I did something Iโ€™ve never done before ๐Ÿฟ + Free Lessons


Hey Reader,

Soโ€ฆ I just launched something Iโ€™ve been secretly working on for over a year ๐Ÿ˜….

Itโ€™s called The Modern Full Stack Next.js Course, a self-paced, interactive course where we actually ship modern, production-grade apps together (7+ real projects, 30+ exercises).

Over 300+ developers around the world have already joined in the first 48 hours which blows my mind ๐Ÿคฏ.

If youโ€™ve ever felt stuck trying to connect frontend and backend, decide between SSR/SSG/ISR, or ship something real beyond a โ€œtoyโ€ appโ€ฆ this might be for you.

Use code: LAUNCHPARTY for 50% off, or use the PPP code from the website banner, whichever is cheaper.
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โฐ Deal ends tonight at 5 PM ESTโ€‹
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Indian students: you can pay via UPI hereโ€‹

Weekly Snack: Inviting you to my Open House ๐Ÿฟ

Iโ€™ve made a couple of lessons public from Modern Full Stack Next.js Course! ๐Ÿ˜„

Until tomorrow, you can access 3 lessons from The Modern Full Stack Next.js Course,

๐Ÿ”ท Completely free
๐Ÿ”ท No login required

โ†’ ๐Ÿก Click here to join the Open House Partyโ€‹

Even if you're not interested in purchasing the course, this content is more than worthwhile to check out. Maybe it will strike a cord or teach you something new.

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Cursor now uses more context by default! Earlier this was super expensive for developers.

โ€‹Vercel AI SDK is truly the bomb. It is by far the most powerful way to build AI apps. And v5 is out.โ€‹
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๐Ÿš€ I'm running a ๐Ÿšช Open House of the Modern Full Stack Next.js Course where you can access 3 lessons from The Modern Full Stack Next.js Course, โ—† Completely free, โ—† No login required (only until tomorrow) (use code: LAUNCHPARTY for 50% off)โ€‹
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โ€‹nuqs@2.5.0-beta.3 is out! Adds Experimental support for TanStack Router.

Simple and easy open-source file uploads for React using Better Uploadโ€‹

โ€‹ai-cli: the fastest CLI to stream AI

Panda CSS: The modern, themeable, and atomic-first styling engine for design systems is now stable, check it hereโ€‹

๐ŸŽฅ AMA with Ankita (Launching Next.js Course)

We chat about tackling tricky projects to navigating documentation, tech to focus on and how to futureproof yourself with AI.

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