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Note OTC CatchUps are weekly informal sessions involving project showcases and technical discussions. They are held every Saturday from 10:30 PM IST. Join in!.
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OTC CatchUp #31

Date: 12-06-2021

Duration: 6 hr 45 min

Topics Discussed

  • General introductions.

  • @Chirag Nayyar shared a service FireFlies.ai which lets users take voice notes during meetings.

  • @ishandeveloper asked about Ruby on Rails.

  • @Kartik Soneji shared a platform https://codereview.stackexchange.com where you can get your code reviewed .

  • Roshni Sarda asked about '%' and responsive units (em, rem, vh, vw) Resources: CSS Units.

  • @Kartik Soneji shared a service - BrowserStack which allows users to test their web apps across various browsers and devices.

  • @Harsh Kapadia & @Dheeraj Lalwani discussed about the <marquee> tag and how it should be avoided both because it is deprecated and it is not good UX.

  • @Dheeraj Lalwani asked @ishandeveloper about his developer journey and how he improved his UI designing and other skills.

  • @Himanshu Sharma and @Harsh Kapadia helped Ayesha with an error (which turned out to be a typo).

  • @Himanshu Sharma gave us tips on how to find internships/jobs.

  • We also talked about the new policy from Apple which restricts apps on it’s app store to include 3rd party OAuth if they aren’t required for the apps to function.

Projects Showcased

Past 3AM talks

  • @Himanshu Sharma shared his life experiences.

  • We also talked about issues we face such as burning out and how sometimes we need some spark/goal in life to get ourselves going.

  • We all showed the desire to meet each other as it has been months since we haven’t met each other in person but only in OTC CatchUps.

  • @Tushar Nankani and @sirus solved some bash questions on HackerRank to refresh themselves.

Meet Screenshot

Meet #31 screenshot

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