The latest articles on DEV Community by Mahajan Ashok (@mahajanashok). https://dev.to/mahajanashok https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4080419%2F012c3b52-a51f-4eb8-a2b5-9217556baa61.jpg https://dev.to/mahajanashok en Mahajan Ashok Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:49:58 +0000 https://dev.to/mahajanashok/meet-the-builder-why-im-in-for-cohort-3-420p https://dev.to/mahajanashok/meet-the-builder-why-im-in-for-cohort-3-420p <p>I'm Mahajan Ashok — AI Product Engineer, freelance full-stack dev, based out of Hyderabad. Fresh B.Tech CSE (Data Science) grad from TKR College, currently running my own freelance thing, Mahajan IT Solution, while job hunting on the side.</p> <p>Quick backstory</p> <p>Last year or so I've been building real stuff for real clients — not tutorials, actual production systems. Relicus (wellness/learning platform, live video + payments), a multi-vendor marketplace on native AWS, a few e-commerce builds, and an automation pipeline that posts to LinkedIn on autopilot with a human-approval step baked in. Stack's mostly React, Next.js, NestJS, FastAPI, MongoDB, Supabase, AWS. Picked up ~20 certs along the way too, including Oracle OCI GenAI Professional and Salesforce Agentforce Specialist.</p> <p>Honestly what I keep gravitating toward is AI that does things, not just chats — agents wired into real tools and real data, actually moving work forward.</p> <p>Why Cohort 3</p> <p>"Accelerate AI with Cloud Run" is exactly my kind of learning — build-first, not another set of disconnected tutorials. One coffee shop, three labs, growing the whole time: personalized customer experience → location intelligence for expansion → automating ops to run leaner. All shipped on Cloud Run with Gemini, ADK, multi-agent orchestration.</p> <p>That's basically how I work with freelance clients too — ship an MVP, layer in the intelligence, then optimize once it's actually running. Getting to do that on Google Cloud's AI-native stack, and learn how production multi-agent systems are actually supposed to be deployed, is exactly where I want to level up next.</p> <p>What I'm here for<br> Actually understanding multi-agent orchestration, not just single-agent chatbots<br> Cloud Run patterns for AI workloads at scale<br> Taking what I learn straight into my own freelance/personal projects<br> Meeting other builders across APAC grinding on the same problems</p> <p>Let's build.</p> <p>LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mahajanashok78 <br> GitHub: github.com/Mahajanashok2456 <br> Portfolio: mahajanashok.in</p> cohort3