Vinit Kumar

πŸ“Š Blog Analytics & Insights

A deep dive into 14 years of writing, learning, and professional growth

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105
Total Posts
πŸ“–
44,444
Total Words
⏱️
4h
Reading Time
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423
Avg Words/Post
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14
Writing Years
πŸ“ˆ
8
Posts/Year

πŸš€ Career Evolution Through Writing

2013
Started professional career at Changer
2015
First blog about coding passion
2018
Leadership and architecture reflections
2019
Infrastructure and tooling focus
2021
Mentoring and growth themes emerge
2024
Principal Engineer role, career transition
2025
Django CMS Fellow, 57 OSS PRs, ecosystem modernization

🎯 Interesting Trivia

πŸš€ Started coding at age 10 with IBM PC and LOGO
🎸 Learned guitar alongside his kid in 2024
πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ Walks 5-6km daily as part of work-life balance
πŸ“š From college affordability to music lessons β€” full circle
πŸ”§ Advocates for minimalist tooling β€” Vim over bloated IDEs
🌍 Has worked across 3+ time zones seamlessly
πŸ“– 13-year journey from startup employee to Principal Engineer
🎯 Influenced millions through multi-tenant CMS serving 3k+ websites
πŸ’‘ Contributed 57 PRs and reviewed 139 PRs in 2025 alone
🧠 Mentors developers and shapes open source ecosystem roadmap

πŸ“ˆ Posts by Year

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202533β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
Django CMS Fellow, 57 OSS PRs, ecosystem modernization
202415β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
Principal Engineer role, career transition
20235β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
20221β–ˆ
20203β–ˆβ–ˆ
20196β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
Infrastructure and tooling focus
20183β–ˆβ–ˆ
Leadership and architecture reflections
20171β–ˆ
20162β–ˆβ–ˆ
20154β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
First blog about coding passion
20148β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
201320β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ
Started professional career at Changer

πŸ’‘ Quick Insights

πŸ”₯ Most Active:
2025 (33 posts)
πŸ“… Productive Month:
March (14 posts)
πŸ“ Post Lengths:
0 - 1836 words
⚑ Total Reading:
4 hours of content

πŸ› οΈ Technology Evolution Journey

Early Years (2013-2015)

JavaScriptPythonDjango

Growth Phase (2016-2018)

ReactDevOpsLeadership

Expertise Era (2019-2021)

GoInfrastructureMentoring

Principal Phase (2022-2024)

TypeScriptArchitectureStrategy

Current (2025+)

Go InternalsSystem DesignAI Workflows

🏷️ Most Written About Topics

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⭐ Featured Posts

How to Be a Good Programmer in the Age of AI

January 8, 2026

Hello 2026

January 6, 2026

Django CMS Fellows & Community Annual Report 2025: A Year of Extraordinary Contributions

December 3, 2025

2025 in Review

November 24, 2025

Vibe Engineering with Django: Working with AI Coding Agents

October 8, 2025

Monokai Pro for Vim: Bringing Modern Aesthetics to Terminal Editing

September 10, 2025

Go 1.25: Container-Aware Runtime, Experimental GC, and Developer Experience Enhancements

August 13, 2025

AI Agents, Me, and My Feelings

July 18, 2025

PDF Joiner Now Supports Linux: Quick Setup Guide

July 7, 2025

Books on My Desk

June 7, 2025

Future of Error Handling in Go Notes

June 5, 2025

Redis Creator's Code Philosophy: 10 Programming Principles from Antirez

May 9, 2025

Balancing AI Tools in Development: A Practical Workflow Guide

May 7, 2025

Natural Coder

April 2, 2025

2024 in Review

January 11, 2025

Remote Work Success Guide: 7 Years of Practical Experience and Best Practices

March 26, 2020

A Somewhat Sane Guide for Software Development

February 6, 2020

Influential Programmers: A Personal Tribute to 10 Open Source Leaders

January 23, 2020

The Minimalist Developer: Maximizing Productivity with Fewer Tools

March 6, 2019

Integrating React with Django CMS: Solving Content Refresh Challenges

May 24, 2018