automation hacks

Your playbook to onboard well on a new team

How should you go about onboarding to a new team? What tactics make sense. I help break down all this and more in a 6 week journey.

Jan 3 • Gaurav Singh

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October 2025

Good habits for Software Engineers

“I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.” - Kent Beck

Oct 5, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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July 2025

How i got “that” job at Microsoft

What does the interview process look like at Microsoft India for a Senior engineer? What tips and approaches work well. In this blog, I’ll breakdown my…

Jul 9, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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June 2025

💰 How to negotiate your tech job salary

Many candidates leave money on the table by either not negotiating or doing it in a suboptimal way; don’t be that person.

Jun 22, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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🚀 Ace your QA Tech interview

How does the tech interview for a QA or SDET leader look in 2025? What type of interviews are conducted, and what strategies could help you land your…

Jun 9, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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May 2025

🗃️ Unboxing Github Copilot Agent mode

We’ll use GitHub Copilot Agent mode to build a developer productivity feature for analysing failing test stack traces and grasp the nuances as we vibe…

May 5, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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February 2025

How to run LLMs locally ⤵️ with Ollama

Setup Ollama on docker, run Llama3.2 and deepseek-r1 models locally, chat with open web UI, and use CLI/API, all in 30 mins with the privacy of your…

Feb 25, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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Summary of deep dive into LLMs like ChatGPT from Andrej Karpathy ⚡️

We often fear the unknown, because we just don't know. Often the simplest thing we can do is to begin anywhere and learn!

Feb 21, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

January 2025

Copilot Edits: Edit multiple files and enhance your coding workflow ✨

Get into a true pair programming workflow where Copilot takes on the driver role and you help it navigate changes in your codebase

Jan 31, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

Enhance Your Coding with GitHub Copilot: AI-Powered Autocomplete, Inline Chat, and Quick Chat Commands 🥷

Learn how to harness its AI capabilities for smarter code autocompletion, contextually relevant suggestions via inline chat, and time-saving quick…

Jan 19, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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Prompt Engineering for Test Design: Supercharge Your AI Skills

Learn Prompt Engineering techniques to supercharge your GenAI skills and create effective test designs. This post provides a user-focused overview of…

Jan 2, 2025 • Gaurav Singh

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December 2024

⚡️ SDET career roadmap: from entry level to staff engineer

In this post, I break down expectations at entry/mid, senior, and staff levels and then help you form an intuition about what you can learn and share an…

Dec 22, 2024 • Gaurav Singh

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