Aval Stephen

Software engineer | MERN Stack dev

[Ajit kumar @ajitcodes]

INSTEAD OF WATCHING NETFLIX TONIGHT.

Spend 1 hour with this.

Claude AI FULL COURSE that teaches you how to BUILD and AUTOMATE anything.

The people who watch this tonight will wake up tomorrow with a new skill.

Watch it and Bookmark it now.

[Dhairya @dkare1009]

Google just dropped a 1-hour course on agentic engineering from scratch:

00:00 – How to build your first AI agent
08:24 – Build agent memory (short, persistent, long)
28:34 – Agentic loops, long-running AI agents
40:04 – How to build MCP (MCP vs API)
1:00:22 – Multi-agentic systems

This 1-hour watch will replace 10 paid agentic courses on the internet.

Bookmark this. Watch this weekend.

[NOVA @Its_Nova1012]

A junior dev designed these two endpoints....

POST /api/v1/users/create-admin
&
POST /api/v1/users/create-customer

What’s the flaw in this design, and

how would you improve it using the correct parameter approach?

[Sami Lee @starboi_pianist]

@getpocketapp please what’s the issue I’ve been trying to make a transfer from my pocket app to another bank and it’s reversing immediately

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@starboi_pianist @getpocketapp I'm currently experiencing the same thing, too, for almost 2 hours @getpocketapp

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

Monad blitz 🔥🔥
Hashtags: #MonadBlitzLagos
#MonadBlitz #Monad
#web3Afrika
@monad
@monad_dev @web3Afrika

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨 Twilio charges $0.0079 per SMS. Someone just turned any old Android phone into a free SMS gateway. Unlimited messages. $0.

It's called SMS Gateway for Android.

Install it on any Android phone. It becomes a full SMS sending and receiving server with an API.

No Twilio. No MessageBird. No per-message pricing. No contracts. Just an old phone and a SIM card.

Here's what's inside this thing:

→ Send and receive SMS through a REST API from any app or service
→ Works with any Android phone running 5.0 or newer
→ End-to-end encryption. Messages are encrypted before they leave the device.
→ Multi-SIM support. Use multiple SIM cards on one phone.
→ Multi-device support. Connect multiple phones to the same account.
→ Real-time webhooks for incoming messages
→ Multipart messages with auto-splitting for long texts
→ Track delivery status of every message in real time
→ No registration required. No email. No account in local mode.

Here's the wildest part:

That old Android phone in your drawer that you haven't touched in 2 years? Install this app. Insert a SIM card. You now have your own private SMS infrastructure.

Two-factor authentication. Order confirmations. Appointment reminders. Notification alerts. All the things startups pay Twilio thousands a month for.

Free. Running on a phone you already own.

Startups spend $500 to $5,000/month on SMS APIs. This costs the price of a SIM card.

875 GitHub stars. 359 commits. Apache 2.0 License.

100% Open Source.

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@mynameisAishat Behind the scenes?

The acting was good. Apart from that, nothing is special about it. it was too predictable.

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@_stainless0_

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

After ~14 years working on Chrome, it's time for a new chapter.

When I joined the @googlechrome team, I walked into a group that believed the web could be fast, simple, safe, and a joy to build on. I still believe that today, and I am continually in awe of what the team and the broader web community do every day. My last day with Chrome will be today. After that, I am excited to be moving into a new role at Google. More on that soon.

Over the years I have been lucky enough to work with many teams across Chrome on new APIs, performance, DevTools, benchmarks, extensions, automation, and the broader evolution of the web platform. From Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse, to @ChromeDevTools and CDP, to efforts like Speedometer, Interop, Baseline, PWAs, AI, and our collaborations with frameworks and platforms, the constant has been the same: make the web faster, more reliable, and easier to build on.

What I will remember most is not any single launch, but the way this team builds. Listening to users and developers. Measuring. Sweating the details. Making hard calls with empathy. Taking the long view while still shipping with urgency. That culture is the reason Chrome has had the impact it has on the ecosystem.

To everyone in the @ChromiumDev and web community I have had the chance to work with: thank you. Thank you for the trust, the feedback, the late nights, the careful reviews, and the countless ways you pushed the platform and its tooling forward. It has been a privilege to learn from you and to build alongside you.

I will still be cheering for Chrome and for the open web. If we have worked together or share an interest in the future of the web, AI, and developer experience, I would love to stay in touch as this next chapter begins.

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@theladyjane_ Tai Lung

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@instablog9ja Can you see my screen

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

Michael Jackson fame needs to be studied.
The dude's biopic trailer is only out a few days, and that is the only movie i wish to watch next year 😫😂

#MichaelJackson

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@workwithroshni https://t.co/uoRSIQUP4Q

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

I'm currently available for frontend and backend (Reactjs/nextjs and nodejs) gigs, hit me up if you need a developer and let's discuss.

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@bod_zsn Hello

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@csaba_kissi Windows, I would love to change to a Mac tho

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@thequeenofmm @kloutgg Hi

[Aval Stephen @aval_stephen]

@csaba_kissi Not dead, Ai brings a benefit of being a coding assistant while serving as a reminder to know your stuff well to stand out in the web space.