The latest articles on DEV Community by janardan (@janardannn). https://dev.to/janardannn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F657018%2Fc59e320b-b5e7-4fbc-a909-047edeb3a541.JPG https://dev.to/janardannn en janardan Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:14:14 +0000 https://dev.to/janardannn/i-built-a-hiring-platform-that-watches-engineers-work-in-a-real-cad-tool-1g2a https://dev.to/janardannn/i-built-a-hiring-platform-that-watches-engineers-work-in-a-real-cad-tool-1g2a <p><a href="https://ai-eval-lab.janardan.xyz/" rel="noopener noreferrer">ai-eval-lab</a><br> I got bored of UI work at my day job and wanted to build something. Ended up building a platform that streams KiCad (a PCB design tool) to the browser via VNC, tracks what the user is doing on the board in real time, and uses an LLM to evaluate their process at the end.<br> The idea: coding assessments exist everywhere, but nothing like this for EE/hardware folks. Wanted to see if you could evaluate an engineer by just watching them work.<br> Still rough. VNC latency and lag is real. No proctoring yet (MVP phase). But the core thing works. Blog has the full breakdown of how it's built.</p> <p><a href="https://www.janardan.xyz/writing/deconstructing-ai-eval-lab-workings" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.janardan.xyz/writing/deconstructing-ai-eval-lab-workings</a></p> ai webdev opensource architecture janardan Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:12:10 +0000 https://dev.to/janardannn/i-built-a-hiring-platform-that-watches-engineers-work-in-a-real-cad-tool-1g1i https://dev.to/janardannn/i-built-a-hiring-platform-that-watches-engineers-work-in-a-real-cad-tool-1g1i <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__body flex items-center justify-between"> <a href="https://ael.janardan.xyz" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link fw-bold flex items-center"> <span class="mr-2">ael.janardan.xyz</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <br> <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__cover"> <a href="https://www.janardan.xyz/writing/deconstructing-ai-eval-lab-workings" class="c-link align-middle" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img alt="" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fjanardan.xyz%2Fog-image.jpg" height="400" class="m-0" width="800"> </a> </div> <div class="c-embed__body"> <h2 class="fs-xl lh-tight"> <a href="https://www.janardan.xyz/writing/deconstructing-ai-eval-lab-workings" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link"> janardan.xyz </a> </h2> <p class="truncate-at-3"> Software Engineer exploring how to build reliable, scalable, and human-focused digital products. I work with React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js. </p> <div class="color-secondary fs-s flex items-center"> <img alt="favicon" class="c-embed__favicon m-0 mr-2 radius-0" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.janardan.xyz%2Ffavicon.ico" width="256" height="256"> janardan.xyz </div> </div> </div> </div>