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Gourav Goyal

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Posts
35 from 5 Dec 2020 to 31 Dec 2025
Posting
now and then (1 in the last year)
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personal blog
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2025 1

  1. 25 Questions to ask yourself every year

2024 4

  1. My Open-Source Chrome Extension for Notion Has Made Over $9K
  2. Characteristics of the Best UX
  3. The art of organizing code
  4. React tooltip component that just works

2023 12

  1. Always get Google search results in English including Incognito mode
  2. Add Cloudflare Web Analytics to Next.js site
  3. Music that gets me into flow state while coding
  4. Writing code the linear way
  5. Exclude files from git revision without adding to .gitignore
  6. How to build a tooltip in React without using any library
  7. How to get a reply from busy people using cold outreach methods like email, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc
  8. Send slack messages from the server for important events
  9. Connect custom email address to your Gmail for free
  10. Authenticate user in Chrome extension and web app with single auth flow using Firebase
  11. Authenticate user in Chrome extension and web app with single auth flow using Supabase
  12. My criticism of Tailwind CSS - lack of naming convention

2022 13

  1. Add Tailwind styles to shadow DOM
  2. Get Slack and email notifications when Vercel deployment fails for Next.js project
  3. Render React element inside shadow DOM in React v18
  4. Bali workation guide - visa, costs, attractions, food, and more
  5. Best Indian forex cards with zero markups to carry when traveling abroad
  6. How to come up with blog post ideas as a developer?
  7. Sync Fastmail calendar with Google Calendar
  8. Show Tailwind CSS color values in HEX format in dev tools
  9. Block API requests via chrome extension and demystifying permission warnings - Manifest v2 and v3
  10. Add free privacy-friendly comment-box to any site in 5 minutes
  11. Power up your PowerShell with customizations and handy custom commands
  12. Megalist of free & open-source apps I used on Windows
  13. Top AutoHotkey scripts to use Windows like a pro

2021 3

  1. Git Cheatsheet - handy commands for every situation
  2. Next.js Cheatsheet - handy snippets and tips
  3. My simple Github project went Viral

2020 2

  1. I received first-ever donation on my open-source side project and it felt great!
  2. Setup VSCode to run and debug C / C++ code