Akash 🇬🇧
thewritingdev.bsky.social
Akash 🇬🇧
@thewritingdev.bsky.social
Using AI to solve my own problems 🔍

Shenanigans - http://thewriting.dev

Svelte Ambassador.
🛰️ The UK Space Conference is happening in Manchester Central this week. But, it prices pretty much every out but corporates (500 pounds+ a ticket!!).

Me and a couple friends are doing a mostly free fringe space conference in the pub besides, to be an inclusive event.
July 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
💨 Bombing a technical interview sucks. What if you could face the toughest JavaScript questions before the real thing, get instant AI-powered feedback, and do it all from your browser?

So I built it with a friend . It's called Mock Feedback. 🤖
June 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Wow ... over 200 bookings. And it hasn't even been a whole year. People can 💩 on Topmate all they want, but if it wasn't for them - I wouldn't even have thought of setting up an online consultancy.

They've made it dead simple to start selling your knowledge online.
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Not sure if it's relevant to my feed here at all - but I'll be doing a session on the UK Global Talent Visa on Saturday. It's an entrypoint for highly-skilled people in the UK to stay without employer sponsorship.

I've reviewed 100s of applications and seen successes - so I know what works!
June 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Used @hono.dev to deploy a tiny server to @cloudflare-dev.bsky.social. So you mean to tell me, it just works?

I get it now.
May 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
What's wrong with the code in the image below?

Hint: Hooks bad, signals good.
May 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I walked 20 minutes in Manchester to see @tonyedwardspz.bsky.social live. And I can confirm that it was indeed a talk. I'm not sure if there was tech involved, but there were gameshow games.
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Anyone use Cursor here? Is it just me or is the UX constantly deteriorating? It's impossible to know which ones of the available models to choose.

Comparatively Windsurf seems like a breath of fresh air. Better design than VSCode. Simple UX for chat and write. No confusion.
May 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Tried out this MCP thing! I created an official MCP server for DeepL for (imo) more accurate translations - developers.deepl.com/docs/learnin...

Give it a go and let me know what you think!
May 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM