Privacy, Cost, and Control: Why We Moved Away from Third-Party AI Services During my time working on a social media platform for kids, I was tasked with working on a service to moderate text messages. I briefly remember from one of our product meetings we discussed that the chat should have at least these functionalities for kids: auto-correction (just like Grammarly) and toxicity detection to make the platform safe for children to use. ...
Hey readers! I’m thrilled to start documenting my learning journey as a web developer, and this blog marks the beginning of that adventure. From now on, I will be sharing my experiences, challenges, and progress as a full stack developer. Why Hugo? You might wonder why I chose Hugo over a more complex web framework. The answer is simple: for a static application like this, Hugo is not only sufficient but also highly efficient. Using more elaborate frameworks for such purposes often feels like overkill. Hugo offers simplicity and speed without compromising performance. In fact, a quick check on Lighthouse shows that all the web vitals are above 97%. Achieving that with more sophisticated frameworks can be quite challenging. ...