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Prateek Sharma

Author of Spec It Out

I'm Prateek Sharma, a Technical Lead who's spent 11+ years building cloud-native enterprise systems. I'm a believer in spec-driven development — getting the design, APIs, and tradeoffs clear before the code. That's the idea behind Spec It Out.

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#Games Jul 22 • 3 min

Splatoon Raiders Is Out This Week: Why You Shouldn't Ignore Nintendo's Weirdest Shooter

In Valorant or BGMI, you are constantly fighting against recoil. In Splatoon, the ground itself is your primary weapon. Why does every shooter we play in India have to involve military guys in tactical vests screaming toxic slurs into voice chat? If you ask the average gamer in Mumbai or

#Games Jul 18 • 3 min

Sony's plan to kill PS5 discs by 2028 is a financial nightmare for Indian players

I still buy almost all my PS5 games on physical discs. If you live in India and play on consoles, you know exactly why. Our relationship with gaming is shaped by a harsh financial reality: there is zero regional pricing on the PlayStation Store. When a major release launches, it

#Games Jul 8 • 3 min

Why I split my time between a PS5 and a Switch (and why you should too)

I get asked this every time a friend visits my place in Delhi: "Why do you have that small tablet when the PS5 is right there?" To most people in India, gaming means either a mobile phone, a budget PC, or the massive white tower that is the

#Games Jul 8 • 3 min

Your First Nintendo Switch in India? These Are the Games You Absolutely Need.

For many of us in India, our gaming journey usually starts on mobile or PC. A Nintendo Switch? That’s still a bit of a niche. It’s 2024, and for many of us in India, our gaming journey usually starts on mobile, maybe moves to PC, and for some,

#AI Development Jul 7 • 2 min

AI Isn't Magic: The Human Cost of Strategic Miscalculation

Mark Zuckerberg's recent admission hit different: Meta's AI agent development is slower than expected. This isn't a minor hiccup. It's a direct consequence, a predictable backfire, just months after the company shed over 8,000 employees. This isn't just Meta&

#AI Jul 6 • 3 min

AI's Marketing Fiction vs. Engineering Fact

Google's AI commercial, where an algorithm rewrites the Declaration of Independence, is a marvel of marketing. It's clever, evocative, and hints at an exciting future. It also embodies the vast, often destructive, chasm between how AI is marketed and the stark realities of building and maintaining