DEV Community: Irfan Haider

Forget using save as html, use Code-wrapper instead !

Irfan Haider — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:44:48 +0000

The Story of code-wrapper

When I started coding, web development felt like the natural next step because I was already a designer. However, I didn’t actually know how to code. I started "vibecoding"—using ChatGPT to generate everything.

My workflow was a mess:

Ask ChatGPT for code.
Paste it into Notepad (VS Code felt too advanced back then).
"Save as HTML."
If I wanted to change a single color, I’d paste the entire code back to ChatGPT, ask for the change, and repeat the saving process.

It was exhausting. I needed a better way.

The Spark: What if I could automate this?

I wondered: Is it possible to build a tool that parses my code and lets me download it as an HTML file instantly?

After asking ChatGPT and learning it was possible, I built the first basic version of Code-Wrapper.

Polishing the Tool

What started as a simple script turned into a months-long project. I spent a long time adding features that I actually needed:

Language detection
File name saving
History and logic
A polished user interface

The GitHub Learning Curve

Building the tool was only half the battle. Learning how to use GitHub and GitHub Pages took even more time. In December, I finally published it. I even went through a process of deleting and re-cloning the repo just to get the name and settings exactly right.

Today, Code-Wrapper is active, open-source under the MIT license, and live for anyone to use!

Try it out

You can check out the live tool or explore the source code below:

irfanh-dev.github.io

My GitHub

Feel free to star the repo or check out my other projects:

irfanh-dev (Irfan Haider) · GitHub

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Forget using pip after installing pipman-cli

Irfan Haider — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:19:43 +0000

Why I Built Pipman-CLI: The "It Worked Yesterday" Struggle
We’ve all been there. You write a script, it works perfectly, you go to sleep, and the next day... it’s broken.

When I started with Python, this drove me crazy. I’d use AI to help write code, but even the AI couldn't fix it because the problem wasn't the code—it was the environment.

The Breaking Point
My YouTube downloader kept breaking over and over. After hours of manual "error hunting," I realized the culprit: outdated libraries. Updating them was a repetitive pain. Typing pip install --upgrade every single time I was in a rush felt like a hurdle that shouldn't exist. So, I built something to kill that headache.

Introducing Pipman-CLI 🐍
I call it the ultimate Python package manager because it simplifies the "maintenance" part of coding. It’s a command-line tool designed for developers who want to spend their time building, not managing dependencies.

Why use it?
No more long flags: Forget pip install --upgrade. Just type update.

The "Panic" Update: If everything is breaking, just run update all to refresh your entire system's libraries.

Speed: If you're in a rush, update yt-dlp gets you back to work in seconds.

How to get started
It’s live on PyPI right now. You can install it with one command:

pip install pipman-cli
To run it, just type:

pipmancli

Let's Connect!
If you’ve ever lost hours to an outdated library, give Pipman-CLI a try. You can check out the full documentation or contribute over on GitHub:

👉 GitHub: https://github.com/irfanh-dev/Pipman-CLI
👉 PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pipman-cli/

I'd love to hear your thoughts or what features you'd like to see added next!

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Hi Everything i just joined today.

Irfan Haider — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:32:15 +0000

I am Irfan from Pakistan, a highschool graduate, i started learning coding in Oct 2025, and now i am here. to share with world what i have been doing with coding. I want to meet with amazing people and developers so we can make friends, and work together. for now you can say hi to me