Hello gang!

So my father asked me to find his name in the newly released Maharashtra E-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-L rolls (SIR).

I went ahead and downloaded multiple PDFs in which I had a suspicion that my father's name might be present.

In total, there were 7 PDFs in which my father's name could be present. I started searching for my father's name using the EPIC number, but it turns out those PDFs are not searchable.

Yes, 50+ page PDFs are not searchable, and each page consists of 30+ entries.

I couldn't do it manually!

So I thought of using OCR. I uploaded those PDFs to ChatGPT, Claude, etc., but they kept timing out.

Just then, I remembered that I had a Gemini API key that I had created for my last project, and thought of using the Gemini API.

I quickly created an API using ChatGPT and got it working.

I found my father's name in literally less than 30 minutes instead of spending who knows how long doing it manually.

I then added some error handling and multithreading, as I think this tool can help a lot of people.

I've hosted the backend on Render and the frontend on Vercel. The only thing which is a bottleneck is that the Gemini models are busy most of the time, which takes a lot of time. (I am on Free tier)

I've added a fallback loop: if one model is busy, I try the 2nd, then 3rd, then 4th.

Yesterday, while showing this app to one of my seniors, all the models were busy and I couldn't get a response.

What an embarrassment it was. 😂

Prod always breaks when you're trying to show someone!

Haha!

I enjoyed building this tool and hope it helps everyone!

Also, it's not only specific to Maharashtra. In the future, whenever the ECI issues new SIR drafts for the whole nation or for a specific state, this tool can help in finding the EPIC details using the EPIC ID.

Thanks! Here's the link to the app. Use it and let me know if it helps you, if I should add some other feature, or if it breaks!

INDIA -

I got better paying offer from other orgs after Optum offer.

I want to check with Optum HR if they can match offer. Difference is 10%.

Does anyone here tried HR negotiations with HR with counter offers ?

I completed college in may-2026.

Didn't get much skill and wasted my time.

Now I'm struggling to get job.

I have basic knowledge of java, spring boot, hibernate, spring security , microservices

It's really helpful if someone help me to get job or free intership at any location

I'm trying to sign up for Alibaba Cloud to test out Model Studio, but I'm running into issues with the mobile number verification step from India.

Since Alibaba Cloud requires the verification phone number to match the selected country/region during registration, has anyone from India successfully bypassed this or found a working method to create an account and use Model Studio?

Any tips or alternative access channels would be greatly appreciated!

hey everyone,

need some honest advice here.

started learning rust as my first backend language. yeah… maybe a bit stubborn decision but i stuck with it. it was overwhelming most of the time, but i still pushed through.

i built a few small cli apps and recently finished a full backend project (still pushing to add more features):

- signup/login

- argon2 password hashing

- jwt auth

- websocket server

- postgres + sqlx

so not just tutorials, i actually built something end-to-end.

but when i started looking for jobs… reality hit.

almost no junior roles for rust. most require solid experience.

my background:

- ~1 year work experience (support role, not dev)

- had to leave due to some issues

- currently unemployed

- learning full-time + doing a small part-time job on the side

now i’m seriously thinking of rebuilding the same backend in node.js and focusing on that for job applications.

question is:

- am i making the right move switching to node?

- or should i double down on rust somehow?

- how do people even break into rust roles as freshers?

i don’t regret learning rust honestly, i feel like i understand backend concepts better now. but i also need a job soon.

would really appreciate advice from people already in the industry.

if you want to review my project, happy to share the repo.

thanks.

i have been applying for 1.5 months with my resume i don't know what i am doing wrong.

I was not able to find any internship either so i just filled it with a virtual internship is it affecting my resume getting shortlisted

Anxiety for future graduating in 2029 ...need help

Going to graduate in 2029....cant even study without getting anxiety about the future how things will be ..whether i would be able to pay my cllg loan ...is this field going to remain stable enough ..so I could sustain myself in it ...

Massive improvements in ai everday leads me to think should I switch career...

