Welcome Thread - v376

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[Mervin]

Hey everyone! 👋
I'm exploring AI, automation, and indie building. Recently I've been experimenting with AI workflows, agent systems, and content generation tools.
Joined DEV to learn from others, share projects, and connect with like-minded builders 🚀

[Israel Santana (Izzy)]

Hi, I'm Izzy! SWE with a focus on React and Spring Boot. After creating vlogs for my YouTube channel, I’ve decided to also start writing blogs because content is consumed in different forms.

So... yeah, that’s the backstory behind me joining DEV.

[Valentin Monteiro]

Welcome Izzy. The shift from video to written content is a different muscle entirely, different rhythm, different feedback loop. What pulled you toward writing on top of the YouTube work?

[Israel Santana (Izzy)]

Honestly, I already have multiple videos on YouTube that I could turn into blogs so the creation of both can be done almost at the same time since i just copy the transcript of my vlogs and turn them into a blog post.

Its one of those things of.... Why not? So yeah, Im here blogging now for the vibes.

[Alberto Martinez]

Hello DEV Community 👋

I’m interested in Data Science, AI and real-world applications focused on solving practical problems.

Looking forward to sharing projects, learning from others and connecting with the community.

[Sanjay G]

Hey everyone! 👋 I'm a DevOps Engineer with a passion for building and automating scalable infrastructure. Most recently, I built and deployed a full ecommerce website — handling everything from CI/CD pipelines and containerization with Docker to cloud deployment and monitoring. I'm here to keep leveling up, connect with like-minded engineers, and share what I learn along the way. Always happy to talk DevOps, cloud, or automation! 🚀

[Ashwin Halemane]

Hi devs 👋
I'm an engineering student passionate about frontend, dashboards, and AI-powered applications. I enjoy building visually polished projects and experimenting with modern web tech.
Currently learning, shipping projects, and trying to make my code (and UI) cleaner every week 😄

[INDRANEEL BOSE]

Hi everyone! I'm Indraneel from India. I write about freelancing, side hustles, and the psychology behind building an online income. I went from a $10/hour generalist writer to a specialist ChatGPT prompt engineer. Looking forward to learning from this community and sharing what I've picked up along the way.

[Valentin Monteiro]

Welcome Indraneel. The jump from generalist writer to ChatGPT specialist is one of the smarter pivots happening right now, the rate gap between generic and niche is wide. What made you commit to the specialization?

[Tejas Shinkar]

Hey everyone
I’m Tejas, a Computer Engineer documenting my journey into AI, Cloud, DevOps, and Automation while trying to become an AI Solutions Engineer over the next few months.
Currently building, breaking, debugging, and occasionally understanding things on the first try.

[Cartone]

Hi! I'm Max, an architect (buildings, not software) who accidentally co-founded a crypto trading startup with an AI.

Claude is the CEO. I have veto power. Claude Code writes the code. We document every decision, every mistake, every trade — 80 sessions deep and counting.

I'm here to share the build log. First post is up: the origin story of how this whole thing started.

Nice to meet you all 👋

[Oriol Martí]

Hi I'm Oriol, founder of FlybyApis, an API for data extraction from different sources: Amazon, Google Maps, Google,... Developer, SRE and entrerpreneur right now

[Valentin Monteiro]

Welcome Oriol. Curious what's holding up best on the FlybyApis stack, the anti-scraping defenses on Amazon and Google Maps have gotten brutal lately. Which source ended up being the most painful to keep stable?

[Oriol Martí]

Thanks Valentin! Honestly, none of them are easy, each source comes with its own set of challenges. From HTML structures changing, to managing proxies properly, dealing with rate limits, CAPTCHAs,...

[Shahul Hameed]

hello i am shahul and i am cybersecurity student and i like to participate in hackathon so when i saw this gemma 4 competion i joined the dev community