Harsh Kumar

Software Engineer at AstraZeneca • Ex GeeksforGeeks • Building BiodataCreator(50K+ Users) • SEO • Cricket

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@RoyalsFansArmy Riyan

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@rutu609

[Arpit Bhayani @arpit_bhayani]

Back in 2015-16, I once accidentally deleted the "entire production" at Practo. Slight exaggeration, but here's what happened...

There was one EC2 server running the whole stack for one of the acquired companies. On a Sunday afternoon, while cleaning up unused servers from an AWS account, I deleted this EC2 by mistake, and there was no data backup.

The moment I realized (~4 hours later) what I had done, my heart dropped. Panic. Fear. A voice in my head saying: Maybe nobody will notice. Maybe just stay quiet.

I stayed quiet while the team tried to figure out who deleted the instance. When my manager discovered it was me, instead of getting angry, he spoke with me as usual and treated it like a normal mistake.

Thankfully, the data was not highly sensitive or mission-critical, but it still should not have happened. Of course, after the incident, we added the necessary guardrails to ensure we do not find ourselves in a similar situation again.

That day, I learned something important: mistakes are inevitable, and the best way to handle them is to face them.

One bad moment should not and would not define your career. A single accident does not erase all your hard work. What matters is what you do next.

People remember:

- Honesty
- Accountability
- How quickly you learn and recover

And I was trying to put mine under the carpet and hide it.

Hiding almost always makes things worse. It creates doubt and damages trust. Speaking up shows integrity. It shows others they can rely on you.

You are not the first person to make a massive mistake, and you will not be the last. We all have our stories. The key is to own it, fix what you can, and take one small lesson forward.

Fun fact: if you never touch production, you will never break production. But you will also never grow, never lead, and never build anything important.

If you want to build, you have to be willing to accept the times you break.

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@asishcodes Quite common

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@rutu609 Half ticket in the route

[Bihar_se_hai @Bihar_se_hai]

At 90 years, Acharya Sitaram Sahu appeared for the IGNOU Sanskrit Shrimad Bhagavad Gita chapter exam at GD College, Begusarai, proving that the pursuit of knowledge never retires. Inspiring in every sense.

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@striver_79 SEO 😊

[Striver | Building takeUforward @striver_79]

You go a long way if you are motivated by impact.

[ElevenLabs @ElevenLabs]

PhysicsWallah prepares over 36 millions of students across India for competitive exams, and government entrance exams.

Their AI doubt-solving tool, Ask AI, found that 52% of students learn better through audio. A text-only tool was leaving half their users behind.

They integrated ElevenLabs to turn Ask AI into a voice AI tutor - with native Hinglish support, because that is how their students actually speak.

Students who learn by listening, stay:
- 3x more queries per session vs. non-voice users
- 2.4x higher retention at Day 15

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

ODI CRICKET IS BACK. 🇮🇳

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@NewsAlgebraIND Got irritated with these type of drama.

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@jayant_k45 @striver_79 In batting he is god, but he is a defensive off spinner. Batsman having good spin skills can tackle him. So there should be some attacking off spinner getting more turn and bounce. Line length can’t help you much.

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been picked for the England and Ireland T20is and Asian Games.

- The Boss Baby has arrived for team India. 😍🇮🇳

[Striver | Building takeUforward @striver_79]

TUF’s Bangalore team outing. ❤️

Just a few months ago, we were in single digits. Today, the Bangalore team alone is big enough to have a cricket match.

Grateful for how far we’ve come, and even more excited about what’s ahead.

You’re seeing all the fun. Wait till you see what we’re all building together with Zenkai (coming in Sept). 👀 @takeUforward_

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

@mufaddal_vohra Tilak verma

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

- 776 runs.
- Orange Cap winner.
- 237.31 strike rate.
- 72 sixes.
- MVP award.
- Super Sixes award.
- Super Striker award.
- Emerging Player award.
- 97 (29) in the Eliminator.
- 96 (47) in Qualifier 2.

A GENERATIONAL CAMPAIGN BY A 15 YEAR OLD VAIBHAV SOORYAVANSHI. 🤯

[Mufaddal Vohra @mufaddal_vohra]

🚨 HISTORY WRITTEN BY A 15 YEAR OLD. 🚨

- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest Orange Cap winner of the IPL. 🧢

[Ignazio De Santis @ignaziodes]

Every LangGraph tutorial starts with the graph.

Every real LangGraph product starts with the backend.

Auth.
Persistence.
Logging.
Config.
Docker.
Health checks.
API boundaries.
Tests.
Deployment structure.

That’s the part most demos skip.

So I built langgraph-fastapi-starter:

A production-oriented FastAPI backend template for AI agent apps.

Not a framework.
Not a toy demo.
Not another “hello agent” repo.

Just the backend foundation I kept needing every time I wanted to turn a LangGraph idea into an actual service.

Fork it.
Configure it.
Delete the example agent.
Build yours.

Repo:
https://t.co/c3q7qGIo0K

If you build with LangGraph + FastAPI, I’d appreciate brutal feedback.

[Harsh Kumar @harsh2august]

Published my first Npm package 📦 “Payload CMS Redis Plugin” to use redis cache hustle free.
Install and use it 👇🏻

https://t.co/vKYNqrV0Uk

#payloadcms #redis #buildinpublic