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How We Built HackPortal in 3 Weeks

From napkin sketch to production: a behind-the-scenes look at how our team shipped an open-source hackathon platform in 21 days — what worked, what didn't, and what we'd do differently.

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By Alex Chen12 MAR 20258 min read
7 articles
TUTORIAL6 min read
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10 TypeScript Patterns We Actually Use

Forget theoretical type gymnastics. These are the patterns our dev team reaches for every single day when building real production apps.

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Maya Patel5 MAR 2025
OPEN SOURCE5 min read
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Your First Open Source Contribution — A Practical Guide

Open source feels intimidating from the outside. Here's the exact process we use to onboard new DevSoc members into their first PR — from choosing an issue to getting merged.

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Dev Kapoor28 FEB 2025
CAREER10 min read
03

How DevSoc Members Land Tech Internships

Data from 40+ member internship cycles: which companies recruit from universities, what they actually test, and how building society projects gives you an edge in interviews.

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Priya Sharma20 FEB 2025
OPINION7 min read
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React vs Vue in 2025 — An Honest Take

We've shipped projects in both. Here's an opinionated comparison based on actual developer experience, not benchmarks from a blog post with an agenda.

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Liam Nguyen14 FEB 2025
TUTORIAL9 min read
05

PostgreSQL for Students Who Only Know MySQL

Coming from a database course that only covered MySQL? Here's everything you need to be productive with PostgreSQL in your first DevSoc project team.

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Chris Wong6 FEB 2025
TUTORIAL8 min read
06

DevOps Without the Overwhelm

CI/CD, containers, cloud — it sounds like a lot. But for a student side project or society app, you only need a small fraction of it. Here's what matters and in what order.

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Aisha Okonkwo28 JAN 2025
OPINION4 min read
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Why Every CS Student Should Contribute to Open Source

The portfolio argument is real, but it's not even the best reason. Open source teaches you something no lecture or tutorial can: how professional software is actually written.

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Jordan Lee15 JAN 2025
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