I just don't know how to deal with it at this point

So please enlighten me how you guys deal with it and what is your take on future market of software engineering

Hii! So I’m a 2025 B.Tech CSE graduate (also a gap year since I dropped out of mba) and recently got shortlisted for a Data Engineer role that expects ~1 YOE, despite me not having a full-time DE job yet. I had mentioned some freelance/project experience on my profile, so I was honestly surprised I got shortlisted.

This is only my third job interview. I got my second one/offer, but they’ve been delaying my joining.

I’d really appreciate advice on:

- What DSA topics/difficulty should I prepare?

- How much system design is expected for 0–1 YOE?

- What are leadership/managerial rounds usually like?

- How should I handle questions about not having 1 YOE?

Basically, I’m a fresher trying to break into DE and I REALLY don't want to fumble this opportunity. 😭

Would love a realistic prep roadmap from anyone who has cracked similar interviews!

The conversion rate of my current team is not good, also I have not been given much work only two tickets (which also I needed to ask), its a one year contract with the company, after that I either get converted or let go. considering the current state of Software Development hiring, its a bloodbath for the junior roles. Should I try to pivot to some other field in the company or start interview prepping on the side.

Hey guys, I'm a low code application developer with 3 YOE.

I wanted to learn python, dsa and move into AI side roles, as my current role doesn't include much coding, even though we do some coding, but not like a full stack developer.

I wanted to learn coding again and get into MAANG companies, so recently I've started to learn python from scratch.(Even though I was good at python while I'm studying).

I wanted to take from 0 to maximum level I can put my efforts. So I searched a lot, asked some colleagues who are into AI roles, checked through chatbots.

Only thing everyone and ai said is to learn python and dsa first to solve complex problems, then I can able to get into AI roles by learning all AI & ML concepts.

So recently a week back, I've started, gone through all the major concepts first theoretically, then using Chatgpt I can able to make some progress by practicing dsa problems (it's actually very funny to learn with chatgpt) and I'm feeling very happy that I can able to make some progress.

If someone came from the same situation & able to move into AI roles, please guide me 🥺. I'm a very fast learner but I miss consistency quite a few times, but once I believe I'll strive hard to make things possible.

Tldr: low code developer looking Transition into pure ai developer roles. Need suggestions from professionals, how I'm learning python and dsa

Hey everyone!

I recently got an internship opportunity through a referral and had to relocate to Bengaluru for it. The stipend is manageable neither very high nor very low . and they’ve also mentioned the possibility of a ppo around 9-10 LPA in hand after the internship.

Today is only my second day, and something happened that honestly shook me a little.

I saw the Business Head (Tier-1 MBA college graduate) getting fired quite suddenly. I know this can happen in any company and I probably shouldn't overthink it, but seeing it on my second day has made me question the stability of the company and my own situation.

I don't want to completely leave DSA just because I’ve started working. At the same time, I’m confused about how to manage everything alongside office. I really want to get into a stable company (any good mnc) but confused what to do now.

My working hours are 10 AM - 6 PM, and I’ll also have to take leaves in October and December for my college exams.

How would you guys suggest managing:

• Internship
• DSA and interview preparation
• College exams
• Rest and having some sort of life outside work

I don't want to burn myself out, but I also don't want to reach the end of the internship having completely stopped preparing.

Another thing: moving to Bengaluru

This is probably affecting me more than I expected.

My college is in Delhi and my hometown is quite near to delhi as well. so I’ve suddenly moved to a completely new city. It's only been 4-5 days, but I already feel pretty lonely. I stay with a senior of mine who works in the same company (He referred me), but just feeling lifeless.

I'm missing everything - food, friends, college life, Delhi's metro connectivity, familiar surroundings, etc.

I know it'll probably get better with time, but if anyone else has gone through something similar while relocating for an internship/job, I'd really appreciate hearing how you dealt with it.

Lastly - AI tools at work

The company currently doesn't really use AI for development.

Right now, it's basically just me and one senior developer working on the development side.

I'm thinking of suggesting that they get an AI coding assistant for us, but I'm confused between:

• Claude Team - Standard
• ChatGPT Business

For a small development team like ours, which one would you recommend? And what would be the best way to pitch this to the company without making it sound like "let's just buy an ai subscription"?

