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Featured / Flask

The Flask project structure that survives your final semester

Blueprints, an application factory and a config split - the three changes that stop a single app.py from becoming unmaintainable by week six.

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SQL / 7 min read

Window functions are where SQL interviews are won

ROW_NUMBER, RANK, LAG and running totals, explained with the exact question patterns that come up in analyst screening rounds.

AI / 11 min read

How AI resume screening actually scores you

What parsers extract, why formatting breaks them, and how similarity scoring against a job description decides your shortlist.

Internship Tips / 6 min read

A 30-day internship checklist that produces a real portfolio

Week-by-week: what to commit, what to document and what to be able to demo at the end so the certificate is not the only output.

Python / 8 min read

Eleven Python habits that quietly slow beginners down

Mutable default arguments, bare excepts, string concatenation in loops and the rest of the list we flag most often in code review.

Data Engineering / 12 min read

A realistic data engineering roadmap for 2026

SQL first, Python second, orchestration third. What to skip, what to build, and how to show it on a resume.

Interview Preparation / 10 min read

The fresher technical interview, round by round

Aptitude, coding, project deep-dive and HR - what each round is really testing and how to prepare for the project round you will definitely face.

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