conclusion: I appear to be...
I Know My Code Is Bad Because I Start Defending It
There’s a moment when I know my code is bad. Not when tests fail. Not when something breaks. It’s...
I Follow Web Dev Trends So Recruiters Don’t Have To
Every few months, the web dev world collectively decides we’re all doing things wrong again. Right...
My Code Worked. The System Didn’t
My code ran.The tests passed. The demo looked clean. And yet the project felt wrong. Not broken. Not...
I build things because silence is suspicious.
Hi, I’m Arish. I write code mostly because my brain refuses to shut up unless I give it something to...
I Tried Making a Portfolio. It Took Over My Free Time.
I opened my editor thinking, “I’ll just make a simple portfolio.” A few hours later, I was debating...
I Stopped Chasing Features and Started Designing Systems
I learned to code the usual way. Small apps, quick wins, things that worked. Until they...
Why AI Alone Feels Like That One Friend Who Tells Great Stories but Never Brings Proof
AI is powerful, but it behaves like someone giving you advice with zero receipts. If a model says...
I Tried Beating LeetCode Like a Game. It Actually Worked.
Every wrong submission is just XP in disguise. If you’ve ever opened LeetCode, stared at a...
I Tried Beating LeetCode Like a Game. It Actually Worked.
Every wrong submission is just XP in disguise. If you’ve ever opened LeetCode, stared at a...
10 Patterns That Unlocked 80% of LeetCode for Me
LeetCode taught me one thing: if it looks hard, it’s probably a pattern you’ve seen before…or...
Everyone’s Suddenly Talking About AI Agents and MCP Here’s What I Learned
Every time I open DEV or X these days, someone’s talking about AI agents or something called the...
Vibe Coding: Because Who Reads Code Anyway?
What’s Vibe Coding? It’s when you stop pretending you understand recursion at 3AM and just describe...
Amazon SDE2 OA/Interview Sept 2025 – The Great Cutoff Conspiracy Thread
Every year, Amazon’s SDE2 OA feels less like a test and more like a group project where nobody knows...
LeetCode Problems Are Just Life Lessons in Disguise
The deeper I go into LeetCode, the more I realize: these problems aren’t just coding puzzles. They’re...
I’ve Solved 50 LeetCode Problems So Far – Here’s What I Learned (and What I Wish I Knew Earlier)
I recently crossed my first 50 problems on LeetCode and thought it’d be fun (and maybe useful) to...
My Code Works… But I Don’t Know Why
Every dev has that moment. You’re debugging for 3 hours, your soul leaves your body, Stack Overflow...
The Unspoken Rules of Being a Developer (A Survival Guide)
Being a developer is like being in a secret society where everyone pretends they know what they’re...
How I Built an AI Tool to Read Invoices and Predict GST — Without Losing My Mind
Why I Did This to Myself Invoices are like bosses: they all look different, they all demand money,...
When Code Starts Talking Back: A Love-Hate Story
There comes a time in every developer’s journey when the code stops being a bunch of instructions and...
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Using MediaPipe for Hand Gesture Recognition
1. Frame Rate Matters More Than You Think Low FPS = laggy gesture detection. Keep your camera feed at...
MIA – The AI Assistant That Might Replace You (or Just Roast You)
Ever wanted an AI that controls your desktop with gestures, responds to your voice, gives you TTS...
MedGuardian – The Sassiest Disease Predictor AI
“Coughed once? Congrats, you now have 17 rare diseases. Just kidding (or am I?)” What is...
Building a Dogecoin Price Prediction Dashboard with Next.js and FastAPI
Ever wondered if you could predict the price of Dogecoin with the power of modern web tech and a...