Forem: Vinit Shahdeo

At Some Point, Your Code Stops Being Enough

Vinit Shahdeo — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:58:43 +0000

Why senior engineers need visibility, not vanity

There’s a phase in almost every engineering career where growth slows — not technically, but professionally.

You’re shipping solid systems.
You’re mentoring others.
You’re solving harder, more ambiguous problems.

Yet opportunities don’t scale the same way.

This isn’t a skill issue.
It’s a signal issue.

The silent plateau

Many mid-level and senior engineers fall into a quiet trap:

“My work should speak for itself.”

Inside your company, it often does.
Outside it, no one hears it.

When your resume reaches a hiring manager, they don’t just skim bullets. They Google you. They open GitHub. They scan LinkedIn. They look for context.

What they find — or don’t find — shapes the conversation before the first interview.

Silence is rarely interpreted as humility.
More often, it’s interpreted as absence.

Visibility ≠ self-promotion

Visibility is frequently misunderstood.

It does not mean:

Becoming a full-time content creator
Posting daily threads
Building a loud personal brand persona

Real visibility is quieter and far more technical.

It means:

Making your thinking discoverable
Leaving artifacts others can learn from
Creating public proof of how you reason

Good engineers already do this work internally — in design docs, RFCs, postmortems, and code reviews.

The only difference is where it lives.

What worked for me

My career trajectory changed when I started treating public platforms as extensions of my engineering workflow.

GitHub became an architectural diary — not just code dumps
Blogs became postmortems and reflections, not tutorials for beginners
Talks and mentoring became public learning, not performances

None of this was optimized for reach or virality.
It was optimized for clarity.

Over time, those artifacts quietly led to:

Open-source recognition (recognized as a GitHub Star)
Speaking opportunities (spoken at many tech meetups)
Roles I never formally applied for

Not because I marketed myself — but because my thinking was visible.

What senior engineers often underestimate

At senior levels, how you think matters more than what you know.

Two engineers may know the same tools.
What differentiates them is judgment.

But judgment only compounds when it’s observable.

That’s why:

Design documents
Write-ups
Architecture explainers

are not distractions from “real work.”

They are career assets.

They show how you break down ambiguity, make trade-offs, and communicate decisions — the exact skills companies struggle to assess in interviews.

A calm approach that actually scales

This doesn’t require a lifestyle change.

You don’t need to do everything.

👉 One solid repository per quarter
👉 One thoughtful article every few months
👉 Occasional sharing of learnings

That’s enough.

A senior engineer with public clarity has asymmetric leverage — not because they’re louder, but because they’re easier to trust.

Closing reflection

These patterns became clearer to me while reflecting on my own journey — from building widely used developer tools to leading engineering teams. Those reflections eventually came together as Digital Footprint for Software Engineers, not as a guide to self-promotion, but as a practical way to think about visibility as engineering signal.

Because at some point, your code really does stop being enough — and that’s not a failure. It’s a transition.

Start building your digital footprint today. I hope my recently launched book helps you take that first step.

Build a Sleek, Fast, and SEO-Optimized Developer Portfolio with Astro and Tailwind CSS

Vinit Shahdeo — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:44:20 +0000

Creating your personal website has never been easier or more fun. With the Stellar Astro Dev Portfolio template, you can quickly build a professional and impressive online presence. It's sleek, modern, and highly customizable template to showcase your work, skills, and featured articles. Preview the demo at vinitshahdeo.com.

Built with Astro and Tailwind CSS

This template is minimalistic and optimized for performance and SEO. It contains four main pages:

🏠 Home: A welcome page with your brief introduction.
👤 About: Detailed information about you, your skills, and your experience.
📚 Featured: Your thoughts, stories, and interviews.
📆 Now: What you're doing now This page is inspired by Derek Sivers's /now page. It's a great way to share what you're up to now.

