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⌘ CEO & Founder @LangbaseInc // @Google Devs Advisory Board // Award-winning @GitHub Star // Ex VP DX Rapid / Quoted by @SatyaNadella "awesome example for devs"

San Francisco
Joined November 2010
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@MrAhmadAwais
Ahmad Awais
4 months
Major personal update: I left my VP job at a unicorn to start my own company. ⌘ Why am I doing this? What problem are we solving? Why now?
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The binary tree actually exists!!
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I'm launching a free Node.js course tomorrow. 🥳
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2 years
This almost made me sad as web dev! 😶
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1 year
API security best practices 👇🧵
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Learn Cache-Control and how APIs are cached.👇 { 1 / 6 }
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4 years
Junior developers: "I can't do one damn thing without Googling it first. When will I become a real Senior Developer?!" Senior developers: 71 Tabs open on Google 21 Tabs open on StackOverflow Trying to solve ✨ONE✨ small problem
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@MrAhmadAwais
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5 years
😮 The CSS Working Group approved CSS Nesting — which now has early Working Draft in Stage 1. Wohooo! 🎉 The following will hopefully soon work in vanilla #CSS . ```CSS div { & p { color: tomato; } } ``` 🙌 Your thoughts/shares/retweets welcomed!
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3 years
Software developers are students forever. 🧠
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Developers in 90s: Oh, I just made a new OS. Developers in 2021: How do I center a div?
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Learning JavaScript isn't something you can finish.
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@MrAhmadAwais
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3 years
✨ Folks, something amazing just happened!! ✨ I'm humbled to have been featured by @SatyaNadella CEO @Microsoft — in his keynote at #MSInspire Conf. Re: My Open Source Contribution to NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter made it to Mars. 🚀 I wrote about it →
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Learning JavaScript isn't something you can finish.
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@MrAhmadAwais
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😮 StackOverflow Sold to Prosus for $1.8 Billion.
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2 years
My father once told me: "Never run after money; it's generally not worth it. Run after problems; solve them — and everything else (fame, money, appreciation, awards) will follow." This stuck with me & has been the source of intrinsic motivation to create open-source & teach. 🧠
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CSS is an !important skill to learn.
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@MrAhmadAwais
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Humbled — I just got the gold @GitHub Stars Award 🎉 Woah! Can't stop starring at this remarkable thing. It feels great to be recognized for my open-source work. Spent over a decade building & helping the FOSS developers community. Thank you, everyone, who made it possible.
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COOL! Now run Python in your browser. 🧵👇
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@MrAhmadAwais
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2 years
There are 9 HTTP request methods: ❯ GET ❯ PUT ❯ POST ❯ HEAD ❯ TRACE ❯ PATCH ❯ DELETE ❯ OPTIONS ❯ CONNECT Did you know? Let's discuss each of these 🧵👇
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2 years
GitHub co-pilot writes more than 20% of all my JavaScript code now. 🧠
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JavaScript is tough but so are you! 💯
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3 years
Developers: Instead of joining a big company, waiting for weeks to deploy code into production which breaks the site, you should join a startup and break shit every day. 🧠
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OH MY GOD, I’m a #Martian 👽 My Open Source Contribution to NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Made it to Mars. 🚀 I mean, through open-source, I contributed code to the software of Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission — NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter. I blogged about it
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You can never stop learning JavaScript. 🧠
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JavaScript isn't free. You have to pay attention. 🧠
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Developers hate CSS without putting in the effort to learn it.
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React developers, how are you writing CSS?
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JavaScript developers are forever students. 🧠
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3 years
Next.js is the best thing that happened to the web in a while.
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@MrAhmadAwais
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4 years
🔥 It's here! Excited to announce ❯❯ A whole new workflow to "Code. Publish. Maintain." CLI Automation DevTools with #JavaScript Node.js. 📺 100+ videos most-complete resource 📟 22+ practical CLI projects 🦄 Become a Senior Dev 🤖 Automate everything
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3 years
JavaScript developers love to over React.
