Jithesh
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Sharing insights, projects, and lessons that reflect my skills, creativity, and problem-solving approach

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From Box Shadows to Dashed Borders: How I Hit 63 Characters on CSSBattle's Daily Target 🎯

A step-by-step breakdown of how I evolved my CSSBattle solution from box-shadows to a single dashed border trick — dropping from 80 characters to 63 and hitting a score of 819.42 on the daily target. Small win, real lesson.

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Building a Process Scheduling Simulator: Relearning TypeScript and Reducing AI Dependence

Reflections on building an OS scheduling visualizer to understand algorithms and rediscovering the balance between coding manually and using AI tools.

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Climbing the Ranks: My CSSBattle #37 Journey 🏁

From rank 45 to rank 22 — a look at how I improved in CSSBattle through precision, problem-solving, and creative minimalism.

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Building DreamSpace: A Modern Interior Design Website 🏠

A developer’s reflection on creating DreamSpace — a responsive, accessible interior design website built for the MCA Web Technology project. From fixing FOUT to mastering CSS variables, theme systems, and merging multi-member codebases into a unified design.

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Behind the Scenes: Refactoring Glyph Catalog 🛠️

A developer’s journal on how Glyph Catalog was refactored — from messy tables and catch-all routes to a cleaner structure, better search, validation, and scalable data handling.

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What’s New in Glyph Catalog 🚀

Glyph Catalog just got a major update with better categories, faster search, and expanded symbol data. Explore Unicode, HTML codes, and more.

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CSS Battle #36 – Transform (July 2025) Challenge – Full Solutions with Code + Videos

Complete breakdown of all solutions submitted for CSS Battle #36 – Transform. Includes optimized CSS code and walkthrough videos for each challenge tackled during the July 2025 Monthly Battle.

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From <15 WPM to 100 WPM @ 100% Accuracy — A Year of Typing Discipline

A look back at my year-long typing journey—from struggling at under 15 WPM to hitting 100 WPM with perfect accuracy using Keybr and MonkeyType, driven by consistency and daily practice.

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🎓 From Work Life to MCA — Why I Chose to Return to Learning

Real-world experience taught me the value of systems, boundaries, clarity, and continuous learning. Here's why I stepped away from a full-time role to pursue my MCA.

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🎨 UI Polish & SEO Boost for My Friend’s Website — A Collaborative Refresh

Contributed two pull requests to enhance a friend's existing business website with better design consistency, responsiveness, content clarity, and search engine optimization.

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🔡From Clumsy Keys to Confident Streaks — My Touch Typing Journey

On August 22, 2024, I began a challenge to teach myself touch typing—typing without looking at the keyboard. I started with just lowercase alphabets, using Keybr to build muscle memory from the ground up.

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Comparing Dropdown Implementations in React: useState vs Tailwind CSS Hover

Compare the two components, UseStateDropDown and HoverDropDown, and discuss the use of peer, onClick, and useState.

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🚀 React Reusable Social Links Component with Shadcn and Tailwind

I recently created this SocialLinks component while working on my portfolio. It wasn't something I planned to create explicitly, but it turned out to be quite useful! I'm sharing it here so others can benefit from it as well. I'd love to hear your opinions and suggestions on how to improve it.

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Introducing Glyph Catalog: Your Comprehensive Unicode, Alt Code, and Hex Code Resource

Are you tired of hunting down Unicode, Alt codes, and Hex codes across multiple websites? Look no further! I'm thrilled to introduce Glyph Catalog, your one-stop destination for all things related to symbols and codes.

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Mastering Hollow Patterns: A Comprehensive Guide with Code Examples

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on creating various hollow patterns using loops in C programming! In this tutorial, we'll walk through step-by-step instructions on how to draw 18 different hollow patterns. These patterns range from basic shapes like squares and triangles to more complex forms like diamonds, hexagons, and pentagons.

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Mastering Filled Patterns: A Comprehensive Guide with Code Examples

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on creating various filled patterns using loops in C programming! In this tutorial, we'll walk through step-by-step instructions on how to draw 18 different filled patterns. These patterns range from basic shapes like squares and triangles to more complex forms like diamonds, hexagons, and pentagons.

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Exciting News! 🚀 Introducing My GitHub Repository for CSS Battle Solutions

I'm thrilled to share that I've launched a new GitHub repository featuring my solutions for challenges from CSS Battle! 🎉

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Empower Your Coding Journey with the Ultimate Command Repository

Are you tired of losing track of your most valuable command snippets? Do you wish there was a seamless way to organize and access them whenever you need? Look no further! I'm thrilled to introduce my latest project that revolutionizes the way you manage your commands.

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