Key Features

📱 Fully Responsive: Optimized for all screen sizes, ensuring a seamless user experience across devices.
⚡ Fast and SEO Optimized: Built for speed and search engine visibility, with comprehensive Open Graph meta tags for better social media sharing.
🎨 Fully Customizable: Tailor the template to match your style and requirements effortlessly.
📄 Comprehensive Pages: Pre-built pages include Home, About, Now, and Featured.
🚀 Self-Host Ready: Easily deployable on platforms like Netlify or Vercel.
📊 Google Analytics Integration: Simple setup for insightful analytics.
🔍 Automated SEO Tools: Automatic generation of robots.txt and Sitemap for better search engine indexing and navigation.

Perfect Lighthouse Score

This portfolio is designed to be performant and accessible, achieving a perfect score on Lighthouse. Check out the Lighthouse Report.

Get Started

This portfolio is open-sourced as an Astro theme on GitHub! Dive into the code and make it your own. Check out the detailed README on GitHub for everything you need to know.

The source code is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. The words and images are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Support

If you enjoyed this template, please consider giving it a star on GitHub. You can also help spread the word by sharing the blog post on 𝕏 (Twitter). Your support is greatly appreciated!

Simplify KYC with PAN and Aadhaar Card OCR

Vinit Shahdeo — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:45:48 +0000

In the digital age, identity verification is a crucial aspect of various financial and government processes. In India, two primary documents serve as the foundation for such verification - the Permanent Account Number (PAN) card and the Aadhaar card. These documents contain essential information for KYC, but manually extracting data from them can be time-consuming and error-prone.

To address this challenge, I built the PAN and Aadhaar OCR Extractor, a Node.js package that simplifies the extraction of PAN and Aadhaar card numbers from scanned images using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. It is designed to be lightweight and performant, making it suitable for a wide range of KYC applications.

Getting Started with Installation

The installation process is straightforward, and you can choose your preferred package manager:

Using npm:

npm install pan-aadhaar-ocr

Using yarn:

yarn add pan-aadhaar-ocr

Using the PAN and Aadhaar OCR Extractor

Once installed, you can start using the package right away. Here's a simple example of how to extract a PAN number from a scanned image:

const { extractCardDetails } = require('pan-aadhaar-ocr');

const imagePath = 'path/to/your/image.jpg'; // Provide the path to your PAN or Aadhaar card image
const cardType = 'PAN'; // Specify the card type as 'PAN' or 'AADHAAR'

extractCardDetails(imagePath, cardType)
    .then((extractedDetails) => {
        console.log(`PAN Number: ${extractedDetails.Number}`);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.error(err);
    });

You can also use async-await for a more streamlined experience:

try {
    const extractedDetails = await extractCardDetails(imagePath, cardType);
    console.log(extractedDetails);
} catch (err) {
    console.error('Something went wrong while extracting card details');
}

Supported Card Types

The PAN and Aadhaar OCR Extractor supports two essential card types:

PAN: The Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a unique alphanumeric identifier issued by the Income Tax Department of India. It plays a significant role in financial and tax-related processes.
AADHAAR: Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identity number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). It is a vital identification document used for various government and private sector services.

PAN & Aadhaar Validation

For comprehensive KYC processes, you can use additional APIs for PAN and Aadhaar validation:

Extract PAN/Aadhaar number using OCR

The PAN and Aadhaar OCR Extractor is a solution that simplifies data extraction from PAN and Aadhaar card for the KYC processes. With automation at its core, it eliminates errors, saves time, and enhances efficiency. Embrace this tool to streamline your data extraction process and stay ahead in the digital era. Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests via the GitHub repository.

Made with ❤️ by Vinit Shahdeo for India 🇮🇳

New Relic NerdGraph API Client for Node.js

Vinit Shahdeo — Mon, 15 May 2023 15:05:00 +0000

As software applications become more complex and distributed, monitoring and debugging them can become a significant challenge. New Relic is a well-known SaaS platform that offers monitoring, observability, and optimization solutions for modern software applications. NerdGraph is the GraphQL API of New Relic, and it provides developers with a more flexible and powerful way to interact with the New Relic platform.

