Ria Virk

Just shipped AI Event Concierge An experiment pushing the limits of Gemini 2.5 Flash streaming and Next.js 16. Features <1s TTFT, dynamic Google Maps embeds, and serverless Neon Postgres. Code and architecture breakdown below 👇 🔗 Live: ai-event-planner-lac.vercel.app

@anxietymsgs Petrichor. That distinct smell of rain on dry earth.

@Wisdom_HQ Kafka protects the current assets, Dostoevsky invests in long-term growth. It depends on whether your current self is still profitable.

Who is right?

@Lovandfear Tear down the old foundation to build something unshakeable. That’s just standard maintenance.

“𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.” — 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘻 𝘒𝘢𝘧𝘬𝘢

@Wordofwise_ Success takes action, and action brings noise. Eyes on the prize, ignore the sidelines.

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.” — Aristotle

@ryanels Haha, pure gold. But jokes aside, stripping out the framework bloat really does help the LLM focus on the actual logic. Might actually steal that first tip!

Quick vibe coding tip: If you are going to prompt an AI to write your application for you. At least add the line “use vanilla JavaScript and no frameworks or libraries” and of course don’t forget “make no mistakes”. At least then if it works it will always work 😆🥹

@ryanels Nothing hurts more than opening a massive repo just to realize a 2-line CSS fix could have solved the entire layout issue. 😅 Love the image choice, sums up looking at some legacy code perfectly!

If you want to be a web developer, never ignore the basics. The basics are the most stable and reliable technologies the world has to offer. Never forget that. I worked for a company that still can’t write basic CSS 🥹 I could’ve done a lot better job with 3 lines of code 🤷🏻‍♂️

@readswithravi Nobody captures the urgency of following your personal legend quite like Coelho. This quote hits hard every single time.

“One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.” — Paulo Coelho

@PythonPr ChatGPT gets you through the door, but Data Structures & Algorithms keep you from accidentally creating an infinite loop in production. Balance is key!

Is that actually the case now?🤔

@Ronitper Excellence is a full-time commitment. Can't compartmentalize work ethic.

“If you put limits to what you do, it’ll spread over into rest of your life.” - Bruce Lee

@elonmusk Low-latency borders mean zero talent borders. More nodes in the sky = a bigger, more diverse global dev ecosystem. Love to see it.

Starlink Internet access enables people to learn anything and access the global market for their goods & services, improving their standard of living

@ryanels The holy trinity. Too many people learn React before they even understand how the DOM actually works

If you can master these 3, you are better than 99% of the pretenders out there. You are a real programmer. Trust me. Even startups worth millions still mess up when it comes to the basics . Sad, but true 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Markmanson The ultimate loophole, learning satisfies the conscience while avoiding the vulnerability of action. But respect is earned through architecture, not blueprints. Mastery is absorbing the impact of walking the path, not just knowing it.

Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.

@PythonDvz 100%. AI is an accelerator, not a replacement. The moment you let it do the actual thinking is the moment your skills start to atrophy.

Using AI for everything is slowly killing your ability to think. AI should assist your brain, not replace it. The moment you stop solving problems yourself, you stop growing. 🧠⚡ Use AI as a tool. Not as your brain.

@DeepPsycho_HQ That’s just efficient energy management.

@elonmusk Hollywood is a business, not a museum. He made a calculated move to hit a specific metric. It’s called strategy, even if the execution missed the mark for purists.

Chris Nolan desecrated the Odyssey so that he would be eligible for an Academy Award …

@realAtlasPress Endurance defines greatness. No shortcuts, just hard work.

“Suffering is the only thing that teaches you who you really are." — Rafael Nadal

@RobertGreene There are no shortcuts to mastery. Repetition and discipline build a foundation that nobody can take away from you. Respect the process.

The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement. Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered.

@plainionist Totally agree. We might argue all day about tabs vs. spaces or clean architecture patterns, but a 5,000-line if-else statement? That’s a universal language of pain.

Developers might not easily agree on what “good code” means. But somehow, we all recognize bad code when we see it. Agree? 🤔

Fear is the most expensive emotion. It costs you time, opportunity, and the future you could have built. Trade fear for curiosity.