My first draft
Why I started writing here, what I am building, and what you can expect from these notes.
Hey, I am Nikhil Shukla. This is my first post here.
I almost talked myself out of writing it. Wait until you have something bigger, I told myself. That is how blogs never start. So I am posting the first draft anyway.
Who I am
I build things on the web. I like shipping products, fixing broken workflows, and learning in public. Curiosity got me into tech. Finishing projects is what kept me here.
I have worked across freelance gigs, community work, and product building. Some of it was clean. Some of it was messy. All of it taught me something I still use.
Why I am writing
A few honest reasons.
I want a place to write down what I am learning while building. I forget lessons if I do not document them. I like talking to other people who are also shipping. Writing forces clearer thinking than a short social post.
This will not be a perfect content calendar. It will be notes from the work.
What you will see here
Expect posts on building products, including things like Cimple and Creadefy. Expect technical decisions and tradeoffs. Expect agency and freelance lessons from HelpingGeeks. Expect community notes, event notes, and random observations from the work.
Some posts will be long. Some will be short. I will keep them practical.
What I am building right now
HelpingGeeks is the agency.
Creadefy is the digital certificate and verification product.
Cimple is the Chrome new tab extension. You can also grab it on the Chrome Web Store.
This site is where I write about all of it.
How to connect
If you want to follow along or talk, find me on LinkedIn or through nikhilshukla.dev.
If there is a topic you want me to write about, say so. I would rather answer real questions than invent generic posts.
If you want to try the products while you are here
Start free on Creadefy
Install Cimple
Or talk agency work at HelpingGeeks
This is the start. More soon.
Nikhil