To help you leverage the power of NerdGraph in your Node.js applications, I have recently created a Node.js API client for NerdGraph, called newrelic-nerdgraph-client. In this blog, I will walk you through the installation process and show you how to use the client to make synchronous and asynchronous NRQL queries.

📥 Installation

To install the newrelic-nerdgraph-client, simply run the following command:

npm i newrelic-nerdgraph-client

🔧 Usage

First, you need to obtain a User API key from New Relic. You can create one by logging into your New Relic account and navigating to Account settings > API keys.

After obtaining the API key, you can create an instance of NerdGraph by passing it as a parameter to the constructor:

const NerdGraph = require('newrelic-nerdgraph-client');

const apiKey = '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>';
const client = new NerdGraph(apiKey);

⚙️ Sync Query

You can make a synchronous NRQL query using the query method:

const options = {
  account: '<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID_HERE>',
  query: 'SELECT * FROM Transaction SINCE 1 day ago'
};

client.query(options)
  .then((data) => {
    console.log(data);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

⚡ Async Query

NerdGraph also supports asynchronous NRQL queries. Asynchronous queries run in the background, and you can make follow-up requests to retrieve query results or the query status. This type of query avoids a query being interrupted by issues like browser timeouts or HTTP connection timeouts. It's especially useful for running queries that may take a long time to complete.

You can make an asynchronous NRQL query using the query method with the async option set to true:

const options = {
  account: '<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID_HERE>',
  query: 'SELECT * FROM Transaction SINCE 1 day ago',
  async: true
};

client.query(options)
  .then((data) => {
    const queryId = data?.queryId;

    if (!queryId) {
      // Poll the results using this queryId
    } else {
      console.log(data);
    }
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

🔄 Polling Async Query

You can poll for the results of an asynchronous NRQL query using the poll method:

const options = {
  account: '<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID_HERE>',
  queryId: '<YOUR_QUERY_ID_HERE>'
};

client.poll(options)
  .then((data) => {
    if (data.queryId) {
      // Poll it again
    } else {
      console.log(data);
    } 
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

🚀 Seamlessly Interact with NerdGraph in Node.js

In conclusion, the New Relic NerdGraph API Client provides a flexible way to interact with the NerdGraph GraphQL API of New Relic in your Node.js applications. Whether you need to perform synchronous or asynchronous NRQL queries, retrieve query results, or poll for the status of async queries, this client has you covered. With its easy-to-use interface, support for promises and callbacks integrating the New Relic NerdGraph API Client into your projects is a seamless experience.

For detailed API documentation, please refer to the GitHub repository, and don't forget to check out the package on NPM to get started.

Thank you.

How to resolve server URLs containing variables in OpenAPI 3.x definitions?

Vinit Shahdeo — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 16:33:50 +0000

The OpenAPI specification is widely used to define RESTful APIs. One of the critical components of an OpenAPI specification is the server section, which provides a list of URLs where the API can be accessed. However, working with the server section can be complicated, especially when the server URLs contain variables and other dynamic components. That's where openapi-url-resolver comes in.

Below is a server object example,

{
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{username}.gigantic-server.com:{port}/{basePath}",
      "description": "The production API server",
      "variables": {
        "username": {
          "default": "demo",
          "description": "this value is assigned by the service provider, in this example `gigantic-server.com`"
        },
        "port": {
          "enum": [
            "8443",
            "443"
          ],
          "default": "8443"
        },
        "basePath": {
          "default": "v2"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Resolve server URLs or hosts from an OpenAPI 3.x definitions

openapi-url-resolver is a lightweight NPM package that simplifies the process of resolving server URLs from OpenAPI specifications. With openapi-url-resolver, you can easily extract server information and remove protocols from resolved URLs, making it easier to work with APIs that conform to the OpenAPI specification.