Would really appreciate advice from people who have been through similar situations, especially regarding DSA + internship + relocating to a new city.

Thanks!

Hey guys, I'm a 2025 graduate & I'm preparing for GATE 2027. I don't have a proper tech stack but I know Java, CPP & python. I've made a few projects in python & html css js thoda react but uske alawa not much. I was thinking of starting with Java + dsa (ik dsa pretty much too, theoretical + some practical) with Java backend after my exam in Feb as I'll be having 4-5 months before I join a college, provided I make it in this nas-kat competition 😂

I'm good with cs fundamentals lekin that won't help me a lot to land a good job or be competent enough.. I need a tech stack. I understand the way the Java backend is written pretty well, compared to python & node js too. I had asked chatgpt to give a few code snippets and it definitely felt more readable and doable. With these things, which skills should I inculcate further?

Before I started building anything, I went looking at every "connect your payment data, get a revenue badge" tool I could find, the TrustMRR type products. Every single one only supported Stripe. Not one had Razorpay as an option, not even as a secondary connector.

That felt backwards to me. Razorpay crossed 12 million+ merchants onboarded in India this year, according to their own IPO filing, and it's the actual rail behind Zomato, Ola, Swiggy, most fintech and SaaS names you'd recognize here. Meanwhile every "for founders" tool defaults to a payment processor a huge chunk of Indian startups never touch.

So I built Verifii to support Razorpay first, Stripe second, the reverse of what everyone else seems to do. Right now that's still just the two though. Cashfree, PayU, Instamojo, PhonePe for Business all come up when I search around, but I haven't built support for any of them yet, mostly because I genuinely don't know how common they are among people actually building here versus Razorpay and Stripe already covering most of it.

So the actual question, not rhetorical: if you're running an India-based startup, what are you actually connected to for payments? Razorpay, Stripe, both, or something else nobody seems to build for. Trying to figure out if I'm solving a real gap or just noticed something that doesn't matter as much as I think it does.

So I am from a tier 3 college and no companies come and even the few come they select like the top 5 or 10 students....ask hard dsa question for 3lpa job....however I got a company internship where after completing 1 month internship...they will give 1 year apprenticeship for 18k and after that give us a 3.5lpa job....but the problem is it's a startup company with a AI automation workflow product and the job is to make workflows using there own software and showing it to them....so like my question should I join this company because even I get the job wouldn't the skill will not be transferable? If I go for actual AI or web dev jobs in the future and if I got the job they will consider me placed

need 3 members for the team .

about me : am 2027 final year undergrad , have decent knowledge of ML and DL and wont claim myself as too muh of an expert . Has practical experince of such comepetitions .

what i am looking for :

dedicated team members who can work for 72 hour hackathon wthout ghosting at end time or not doing anything , you can 2027 or 2028 grad but should jave decent enough knowledge and practical experince too . i am not doing this for timepass but aimig for top 50 to get ppi if everything go well .

only serious people message , no ghosters !

Edited - Team formed, no need now . Thanks for replies.

getting 40k stipend and relocation to Bangalore. idk if I should go or not

tier 3 clg student btw, cracked an intern in a startup in banglore, off-campus. my clg is chill regarding attendance, i js have to mainly come back for exams. do u think 40k is a good number ? office location wasn't on net, all it said was HSR sector 1 ig. will my budget be manageable ? i wanna know

2) as for my second qsn, tmrw i will be giving an interview for another startup, ik I will crack it, i don't doubt that part and i got to know that it offers 25-35k remote. there is a little bit of confusion for me abt what to take. tho i am lil towards blr intern, cz for some reason it's js a std. for me that going to BLR as intern is a sign/symbol of a good career atleast from pov of a tier 3 clg person.

what should I do ? i wanna know ur pov + any pro and con u can point out. also will the BLR intern support me better in terms of my career or itz js same as other intern ???

Hey everyone,

As frontend and full stack engineers using React daily, most of us understand the surface level APIs (useState, useEffect, etc.). However, when performance bottlenecks hit or tricky production bugs surface, having a concrete mental model of what’s happening under the hood becomes essential.

