Hi, I’m Mayank 👋

My last blog post was in 2012. Thirteen years of digital silence—not because I had nothing to say, but because the friction of maintaining a blog had worn me down. The endless cycle of researching frameworks, debugging deployment issues, and wrestling with themes had turned creative expression into a technical chore. Fast forward to 2025, and I decided it was time for a revival. But this time, I had a secret weapon: an AI agent as my development partner. ...

My first blog post in 13 years. The world has changed quite a bit—especially in the last couple of years. The entire landscape of coding and development has transformed in this AI era. All of us, whether in product development, engineering, or any other function, are rediscovering how we work. People are questioning if this means the end for junior developers, or wondering how it boosts individual efficiency. For me personally, I’ve started loving coding all over again. I now have this helpful buddy who’s always available, works at the speed of thought, does research for me, fixes bugs, helps me plan projects, and so much more. I’m no longer constrained by my own speed of coding or debugging. It feels more like being a mentor—instructing the AI to do what I want done, then reviewing and fine-tuning the outcome. ...