Here are some of the key features of openapi-url-resolver:

📦 Lightweight module with only 965 bytes in size
🚀 Zero dependencies, making it easy to install and use in your projects
🎯 Efficient and simple way to resolve URLs from OpenAPI specifications

You can install openapi-url-resolver via NPM:

npm install openapi-url-resolver

Using openapi-url-resolver is simple. All you need to do is pass an OpenAPI 3.x specification object to the resolve() function, and it will return an array of resolved server URLs. You can also pass a second parameter to the resolve() function to get the server URLs with protocols.

Here's an example of how to use openapi-url-resolver:

It's a great tool for developers who need to extract server information from OpenAPI specifications. It's lightweight, easy to use, and doesn't have any dependencies, making it an excellent addition to any project that uses OpenAPI.

If you're interested in learning more about openapi-url-resolver, check out the GitHub repository and give it a try in your projects!

Thank you.

A community-led mentorship opportunity for Hacktoberfest 2021

Vinit Shahdeo — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:40:49 +0000

👋 Do you know? The No-shave November campaign started with the aim of raising awareness and funding for cancer prevention, research and education. Such an innovative way right!

What are we developers waiting for then? Buckle up and let's get ready for “Hacktoberfest'21”. Let’s make “Open Source October” a ritual for every open-source contributor! This October let's contribute, collaborate and educate ourselves and others about open-source!

To do so, I along with a few other amazing folks have decided to mentor newbies in kickstarting their open-source journey.

Vinit Shahdeo

@vinit_shahdeo

Salute to all the amazing mentors who decided to trade away the hours that they could use to pursue their own career goals and spend them on guiding newbies in completing their @hacktoberfest challenge! 🙌

➡️ Join us as a mentor: vinitshahdeo.dev/hacktoberfest-…

#Hacktoberfest2021 🎉

15:51 PM - 21 Sep 2021

Project Maintainers

If you happen to be an experienced person in the field of programming and maintaining projects, you might have a few beginner-friendly issues that can be taken up by beginners. So, we are calling out project maintainers to add issues to the repository. Also, go through the blog post for a complete understanding of our initiative. 🙌

Add beginner-friendly issues to ISSUES.md
Add your repositories to PROJECTS.md
Join us as a mentor

Beginners

If you happen to be a beginner in this space, don’t scratch your head my friend we got your back! We’ve tried to compile a list of handpicked beginner-friendly issues & repositories. Get your hands dirty on them, try to resolve a first-timers-only issues and if you face any difficulties the mentors will guide you. What are you waiting for? Get on board now. And also, don't forget to introduce yourself in the discussions section.

GitHub Community

@githubcommunity

📞 Calling all #CodeNewbies

Checkout a great community led mentorship opportunity for #hacktoberfest2021 twitter.com/vinit_shahdeo/…

00:46 AM - 27 Sep 2021

Vinit Shahdeo @Vinit_Shahdeo
Salute to all the amazing mentors who decided to trade away the hours that they could use to pursue their own career goals and spend them on guiding newbies in completing their @hacktoberfest challenge! 🙌 ➡️ Join us as a mentor: https://t.co/WVNPZlAPg1 #Hacktoberfest2021 🎉 https://t.co/MbFsbNjJ8X

Open Source October is a vibe and we are all set to groove and code!

vinitshahdeo / Hacktoberfest2021

A community-led mentorship initiative to help beginners kickstarting their open-source journey by completing Hacktoberfest'21 challenge | Curated list of beginner-friendly issues for Hacktoberfest 2021 | Raise PR to add your issues

Happy Hacktoberfest! 🎉

Milepost: From a GitHub User to a GitHub Star

Vinit Shahdeo — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 04:29:10 +0000

Hello World 👋

I'm writing with a blissful bright smile that I have been recognized by GitHub as a GitHub Star. For those of you who got caught up in the jargon, the honour of becoming a part of the GitHub Stars Hall of Fame is not any less than getting a Gold Play Button from YouTube.