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@MrAhmadAwais
Ahmad Awais
4 years
Which method do you prefer to clone an array, and why? 1️⃣ [...arr]; 2️⃣ arr.slice(0); 3️⃣ Array.from(arr); 4️⃣ ((x) => x); 5️⃣ arr.concat([]); 6️⃣ JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(arr)); #OneDevMinute #JavaScript #CodeNewbie
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HTML is 28 yrs old. Two fun facts for developers: 🧠 🔘 HTML was without clothes (CSS/24yrs) for 4 yrs 🔘 & Without a brain (JavaScript/25yrs) for 3 yrs
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5 years
🔥 New #JavaScript native API for the smooth scrolling. 📯Today's #OneDevMinute
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2 years
How I reverse-engineered "Wordle" 🧠
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3 years
JavaScript & web developers guess the problem here? 🧠
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@MrAhmadAwais
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3 years
Robots will never replace and automate: 🧠 • Engineers • Doctors • Artists • Investors • Entrepreneurs
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3 years
。 ☆ 。  ☆。  ☆ 。 ☆。 \   |   /。 ☆ CSS is !important ☆。 /  |  \。 ☆ 。  ☆。  ☆ 。  ☆。 。
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2 years
307 FREE API Developer Guides, Labs, & Video Courses. 🧵👇
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@MrAhmadAwais
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4 years
🤯 Remove old and heavy node_modules folders: $ npx npkill ✨ I just deleted 4.6 GB of old node_modules in 7 secs.
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2 years
Developers: What are you using to create APIs nowadays? 🤔
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3 years
Any open-source contribution, however small, code or docs, minor or patch, fix or typo addressed, or even a PR reviewed is worth celebrating. Nowadays, people laugh at the size and type of open-source contributions. I want to normalize this. No contribution is ever too small.
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2 years
BIGGEST JavaScript secret is out: [object Object]
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@MrAhmadAwais
Ahmad Awais
2 years
Google has released a new language called Carbon. What is it? 🧵
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4 years
😇 I'm honored to be listed as #1 #JavaScript Developer on @GitHub Trending Developers today. And #2 overall. I feel amazing. Alhumdulillah! 👨‍💻 Follow my open-source work on GitHub ❯❯ Thank you, everyone, for appreciating my work. Stay safe & healthy.
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@MrAhmadAwais
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2 years
Launching my FREE Node.js course today 🌱🌱🌱 🌱🌱🌱 📟 Learn best way to install Node.js 🦄 Learn to manage Node.js versions 🤖 Build & launch your first CLI 📺 13+ vids 1hr of content ❯❯ Completely free. Learn everything I know. RT for signal. 💚
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@MrAhmadAwais
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LangUI — Open source Tailwind UI for AI LLM Apps A fantastic open-source project. Got early access! ✨ A collection of reusable tailwind components that you can copy-paste into your LLM AI apps. Free. Customizable. Open Source. 🌟 Star the GitHub repo:
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400 FREE API Developer Guides, Comics, & Video Courses. 🧵👇
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3 years
Code memorization is not Learning. 🧠
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2 years
Reading this, I feel limitless, finally unlocking 100% of my brain. This mysterious API is called "Bionic Reading"; you can use it today. A full story 🧵 👇
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2 years
。 ☆ 。  ☆。  ☆ 。 ☆。 \   |   /。 ☆ CSS is !hard ☆。 /  |  \。 ☆ 。  ☆。  ☆ 。  ☆。 。
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4 years
🥳 It's here! is live 😎 ❯❯ 14 videos, 3 projects, & silly jokes. ❯❯ Completely FREE 🔘 Intro to @Deno_land 🔘 Installation 🔘 Deno vs Node 🔘 Deno CLI & Docs 🔘 Deno VSCode Setup RT's appreciated 🙏 #deno #JavaScript #100DaysOfCode #CodeNewbies
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2 years
This VS Code extension will change the way you do web development. 🚀 Launching RapidAPI Client for VS Code. 🚀
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3 years
It's 2021, do you prefer .then or async/await syntax in JavaScript? 🤔
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What's your web dev stack in 2021?
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The story of every developer's life. 🦊 🥀 Roses are red 💜 Violets are blue ❌ Unexpected '{' 🤦‍♂️ on line 32
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2 years
JavaScript developers are forever students. 🧠
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4 years
🔥 Empty a JavaScript Array. const emptyArray = (arr) => (arr.length = 0);
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3 years
As a JavaScript developer, every day I know less. 🧠
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3 years
Spooky CSS 🔥 *:hover { display: none; } Caution: Don't Try This at Home.
