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I Stopped Forgetting DSA Problems After Building My Own Notion Dashboard
I solved hundreds of DSA problems, but I kept forgetting the same patterns in interviews. So I built a Notion dashboard that tells me exactly what to practice, when to revise, and what I'm still weak at. This is the system that made DSA feel sustainable instead of overwhelming.
Jun 30, 2026
Building SENTINAL: How I Built an AI-Powered WAF with XGBoost, Gemini, and 5 Microservices in 36 Hours
A deep technical breakdown of SENTINAL — an AI-powered Web Application Firewall built at HackByte 4.0. Learn how XGBoost detects attacks in real time, how a Gemini-powered policy agent makes autonomous security decisions, and why "human-in-the-loop" enforcement is the right architecture for irreversible actions.
Jun 24, 2026
How I Built a Production SEO Architecture for a Client Website — From Zero to 16 Keywords
Most React SPAs treat SEO as an afterthought — scattered Helmet tags, inconsistent meta descriptions, and no way to audit or test coverage. Here's exactly how I built a single-source-of-truth SEO system for a production client site, made it testable with Playwright, and hit a Lighthouse SEO score of 100 across all 8 routes.
Aug 15, 2025
Building Accessible React Applications
Aug 15, 2025
Building a Design System with Tailwind CSS
Aug 15, 2025
Optimizing React Performance with Memo and useCallback
Aug 15, 2025