The GitHub Stars program thanks GitHub’s most influential developers and gives them a platform to showcase their work, reach more people, and shape the future of GitHub. Till now, there are just 46 GitHub stars worldwide. Learn more.

Three days ago, my usual work-day Friday unfolded into a surprising evening, which was matched by the thrill of receiving an email that read out the 'few magical words' every developer wants to hear - "Congrats, you're a GitHub Star!" 🤩

I am grateful to GitHub for recognizing the work I have done and my journey as a developer. Not only has GitHub helped me hone my skills but it has introduced me to some exceptional developers, who are now my closest pals. Give me a cheer if our meet-cute story includes GitHub. 🍺

As I always say the green dots on my GitHub profile represent my wandering expeditions - from one repo to another. Five years ago I was just a curious soul wondering how Facebook works and back in 2019, my curiosity and the open source community led me to become a Software Engineer at Postman, the world's leading collaboration platform for API development.

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Open Source kept me on my toes and encouraged me to always strive better. The 'GitHub' way of life has boosted my motivation and reciprocating all that I have received, I now strive to give more to the open-source community.

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No need to git commit just yet - I still have my GitHub Stars Swag box to unpack.

Find my GitHub Star Profile here.

Happy Open Sourcing!
Say Hi on Twitter.

My journey from 0 to 1K followers on GitHub

Vinit Shahdeo — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 04:52:25 +0000

Hello Dev Community 👋

I’m unbelievably humbled to have hit this mark, much obliged to the 1000+ folks who found my weekend's sip of code worthy of following! Despite all the problems we faced, 2020 has been a great year for me and now, I'm starting 2021 on this happy note.

git init journey@vinitshahdeo Back in 2016, I was introduced to GitHub during my college days at VIT and I found it so interesting that it soon became my homepage. The advent of this journey was marked by a simple web application performing basic calculations like squaring and cubing a number on GitHub and now when I look back, the green dots on my profile show how far I have come.

Recently I've accomplished a self-set milestone of becoming trending #1 developer on GitHub.

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In the last two years, I have been part of many open-source programs(GSSoC, SWoC, Hacktoberfest, etc.) where I got a chance to engage with the community and mentored many beginners to kickstart their open-source journey. Sometimes, I feel like I am not able to enjoy my favorite series on Netflix but helping beginners to create their first-ever pull request compensates for these missed moments. Along the way, I met a lot of amazing developers who are transforming open-source into a more and more awesome space. Always grateful to the community for making GitHub a better place to stalk!



console.log('Drop your username, let me stalk you!');

Last year when pandemic hit us, I built a COVID-19 😷 Tracker 🇮🇳 which got featured in newspapers.

vinitshahdeo / COVID19

A web app to display the live graphical state-wise reported corona cases in India so far. It also shows the latest news for COVID-19. Stay Home, Stay Safe!

COVID-19 Let's fight together with Corona! 🦠 😷

Do checkout latest COVID-19 Tracker 📊 | INDIA 🇮🇳

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👨 👱‍♀️ 🏠 😷 🙏

Stay Home^{Stay Safe}

🔎 Click here to visualize the state-wise 📊 Corona Cases in India! Keep yourself updated with latest news related to COVID-19.

I’m sure you’ll agree that, at this point, it isn’t an exaggeration to say that we are at war against the coronavirus and that it is a war we must win. The next few weeks are critical in this battle. I request everyone to stay at home and enjoy good time with family.

This is a small effort from my side to keep yourself updated with number of corona…

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^{A pandemic often brings websites with misleading information along with it. With this spirit, I built a COVID-19 Tracker to protect people from falling into the trap of rumours. Being a human who can code, I couldn't think anything better to give back to the society.}

Lastly, never compare your first chapter with someone else’s last chapter. Your first repository can even contain a code to check if a number is even or odd, but someone may benefit from it. As time goes by, you can contribute by addressing issues, contributing to the codebase, reviewing others’ code, and improving documentation. In the future, your digital footprint will carry more weightage than your resume. GitHub is the best place where aspiring software engineers can build their portfolio.

