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13 posts / since 2020
I'm Tejas Kumar, and I write about AI engineering, React, and the working life of a software engineer. I'm an AI Engineer at IBM based in Berlin, the author of Fluent React (O'Reilly), and the host of the ConTejas Code podcast. The archive goes back to 2020 and includes a hands on benchmark of frontier models for summarising a conversation, a long piece on how severe hemophilia A shaped my health and my work in developer relations, and a practical model for growing professional relationships.
Elsewhere on this site: Fluent React, the book on how React works inside, every talk I have given, and the ConTejas Code podcast.
Frontier Models Suck Sometimes (A Benchmark)
I needed to summarize a conversation and find the best model for the job.
Biggest Lessons of 2024: Honor, Trauma, and People
Dissecting honor, what it takes to overcome trauma, how to heal from the fear of failure and prioritize relationships.
It's Okay to Code on Nights and Weekends
Rethinking the balance between coding passion, life, and maintaining healthy boundaries.
How to Grow Professional Relationships
A practical, science-backed model for growing quality professional relationships.
Health, Fitness, DevRel, and Hemophilia
A deeply personal post about my health journey and how it's affected my fitness, devrel work, and more.
Pillars of Impact for Web Engineers
A blog post about impact web engineers can have and how they can grow it over time.
Goodbye Facebook
Why I'm deleting my Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts at the end of the month.
2020 in Review: Still Thankful
A look back at the weirdest year I've lived yet.
Why I Don't Prefer Speaking at Remote Conferences
A blog post about why I don't prefer speaking at remote conferences.
Why I Think Remote Work is Incredible
A blog post about why I think remote work is incredible.
5 things I love about my website (and how they're built)
A blog post about 5 things I love about my website and how they're built.
What I Learned From Getting Pushed Off My Bicycle
A blog post about things I learned after being randomly attacked on the streets of Berlin when a stranger pushed me off my bicycle.
Hello World
A blog post about why I started this blog.