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Ankita Kulkarni

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One skill every Leader needs to Master

Hello Reader, As an Engineering leader, you are going to get requests all the time. So you need to prioritize how you are going to manage that. According to a study by McKinsey, leaders who set clear priorities for their teams see a 25% increase in overall productivity. You might have to say β€˜no’ to your direct team or product leaders or might have to say no to priorities. In Leadership, saying no means 'not right now', but let's work together to figure out 'when.' While setting priorities,...

Removing console logs

Hey friend, I've been heads down building this thing for months, and I'm both nervous and *stoked* to finally share it with you. It is The Modern Full Stack Next.js Course which is dropping on November 25th πŸ’₯. It is a course that teaches you to build and deploy production-ready Next.js apps. Less than 10 days to go, WILD !! 😬 Look, I know there are tons of courses out there, but I wanted to do something different. I actually built my own *custom course platform* from scratch because, well,...

Hey friend, AI has revolutionized how we should build products. Instead of being scared of it, I'd suggest trying out a bunch of tools and seeing what you like to make you more powerful, I mean productive :P. I mean, I built this Full Stack Splitwise app from scratch using just prompts and AI – no coding skills required! My Tech Stack - Next.js, ShadCN, Clerk, and all the bells and whistles. I'm blown away 🀯. I also gave AI my design vision and it designed this beautiful app for me! If you...

Hey friend, I'm excited to announce the launch of my new AI SaaS project - SpeakEasy AI ↗️. It allows you to convert your video into a blog post. You can upload any video you like, and it will turn into a beautiful, SEO-friendly blog post. If you have been holding off from shipping a SaaS app, now is your chance! Here is the entire course, πŸš€ Important News To better focus on the upcoming Next.js Course launch πŸš€, Frontend Snacks (this newsletter) will transition into a monthly newsletter. It...

Open AI Whisper with UploadThing

Hey friend, I have been heads down creating a free AI SaaS tutorial which is going to be massive on my channel. This will teach you how to ship a AI SaaS. I can't wait to share more. Based on popular demand, I'm running the Next.js Workshop ↗️ for the final time. I won't be running this workshop again. It is a Live 1-day Next.js Workshop that teaches you the best practices to design, build and deploy full-stack production-ready apps. ⏰ When: September 3rd, 9am to 3pm ESTπŸ“ Where: Zoom 🎁 For a...

Hey friend, I gave a talk at React Rally ↗️ on React Framework Showdown and compared Next.js, Remix and Astro. I didn't hold back and gave some hot takes 🌢️. It can be nerve-wracking to give your opinions when you have so many folks in the audience actively working on the frameworks. The talk went really well. I'll let you know once the recording is out. But today's newsletter will focus on parts of the talk. -> I forgot to hit this newsletter's schedule button while travelling, so that's my...

Partial Pre-rendering in Next.js

Hey friend, A few weeks ago I hosted a workshop on Next.js and the workshop was a hit. Towards the end of the workshop, this is all I could hear, " loved this " " learned so much " " increase the price " " create one more " " create a community so we can be your cheerleaders " πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή I also loved connecting with so many of you and teaching live. After a lot of us went remote, it felt like I'm creating content in the void but this workshop makes it very real. More importantly, I had fun and you...

Hey friend, I can't believe I did this. I created a tutorial that is 7 HOURS LONG 😳 on my Youtube channel, the longest one on my channel. ✨ It is an AI-powered Todoist Clone that seamlessly organizes your tasks and predicts what's next using AI In this 7-hour tutorial, you will learn how to create an end-to-end full-stack Todoist clone, with AI features to help you organize and suggest missing items in your list with adding and deleting tasks, adding and deleting projects and more. And I...

Hey friend, I have been working on something very exciting πŸš€. It is a completely free course. Over the years, I have been asked what my best practices for Next.js apps were? What were the learnings after teaching over 10,000 students? well, this simple course will cover a few of those tips. I'll be sharing 10 easy-to-follow HOT tips πŸ”₯ for Next.js apps in 10 days! If you want to be the first to know when I release it, you can sign up here ↗️. Our Weekly Snack: Let's a create a fun GitHub...

React compiler

Hey friend, This is one of the most exciting updates in the React ecosystem: the React Compiler ↗️. I am incredibly excited because we can now use the Next.js 15 RC ↗️ with this compiler and eliminate many React hooks we've been using, such as useCallback, useMemo, memo, and more. If you prefer to watch the video instead, then check out my latest video here πŸ‘‡ How does React Compiler ACTUALLY work? Our Weekly Snack: Is it time to forget useCallback or useMemo? First of all, why are we...