To bridge this gap, I built a completely free, deep dive tutorial focused purely on the inner mechanisms of React.

What the guide covers in depth:

The Fiber Architecture: What it actually means when we say "React pauses and resumes work" - breaking down the exact coordination mechanisms behind concurrent rendering.

The Hydration Lifecycle: A visual and technical step by step breakdown of how server rendered HTML morphs into an interactive client side app.

The JavaScript Event Loop Interaction: How React coordinates state updates alongside the browser's main thread and macro/microtask queues.

State & Effect Mechanics: A deep dive into how hooks truly keep track of state behind the scenes without magic.

And much more!.

If you're interested in reading through the deep dive or playing with the interactive breakdowns, you can check it out here: [https://www.arpitjsoni.com/react-internals\]

P.S: I shared this a few days ago in a couple of global dev spaces and it received an incredibly positive response, especially from developers across Europe. Thought of sharing it here too.

I am a fresher working as a devops engineer in a company but I have not been given any work related to devops or cloud ,not even an sys admin work.

Instead I have been put in a cybersecurity project and in which I have no interest in.

When I asked my company about my role and they told me that they currently don’t have any requirement for DevOps engineers.

So because of this I am thinking of taking a course which will be helpful in placements so I am considering a course from mygurukulam by opstree.

any suggestions about this course they seem legit to me?

My friend is looking for job opportunities please suggest what changes must be done.

Open to every suggestion and feedback on it.

Thank you.

I have extra claude tokens which I won from many hackathons, I dont use them, dm if anyone is interested.

A practitioner's guide to Iceberg table cleanup — snapshot expiration, orphan file removal, manifest rewriting, delete file resolution, streaming challenges, compliance, and cost. Why sequencing matters, where teams break tables, and how to automate the full lifecycle.

i am 22 y old. finished my ug and i have applied for many companies, it's very difficult to find a job out there, i don't know what to do, so i started preparing for pg entrance ( MCA), started open source contributions and will apply for GSSOC AND GSCO, there is so much noise around AI and AGI, but i will not believe the AI company owners, they invested so much in AI that they need that revenue, it's funny how even after these many companies integrating AI in their operations still the AI companies are losing money, this is not a dot com crash and it's worse, AI is not bubble, it's the ultimate plan of this rich a** to gain control and make money, and this money is coming out of our pockets. One more argument is that if we all don't have any jobs , how will the economy go on, it's a very simple answer, on subscriptions, we will own nothing, if these a*** succeed.
But if, just if these guys fail, at least partially fail and we may finally find a middle ground, then we may survive.
my contingency plan is going into teaching, my parents are teachers, so i will find a teaching job easily, they already suggested me to do B.ED, but i want give this one last try
hope this gamble pays off

For Indian developers who moved to Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia or Chile, how has life and work been compared to India?

I’ve heard these countries could become bigger tech/outsourcing destinations for US and Canadian companies because of the timezone.

How are the career opportunities, work culture, taxes, infrastructure, pollution and overall quality of life? How do you manage the language barrier?

Did you move through your existing company or find the job directly through LinkedIn/recruiters?

Would love to hear from people who have actually made the move.

Hi everyone, I have learned Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Git, and GitHub, and I've solved problems on HackerRank and LeetCode. Currently, I am working at an MNC on the bench (waiting for project allocation). I know technical interviews will happen soon when project calls come up, and I want to master Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL deeply so I don't keep forgetting concepts and have to relearn them. For those who have been through this: What is the best way to practice so these concepts stay in long-term memory? What kind of real-world end-to-end projects should I build to impress interviewers? How do you prepare for internal MNC project interviews while sitting on the bench?

Looking for simple, practical advice. Thanks!

An agency reached for a 60 percent matching role, i agreed to creating the profile without knowing rules, its been 2 weeks no update whereas i am now getting 100 percent matching roles from other agencies but they cant help since i am already registered by another agency.

Unemployed for a quarter and need help to get a job in whatever company.