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Saloni Kataria
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Hi dev.to β€” I'm Saloni, and I build smart internal tools with data, cloud, and AI

πŸ‘‹ Hey dev.to! I'm Saloni β€” a data analyst who enjoys building tools that bridge analytics, engineering, and automation.

Over the past year, I’ve stepped beyond dashboards and SQL to build internal products that make workflows smarter and faster. My favorite thing is stitching together systems across cloud, browser, and APIs β€” especially when no one else has tried it before.

Some things I’ve recently worked on:

  • A Chrome Extension powered by Google OAuth + Flask + BigQuery to fetch real-time pricing data
  • A serverless pipeline that automates OpenAI-based classification using Cloud Run and BigQuery
  • Infrastructure-as-code workflows with Spacelift + Terraform to manage CI/CD and deployment automation

I’m starting this blog to share how I build β€” not just what, but why β€” and how other data people can ship powerful tools without waiting on traditional engineering teams.


πŸ”œ Coming soon:

  • Building a Chrome Extension with Google OAuth + Flask backend (Cloud Run)
  • How I automated GPT-based product validation using BigQuery + OpenAI
  • What I learned moving from SQL analyst to platform-level problem solver

If you're into applied AI, data + backend integration, internal tooling, or shipping fast with cloud platforms β€” follow along! Always happy to connect and learn from others building cool things.

Let’s build πŸ› οΈ

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