DEV Community: PRAS Samin

Stop Posting Boring Screenshots: Introducing PrettyShot

PRAS Samin — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:31:03 +0000

We live in a highly visual digital world. Whether you are launching a new startup on Product Hunt, writing a newsletter on Substack, or sharing a milestone on Twitter, your first impression is almost always a screenshot.

But let’s be honest: default screenshots are boring. They look messy, they lack context, and they blend right into the timeline.

If you want people to stop scrolling and actually look at what you’ve built, presentation is everything. You have two options:

Spend 15 minutes wrestling with complex design tools like Figma or Canva just to add a nice background.
Pay an expensive monthly subscription for a bulky social media design suite.

I got tired of doing both. That’s why I built Prettyshot

Make your screenshots beautiful in seconds.

PrettyShot is a lightning-fast, web-based tool designed to do exactly one thing perfectly: turn your raw screenshots into stunning, professional graphics ready for social media.

Here is what makes it different:

✨ Stunning Premium Backgrounds
No more boring flat colors. PrettyShot comes loaded with 4K premium mesh gradients, dark-mode cyberpunk themes, and aesthetic 3D abstract textures that make your product pop off the screen.

📐 Perfect Proportions
Instantly Drop your image in, and PrettyShot automatically applies the perfect amount of padding, smooth border radiuses, and deep, beautiful drop shadows. No design skills required.

⚡ Blazingly Fast & Private
Because the editor runs entirely in your browser, it is insanely fast. Free users don't even need to create an account just drag, drop, and export in seconds. Your private screenshots never even touch our servers.

Ready to upgrade your visual presence?

Whether you are a developer sharing code snippets, a founder teasing a new UI, or a marketer building a landing page, better visuals equal higher engagement.

Stop settling for boring screenshots. Try it out right now at PrettyShot.

(🎁 Bonus: As a thank you for reading my launch post, use the code EARLYBIRD50 at checkout to get 50% off the Pro version! I've limited this code to the first 50 people who claim it, so grab it while you can!)

Introducing Redenv - A Zero-Knowledge, End-to-End Encrypted Secret Manager Built for the Serverless Era

PRAS Samin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:38:51 +0000

For months, I’ve been quietly building something I felt the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem desperately needed… a modern alternative to .env files that isn’t just another wrapper, but a complete rethink of how we manage application secrets.

Today, I’m excited to finally share it publicly.

Redenv - A Zero-Knowledge Secret Management System
A developer-first, fully end-to-end encrypted CLI + runtime client designed so teams can finally stop treating secrets as afterthoughts.

Why I Built This:
Every developer today faces the same pains:
• .env files get out of sync
• Secrets leak in logs, terminals, Git history
• Sharing secrets in teams becomes a mess
• Serverless platforms force the "rebuild to rotate" cycle

Rotating a single API key requires redeploying the entire application
This felt outdated. So I built Redenv around one belief:
Configuration should be dynamic, secure, and completely decoupled from deployment.

What Makes Redenv Different:
• Zero-Knowledge Architecture: All secrets are encrypted using AES-256-GCM with keys derived from PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 (310k iterations). Your Redis database never sees plaintext. Not even for a millisecond.
• Redis as a Universal Backend: Built exclusively on Upstash Redis for instant cold starts, global edge performance, serverless pricing, and connectivity from anywhere.

Redenv includes:
— CLI (@redenv/cli)
A polished, full-featured command-line tool with commands like add, edit, view, history, rollback, diff, clone, backup, restore, token create, and so on.

— Runtime Client (@redenv/client)
A lightweight, zero-knowledge client library with:
• In-memory stale-while-revalidate caching
• Instant startup
• Auto population of process.env
• Dynamic updates without redeploying
• Programmatic writes using service tokens

You can rotate an API key and your deployed applications will pick it up automatically, without any rebuild or redeployment. This is a game changer for serverless workflows.

Comparison:
There are many enterprise secret managers and vault systems out there, and they are great for large companies. The difference here is simple: Redenv is fully open-source, developer-first, extremely fast to set up, and gives you maximum control without locking you into a vendor ecosystem.

Final Thoughts:
I believe Redenv can simplify your workflow massively. It’s a fully documented, production-ready open-source project that I’m genuinely proud of.
If you're building:
• Serverless apps
• Edge functions
• SaaS products
• Multi-env systems
• Microservices
• Anything where secrets matter

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/PRASSamin/redenv
CLI: @redenv/cli
Runtime Client: @redenv/client
If you find it valuable, I would love your feedback.
Stars, suggestions, critiques, contributions, everything is welcome.

Thinking of building a modern CLI for managing custom commands - would you use it?

PRAS Samin — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:13:58 +0000

Hey 👋
I’m experimenting with an idea for a new command-line tool to enable developers to build, organize and run their own custom commands in JavaScript - it’s like a modern version of hacking together bash scripts.

🧩 The Problem:
Shell scripting is ugly and non-portable (across MacOS, Linux, Windows).
You start hacking up. sh scripts.
Working with personal scripts (so you make them executable, list them, sync your changes) is awkward.

⚡ The Idea:
A CLI that serves as your personal command manager, you can:
Scripting in JavaScript (with a little helper API).
Save them to a place — immediately usable elsewhere as subcommands, e.g., mycli deploy or mycli clean.
Manage them as easily: mycli add, mycli list, mycli remove.

(Later) sync/backup them cloud or even per-project automation through devDependencies.

It's like if npm, bash and VS Code snippets had a baby 😅

🧭 Tech Vision:

Built as a Node. js CLI (via NPM).
Load your JS scripts dynamically at runtime using libraries such as Commander and Yargs.
Each one is run right inside the cli’s fancy, stand-alone JS runtime (fast and also portable).

I’m curious:
👉 Will you would use something like as a replacement of little bash scripts or task runners?

I would like to receive some feedback prior to actively developing it.

I made an open-source, ad-free content downloader that simply works

PRAS Samin — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:19:04 +0000

I made an open-source, ad-free content downloader that simply works

Every time I tried downloading a video online, I ended up on some shady website full of popups, fake buttons, and trackers. All I wanted was a clean, safe way to download content for offline viewing, education, and inspiration - without ads or hidden scripts.

So I created Fetchy an open source ad free content downloader which is fast, privacy-friendly and operates directly from your browser.

Why I built it

I grew tired of fake “Download” links, annoying redirect loops and websites that use your bandwidth to display ads.

Fetchy was created on a premise that transparent and user respectful utilities should be open demoninator.

What's unique about it

🚫 No ads or tracking - first and foremost, privacy.
🌍 Open source - inspect, fork, or contribute to it on GitHub.
⚡ Just works - clean interface, no extensions or sign up needed.
🧱 Modern solutions - lightweight front-end and moderate back-end that doesn't bag down on popular sites.

🌐 Try it

If you find it useful, or just plain interesting, then a ⭐ on GitHub means the world.

And if you have thoughts on making it better, open an issue or get in the discussion - I’d love to collaborate with the community.

PRAS Spectrum Theme Extension

PRAS Samin — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:57:08 +0000

🎉 Exciting news! PRAS Spectrum Theme Extension v0.3.0 update is live:

🎨 Introducing PRAS Twilight Slate dark theme!
🖼️ Revamped folder icons
🌟 Expanded icon library
🛠️ Bug fixes & performance improvements

Download now! 💻✨ bit.ly/download-ext #VSCode #Extensions

Portfolio

PRAS Samin — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:27:21 +0000

Just launched my portfolio website v1.0.0(Stable) on GitHub! 🌟 I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Check it out and let's connect!

Website Link: https://prassamin.github.io/portfolio/