Are you ChatGPT? No, seriously.
Have you ever hung out with people and still felt alone and got no value? Just like how a low-effort response from ChatGPT sounds - so generic.
Usama Ejaz
A full-time startup founder sharing my thoughts on building things, my journey, the startup world, and beyond.
Latest posts
The API-first approach is not enough anymore
Before all this AI progress and the agentic era, API-first development was enough. Now, it's not enough. Because agents will also use our app now.
From code to leadership
As the new year has just begun, I wanted to write about the transition I've undergone in recent years. The transition to management from engineering.
Returning to write again
As I started writing this, I didn't even clearly remember why I started my blog in the first place. Reading my first ever post, it felt nostalgic.
Automating Web Actions with Microsoft Power Automate
Power Automate is a tool that can automate repetitive tasks across a wide range of Microsoft and third-party applications, including web browsers.
Using Stripe in Pakistan
There are not a lot of options when it comes to payment gateways for Pakistan. Stripe is one of the best payment gateways out there and it is not avai...
Forming a Company in the US from Pakistan
Having a legal entity in the United States can become a requirement for doing business internationally. Especially for a SaaS startup, many things req...
Building Pastebin for text using NGINX and Lua
Pastebin is a well known term for such services (where you paste whatever you want to share). The functionality is also simple and that’s why I decide...
Using VueJS Single File Components On Demand
I have been using VueJS for many projects. For some reasons, I enjoy working with VueJS more that React. Both frameworks are good enough for simple to...
Securely Bypassing X-Frame-Options or Content-Security-Policy in WebExtension
To embed third party content using iframe, the WebExtension may need to intercept HTTP response and modify headers but isn’t it bad in terms of securi...
Browser Extension To Replace Ducks - What The Duck
Too many ducks? Let’s replace them to make the web a better place for duck lovers.
Using Twitter Streaming API to track keywords on NodeJS
While building a social automation and management tool, I wanted to test Twitter Streaming API on NodeJS.
Decoding Cloudflare-protected Emails
You all know that Cloudflare protects your pages from bots and scrapers. It protects you from Email spam by hiding on-page emails and then using Javas...
Browser Automation
Simulating a simple browser agent and executing GET or POST requests can be done by any HTTP Client. But what will you do if your target is something ...
Vue.js or React: Which is Better?
Vue.js is often compared to other libraries like React, Angular, Knockout, Ember etc. If you are a React fan, chances are that you may not agree with ...
My Solution to Not Miss A Prayer While Working on my Computer
There are a lot of things you need to do each day. You need to make sure you finish your tasks in a timely manner. You are fully focused on your compu...
Hello World!
This is the very first post on this blog. Unable to find a cool title, I just kept it "Hello World".