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3 years
。 ☆ 。  ☆。  ☆ 。 ☆。 \   |   /。 ☆ CSS is !hard ☆。 /  |  \。 ☆ 。  ☆。  ☆ 。  ☆。 。
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4 years
🤯 Free up GBs of node_modules in less than 30 secs. ❯❯ $ npx npkill I've deleted 50 GB+ so far. #OneDevMinute
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@MrAhmadAwais
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😎 Excited to announce — I'm now a "Google Developers Expert" for Web Tech. 👐 @Google has just welcomed me in the @GoogleDevExpert Program by recognizing my open source and #DevRels work. Happy to have earned this distinction. ✍️ I wrote about it here→
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3 years
I !!!love JavaScript. 🧠
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2 years
Developers, do you know what are HTTP Cookies? Learn from the fun RapidAPI Comics. Thread 🧵👇🏻 { 1 / 5 }
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4 years
#OneDevMinute of JavaScript: 🔥 #JavaScript native API for the smooth scrolling.
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3 years
How did you decide which JavaScript framework/lib to learn?
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🔥 Announcing Visual Studio @Code Power User Course! Excited + proud. Over a year 1000+ hours of effort → ✅ Basic + Pro Settings 🎯 200+ Power Dev Workflows ⚛️ JavaScript/PHP/Py/Go Setup 👍 50+ Exts & #OpenSource Git → Become a
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3 years
Unsplash got acquired by Getty Images
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@MrAhmadAwais
Ahmad Awais
10 months
Meta (Facebook) is launching a Twitter competitor app called Threads on July 6th. Monthly active users as of 2023 Meta: Facebook: ~3.0B Instagram: ~2.0B WhatsApp: ~2.0B Twitter: ~300M I think they may have a real shot at this. Considering how Twitter has gone down the drain…
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3 years
What programming language did you write your first line of code in?
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2 years
Introduction to CORS CORS is an HTTP-based mechanism that lets you request data from one URL to a different URL. Let's talk about it in a bit more detail. 🧵👇
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3 years
CSS is !not !important.
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2 years
I'm launching a free Open-Source course in Urdu tomorrow. 🥳
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3 years
2010: PSD to HTML Developer 😋 2021: Figma to Next.js Developer 🧠
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2 years
What exactly is an HTTP Cookie. Thread 🧵👇🏻
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What do use more: REST APIs or GraphQL?
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I know jQuery ain't cool anymore, but I miss it. JavaScript 2021 newbies won't ever know why?! 🧠
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3 years
If your tech stack is more interesting than your project, you're probably over engineering it. 🧠
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3 years
Don't, and I repeat, DO NOT open-source like Twitch. 🤦‍♂️
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4 years
I'm open-sourcing a command line CLI I wrote, to track the latest stats of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ❯❯ INSTALL: 📟 npm i -g corona-cli USAGE: ⚡ corona ⚡ corona <countryName> ⚡ corona usa ⚡ corona italy Retweet if helpful. #Corona #COVID
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JavaScript developers are life-long learners. 🧠
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2 years
I never liked Mathematics. What about y'all? 🧠
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3 years
CSS is hard; drag & drop is harder. 🧠
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2 years
Wow, Node.js 19 is here! what's new? open this:
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4 years
I'm humbled to share that I've been awarded a GitHub Stars status by the good folks at @GitHub . It feels great to be recognized for my open-source work. Thank you, everyone, who made it possible. ✍️ Read more: 🌟 Stars Profile:
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4 years
🤔 Did you know! Most software engineers prefer to use dark mode because… wait for it… light attracts more bugs.
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2 years
The world is eating JavaScript. 🧠
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3 years
Wow, everyone learns JavaScript in a different way. Videos work for me best. Web developers how did you learn JavaScript?
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1 year
Did you know how DNS works? 🧠
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3 years
I'm in this tweet and I don't like it. 🙈
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3 years
JavaScript is !easy! 🧠
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2 years
GitHub co-pilot is writing 100% of my JavaScript code during holidays. 🧠
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@MrAhmadAwais
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1 year
@TwitterDev The pricing tiers are unbelievable. This will make developers stop building with Twitter API. We all know APIs don’t cost that much. This extra premium pricing disguised as “Hobbyist Tier” feels like a big joke or slap in the face of every developer who built Twitter apps.
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GitLab is now worth ~$15B, CEO at $2.8B. IPO in 6 years. And it's open-source! 🧠 GitHub's acquisition at $7.5 Billion by Microsoft, was an absolutely incredible steal of the highest value of all time. Esp. in the developer space. Considering Twilio is at a $63B market cap now.
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What is your #JavaScript framework of choice in 2020?
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