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Why prompt engineering is becoming the most valuable skill of 2025

As LLMs reshape how software is built, the engineers who know how to communicate with them precisely are commanding premium salaries. Here's what you need to know.

Sneha Kapoor

Jun 2, 2026

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Five React 19 features most developers are sleeping on

Server Components, the new `use` hook, and improved transitions — a practical look at what changed and why it matters for your production apps.

The slow death of skeuomorphism, again — and what comes next

Every decade UI design overcorrects from the last trend. We moved from glossy buttons to flat design to neomorphism. The pendulum is swinging again.

How to negotiate your first tech offer — from someone who got it wrong

A candid breakdown of salary negotiation tactics that actually work in the Indian tech market, with real numbers from recent offers.

Deep work in the age of Slack: a developer's guide to reclaiming focus

Notifications killed the engineering flow state. Here are the specific systems top engineers use to protect their deep work hours.

Bootstrap vs VC: choosing the right path for your SaaS

Both paths can lead to $1M ARR. But the journey — and the company you build — will look very different. A framework for deciding which is right for you.

Tokens, embeddings, and the vector database revolution

A beginner-friendly tour of how semantic search actually works — from word2vec to modern RAG architectures used in production.

CSS container queries: the responsive design feature we've waited a decade for

Forget viewport breakpoints. Container queries let components respond to their own size. Here's everything you need to start using them today.

Karan Mehta

May 12, 2026

6 min