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Technical blog · Prayagraj, India

Code,
systems, & craft.

I’m Shashikant Dwivedi — a software engineer in Prayagraj, India. I write about the systems I build, the tools I use, and the practices I’m still figuring out.

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Student Developer Toolkit: GitHub Education, JetBrains, Workspace Apps, and More
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September 13, 2024

Student Developer Toolkit: GitHub Education, JetBrains, Workspace Apps, and More

I leaned on verified student perks for years—GitHub Education, IDE licenses, school email bundles, Canva Pro, and Notion Plus. Here is what actually unlocked for me and what paperwork or inbox each one cared about most.

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A growing library of small, focused code snippets — TypeScript utilities, SQL patterns, shell one-liners, and React hooks that actually earn their keep.

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// useDebounce hook
function useDebounce<T>(
  value: T,
  delay: number
): T {
  const [debounced, setDebounced] =
    useState(value);

  useEffect(() => {
    const t = setTimeout(
      () => setDebounced(value),
      delay
    );
    return () => clearTimeout(t);
  }, [value, delay]);

  return debounced;
}

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