DEV Community: Saurav Suman

Imagen API deprecated

Saurav Suman — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:14:38 +0000

I saw on google api documentation page that Imagen model is deprecated on August 17, 2026. Can somebody tell me whether can we use nanobanana to create projects in DEV Education track. I mean I want to earn the badge while learning and building is my top priority.

Gulab Jamun

Saurav Suman — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:56:16 +0000

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, CSS Art.

Inspiration

This is the food which my great grandfather use to bring for me

Demo

GitHub Pages

saurav09s.github.io

Journey

I mostly used AI in this

Trying to become better at frontend - Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing

Saurav Suman — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:19:56 +0000

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge - Comfort Food Edition, Perfect Landing

What I Built

I built a simple landing page showing some of India's famous snacks, sweets and drinks.

Demo

Journey

I learned some new JavaScript functions and enhance my frontend skills. Faced some issues with ts/particles in react. Since I didn't have much experience with using pre built modules I used Chat GPT to correct my errors.

Here are the links
Live Url:

indian-cuisine-sigma.vercel.app

GitHub:

Saurav09s / Indian-Cuisine

Indian Cuisine - Snacks, Sweets, Refreshments

This is a single page application made using React. This landing page features Indian Cuisine particularly snacks, sweets and refreshments

To get started

Clone this Repository
Do npm install
Then npm run dev to view this in your browser

Resources used:

Photo by pavan gupta on Unsplash
Photo by Divyanshi Verma on Unsplash
Photo by Joshuva Daniel on Unsplash
Photo by kabir cheema on Unsplash
Photo by Ananthan Chithiraikani on Unsplash
Photo by Vinitha V on Unsplash
Photo by Sean Bernstein on Unsplash
Photo by Gaurav Kumar on Unsplash
Photo by Nisha Ramesh on Unsplash
Photo by Gaurav Kumar on Unsplash

View on GitHub

Web2 vs Web3 - A beginner's perspective

Saurav Suman — Sun, 10 May 2026 04:59:10 +0000

Identity on a block chain

One of the important aspects of web3 and Solana is the key pair identity system where public key serves as a identity to outside world and the private key serves as a authentication method to approve the corresponding transaction that is being accessed by the public key. The private key can
It also gives more authority to users as companies cannot lock or block accounts. The work is performed by user without anyone's permission.
The key pair identity is global there is no particular server it works instead the entire network is the server.
Another important aspect is that transactions are linked together in blocks, forming a blockchain. Because each block is cryptographically connected to the previous one, altering a block would change its hash and make tampering detectable by the network, thereby improving security and integrity.