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I highly believe that if you're a techie, your homepage should be GitHub, not Instagram. Maintain a streak on GitHub as you maintain one on Snapchat. Get addicted to the green dots. Participate in competitions, connect with developers, indulge in communities and learn from everyone.

^{DISCLAIMER: The code you write matters more than the followers you have. Having less number of followers on GitHub doesn't mean that the person is a newbie. I always agree that the number of followers should never be a metric to define a stellar GitHub profile. However, a GitHub profile with more followers doesn’t hurt 😉. Having green contribution streaks makes your profile more attractive, and people might actually follow you!}

Thank you for reading this 💙. Listen to the podcast below where I've shared my journey!

PS: Grateful to GitHub for the dark theme 🖤, I'm no longer suffering from the retina-burning white theme of default UI.

Find me on Twitter | GitHub | LinkedIn.

Hacktoberfest 2020 is here!

Vinit Shahdeo — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:10:14 +0000

Hi there! 👋

October is coming, and so is Hacktoberfest!

GitHub being my homepage, October month has always been a celebration for me. Every year, hundreds of thousands of developers across the globe mark their first ever contribution on GitHub during the month of October. Last year, 500+ pull requests were opened for my repositories. Helping hundreds of people to mark their identity on GitHub was ineffable. Here I come again to get you covered for your Hacktoberfest challenge!

Sometimes it's hard to know from where to start in contributing to open-source, and often you might not have a particular repository in mind that you'd like to contribute to. To get you ready, I’ve curated a list of beginner-friendly issues(repos) ahead of time so that you can get the ball rolling once Hacktoberfest kicks off.

vinitshahdeo / Hacktoberfest2020

List of beginner-friendly | first-timers-only | up-for-grabs issues (repositories) for Hacktoberfest 2020 | Submit 4 PRs to earn a T-shirt

Beginners, get a sneak peek at good first issues which are up for grabs. I don’t want you to be the only one without a T-shirt! I recommend you to get started with this issue, all you need to know is an inspirational quote! Voila, you're just a step away from opening your first pull request.

Since GSSoC'20, I have been working for an IoT based project that helps to monitor the water level in a tank and even alerts users in case of an overflow or water depletion. Water is perhaps the second most important substance on the Earth, after air. This system helps the user to keep a track of the water filling up in the tanks placed on the terrace. Mark your contribution towards this initiative to help address the pressing need of the hour, which is to conserve water.

Port Scanner is another top pick for which I'm looking for contributions, see if you could take up some issues.

You can get the list of all repositories here. Lastly got a better idea to say "Happy Birthday"? What's stopping you from raising a pull request here!

Be it your first or fiftieth contribution, I wish you a great open-source journey. As they say sharing is caring, give a shoutout to Hacktoberfest2020 repository. Take time to encourage your friends to participate. They will thank you for it later!

TL;DR

Hacktoberfest 2020 is coming up on October 1st! Head to the repository below and get the ball rolling once the Hacktoberfest kicks off. Star (watch) this repo to keep yourself updated.

vinitshahdeo / Hacktoberfest2020

List of beginner-friendly | first-timers-only | up-for-grabs issues (repositories) for Hacktoberfest 2020 | Submit 4 PRs to earn a T-shirt

Hacktoberfest 2020

It’s that time of year again when we come together to support and celebrate the open source technologies we use and love.

Join the open source celebration and leave a mark on the open source world! Read my open-source journey here.

Register here for Hacktoberfest and make four pull requests (PRs) between October 1-31 to earn a free t-shirt.

