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OTC CatchUp #291

Authors: Ayush More · Ankush Kapoor

Date: 06-06-2026

Duration: 2 hr 24 mins

Topics Discussed

  • Darshan Rander showcased Heartry.

    • He also shared a custom UI configuration he built specifically for the Google Pixel Fold.

  • Shivam Vishwakarma shared his latest personal project: an application designed to track user learning progress across various YouTube courses.

  • Saifuddin Saifee demoed a voice-based task recorder he built from scratch. It captures spoken tasks and automatically syncs them to Google Tasks and other to-do lists.

  • Jaden Furtado discussed his experience building custom drones, breaking down the hardware mechanics and his work with brushless motors.

  • Yashika Badaya brought up KubeCon India, which led to discussion on open source opportunities.

    • Ayush More explained the process of securing a CNCF scholarship, highlighting the importance of active contributions to the cloud-native ecosystem.

Attendees

  1. Alpesh Bhagwatkar

  2. Darshan Rander

  3. Jaden Furtado

  4. Kaustubh Khavnekar

  5. Saifuddin Saifee

  6. Uma Iyer

  7. Ayush More

  8. Dev Bathani

  9. Janvi Matani

  10. Jitesh Suvarna

  11. Manan Gandhi

  12. Mustansir Hirani

  13. Nirmal

  14. Shivam Vishwakarma

  15. Yashika Badaya

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