I've opened few issues for beginners. Take up any issue and send your first PR! Many beginner-friendly issues on way - Star(watch) this repo for updates. Read my open-source journey here.

Repository	Issues	Pull Requests	Forks
inspirational-quotes
jobtweets
Email-Signature-Template
Hackathon-Timer
Cookie-Manager
Quotter
SimpleBio
HBD
Hashtagify
online-debate-system
MiniYouTube
TwitterSentimentAnalysis
PortScanner
Water-Monitoring-System
Map-of-India
ProgressiveNewsApp
covid19api
myFaculty
Recruitment Portal

Recommended repo for beginners

Welcome to the Open Source World! Please find the issues below:

Recommended issue for beginners: Add More Inspirational Quotes

Repository	Link to Issue	Language
inspirational-quotes	Add

…

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As the world battles to curb the impact of the coronavirus, our one and only responsibility right now is to stay safe and practice social distancing. We will bounce back from this pandemic together and no matter what, we will always keep open-sourcing and making the open-source space more and more awesome.

PS: Project maintainers can drop links to the repositories in the comments below. Need help? Feel free to ping me on Twitter! 🤗

I look forward to seeing you there. 🚀

<Happy Hacking />

Code to generate the Map of India using Node.js

Vinit Shahdeo — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:47:31 +0000

Hello 👋

I am Vinit Shahdeo, a Software Engineer from India. Yesterday on 15^th August, India celebrated its 74^th Independence Day. At midnight, I got an idea to write a code in JavaScript(Node.js) to generate the Map Of India. I've already seen code snippets in C/C++ which do the same but found nothing using JavaScript so far. With this spirit, I opened VSCode and started smashing my keys and finally ended up having a Node.js script to generate the Map of India.

Vinit Shahdeo

@vinit_shahdeo

👋 Happy Independence 🇮🇳 Day!

Here's something which I hacked last night - a @nodejs script to print #MapOfIndia in the terminal!

❤️ RTs are most welcome! 🤗

💙 Leave a ⭐️ here: github.com/vinitshahdeo/M…

#IndependenceDayIndia #JavaScript #CodeNewbies #100DaysOfCode #GitHub

04:15 AM - 15 Aug 2020

In this article, I'm trying to explain the obfuscated code which does the magic.

const MAGIC_STRING = "TFy!QJu ROo TNn(ROo)SLq SLq ULo+UHs UJq TNn*RPn/QPbEWS_JSWQAIJO^NBELPeHBFHT}TnALVlBLOFAkHFOuFETpHCStHAUFAgcEAelclcn^r^r\\tZvYxXyT|S~Pn SPm SOn TNn ULo0ULo#ULo-WHq!WFs XDt!"

The above encoded string is basically a binary sequence converted to ASCII in which alternating characters stores how many times to draw space and how many times to draw an exclamation mark(!).

Here's the link to the GitHub repository.

vinitshahdeo / Map-of-India

A Node.js script to generate the Map of India in terminal

Map of India

A Node.js script to generate the Map of India in terminal

Quick Start 🚀

Open your terminal and run npm start

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npm install && npm start

Commands 🔥

npm run draw: Prints Map of India 🇮🇳 in the terminal
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Explained 🏗️

cd src && cat index.js

Navigate to src/ folder and check out index.js.

For the binary version of the map, please checkout republic day/index.js.

cd republic\ day
node index.js

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        ['    '\
         \       `''|
         |         ,]
          `._      ].
            |     \
          _/       -'\
         ,'          ,'
       _/'          \                     ,..-''L_
  |--''              '-;__        |\     /      .,'
   \                      `--.__,'_ '----     ,-'
   `\                             \`-'\__    ,|
,--;/                             /     .| ,/
\__                               '|    /  /

…

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vinitshahdeo / Map-of-India

A Node.js script to generate the Map of India in terminal

Map of India

A Node.js script to generate the Map of India in terminal

Quick Start 🚀

Setup ⚙️

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Explained 🏗️

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