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A saved YouTube video sits in a folder of 215 items. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/years-of-hunching-over-a-laptop-hurt/ 2026-07-22 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7484120927614717952_0.jpg Gaurav's ergonomic home desk setup: a ThinkPad laptop lifted on a metal stand so the screen sits at eye level, with a wireless keyboard, mouse and blue headphones on the wooden desk. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/imagine-a-machine-counts-your-stock/ 2026-07-15 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7482795159253086209_0.jpg A hand holds a Starbucks iced drink topped with whipped cream, against a black iron fence and blurred greenery. The post cites Starbucks scrapping a computer vision inventory system after staff had to re-count stock by hand. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/apron-wale-aashiq/ 2026-07-08 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7479033293657653248_0.jpg A group of people in chef hats and black aprons pose behind a table of prepared dishes at the Apron Wale Aashiq cooking event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7479033293657653248_1.jpg People in chef hats and aprons serve and talk around a buffet counter filled with bowls at the Rotary Club cooking event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7479033293657653248_2.jpg Participants, some in chef hats and aprons, pose together with plates and a poster after cooking at the event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7479033293657653248_3.jpg Colourful illustrated artwork for Apron Wale Aashiq shows a smiling chef with a flaming pan over bowls of food in a kitchen. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7479033293657653248_4.jpg Adults and children gather behind a long buffet table of dishes next to an Apron Wale Aashiq poster at the event venue. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/devops-with-ai-to-save/ 2026-07-01 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7476530078638678016_0.jpg Monthly stacked bars of cloud service usage, with MySQL and Compute the largest segments, shrinking from March to June as the reported cloud costs fall. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/the-best-way-to-learn-is-to-teach/ 2026-06-24 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7474085025886683136_0.jpg Gaurav gestures while explaining Claude Code to team members and guests among the desks and monitors of the office. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7474085025886683136_1.jpg Team members and guests watch from their desks as the speaker points to a projected slide during the learning session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7474085025886683136_2.jpg Poster advertising the learning session 'Using Claude Code (and Other AI Tools) for Development & Productivity' by Gaurav Makhecha, COO of Artisans, on June 18, 2026, 6:30 PM onwards at Artisans Cloud, Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7474085025886683136_3.jpg Title slide for the team talk 'How I Use Claude Code — Patterns worth stealing', built from 185 sessions over six weeks. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7474085025886683136_4.jpg Gaurav presents a slide describing Claude Code as a general-purpose worker, with uses ranging from production software to infra and security. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/you-shouldn-t-choose-ai-models-by-vibes/ 2026-06-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7471199091528704002_0.jpg A Lumen infographic contrasts AI answers without context, where nearly all hard questions fail, with business context, where the majority pass. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7471199091528704002_1.jpg A Lumen graphic prices an answer at about one cent per complex question, cheaper than premium models with equal or better accuracy and lower latency. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/bad-people-are-using-genai/ 2026-06-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7468926224963248128_0.jpg Gaurav takes a selfie with a wide-eyed, surprised expression beside a metal guardrail, a winding river and forested valley stretching out behind him. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/indians-love-cricket/ 2026-05-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7464557508557357058_0.jpg Two players in matching black-and-orange jerseys pose with a small trophy and a medal at night on the artificial turf, an event banner behind them. 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relax around a long restaurant table with menus after the match while a man in an orange cap takes a selfie. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/continuous-integration-continuous-delivery-continuous/ 2026-05-20 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7461404969699651585_0.jpg A man works at an office desk with a terminal full of code on one monitor and a social media feed on another. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/i-am-sceptical-about-this-trend-in-software/ 2026-05-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7458889751123738624_0.jpg A man in a mustard shirt and beige trousers presents at a lectern, with a projector screen showing an answer that lists party games for a group of 40 people. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/a-few-days-back-my-laptop-just-froze/ 2026-05-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7456229175331414017_0.jpg A blue typographic graphic poses the question 'Can you fix my printer?' in white text, echoing the post's point that AI tools let anyone handle everyday tech fixes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/after-working-on-multiple-ai-projects-one-thing/ 2026-04-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7453805265344319488_0.jpg Gaurav sits cross-legged on the bonnet of a white Suzuki car parked by a lake, with hills across the water. It is the act he jokes he cannot explain in a post about transparency in AI. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/down-to-earth/ 2026-04-22 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7451154797765820416_0.jpg Gaurav takes a selfie with Harsha Bhogle, praising how calmly he handled a co-passenger who delayed their Mumbai to Rajkot flight by an hour. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/solving-the-actual-user-problem-is-the-key/ 2026-04-15 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7448592918715588608_0.jpg An iPhone lock screen displays a Screening Call notification saying the phone is asking the caller for their name and why they are calling. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7448592918715588608_1.jpg An active iPhone call screen shows a Hold This Call prompt with a Hold button, alongside speaker, FaceTime, mute and keypad controls. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7448592918715588608_2.jpg An incoming call screen shows the iPhone asking the caller to record their name and reason for calling before the user answers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7448592918715588608_3.jpg An iPhone screen shows a held call, with End and Pick Up buttons and a note that the user will be notified to pick up. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/enterprises-are-challenging/ 2026-04-07 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7446043067956244480_0.jpg Three silhouetted figures stand before a skyline of glass office towers beneath the words 'Unsung Heroes'. The graphic accompanies Gaurav's thanks to the people who help him clear enterprise hurdles. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/got-an-opportunity-to-share-knowledge-with-students/ 2026-04-01 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_0.jpg Students and the visiting mentors gather for a group photo in the classroom after the workshop at VVP Engineering College. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_1.jpg A mentor points to content on the big screen as seated students follow along on their laptops during the session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_2.jpg The presenter discusses backend project options on screen as a student raises a hand during the workshop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_3.jpg The speaker introduces the day's objective on a slide; the geotag places the classroom session on Kalavad Marg, Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_4.jpg The presenter speaks at the front of the room while students work on laptops and a few attendees stand along the side. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_5.jpg A group of men pose together in an office during the college visit, with posters and a glass table behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_6.jpg The group chats over snacks around a glass table in an office with a wall board of company logos behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7443537042489151488_7.jpg Poster for the GUJCOST-sponsored three-day workshop on Python web application development using AI tools at VVP Engineering College, 12-14 March 2026, with Gaurav Makhecha listed as speaker. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/thanks-to-rotary-club-of-rajkot-prime/ 2026-03-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7435926984108711936_0.jpg Team members in blue jerseys celebrate on a stage at night, lifting a child who holds a trophy aloft in front of a sponsor backdrop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7435926984108711936_1.jpg A batsman in a blue jersey plays a shot during a night match on a green mat pitch as two fielders in white watch. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7435926984108711936_2.jpg A bowler in a blue jersey jumps to deliver the ball during a daytime match, with a man in a yellow shirt watching beside the pitch. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7435926984108711936_3.jpg Players in matching blue jerseys line up and give thumbs up for a team photo on a grass field during the tournament. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7435926984108711936_4.jpg A batsman in a purple and blue jersey plays a shot during a daytime match as fielders in white wait behind the stumps. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7435926984108711936_5.jpg Event poster announcing RCL 4, a six-club, 90-player cricket league in Rajkot, listing dates, venue, match format and team logos. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/claude-code/ 2026-03-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7438226519656841216_0.jpg A recruitment poster lists openings for an AI/ML Data Engineer and three Senior Laravel Developers, asking candidates to email their CV. A laptop with code open on screen sits at right. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/this-new-agent-coding-makes-browser-automation-work/ 2026-03-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7435693749051023360_0.jpg A coding agent's terminal output lists the selectors it found for a bank transfer form — payee, amount, transfer type, and NEFT or IMPS mode — and asks whether to probe the confirmation page next. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/oracle-ai-world-tour-mumbai/ 2026-03-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7433363062071455744_0.jpg Two attendees smile for a selfie at Oracle AI World Tour in Mumbai, with Oracle branding, booths and other visitors behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7433363062071455744_1.jpg Gaurav poses with an Oracle India employee beside a screen showing a security dashboard at the conference. 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gauravmak over the past three days, illustrating the agentic coding workflow the post describes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/had-a-chance-to-share-my-experience/ 2026-02-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7426982478378254336_0.jpg A man takes a selfie with a group of fellow attendees while a large student audience fills the tiered auditorium at Marwadi University. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7426982478378254336_1.jpg A man speaks into a microphone to a full auditorium of students during a session at Marwadi University, with a few people standing near the front. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/did-you-know-that-toyota-had-to-recall/ 2026-02-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7420698963533565953_0.jpg A split graphic contrasts tangled red wiring labelled CHAOS with error alerts against orderly blue pipes with green ticks, illustrating why enterprises need data product specifications. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/llms-are-smart-yeah/ 2026-02-03 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7424321780888068096_poster.jpg An AI coding agent searches a Cloudflare worker codebase to troubleshoot a newsletter subscription error in TabsyPOS. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/you-win-some-and-lose-others/ 2026-01-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7421886909326647297_0.jpg A batsman in a yellow and black jersey stands ready with the bat as a fielder watches during a floodlit night box-cricket match. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7421886909326647297_1.jpg Players in orange and yellow jerseys gather for a celebratory group selfie on the field after a night box-cricket match. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7421886909326647297_2.jpg A team in yellow and black jerseys poses with their trophies on stage in front of the tournament sponsor backdrop at night. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/how-your-phone-looked-then-vs-now-progress/ 2026-01-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7418292478740639744_0.jpg A comparison graphic shows mobile phones evolving between 2007 and 2026 while the ERP system screenshots from the same years look nearly identical. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/we-built-a-small-cms-for-the-tabsypos/ 2026-01-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7408014240852340736_0.jpg A Notion page for the TabsyPOS user guide that any team member can edit, shown with the slash-command block menu open over the introduction text. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7408014240852340736_1.jpg A manually triggered GitHub Actions run of the fetch-notion workflow, succeeded in one minute 22 seconds, listing steps from checkout to creating a pull request. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7408014240852340736_2.jpg A GitHub pull request automatically created by the Notion fetcher workflow, with a Cloudflare Pages bot comment confirming a successful deploy and preview URLs. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7408014240852340736_3.jpg The published TabsyPOS documentation site showing the 'Smart Selling with AI' section with sidebar navigation, live after the pull request was merged. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2026/through-the-years-i-have-always-felt/ 2026-01-07 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7413098363551899648_0.jpg A meme jokes about AWS complexity: a suited man gestures at a dense architecture diagram, offering confusingly named cloud products to someone who only wants to host Hello World. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/bye-bye-2025-exciting-2026-ahead/ 2025-12-31 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7410540337028390912_0.jpg Three men pose together in front of a dark Mercedes-Benz wall featuring the three-pointed star and 'More than a badge' signage, echoing the collaboration highlighted in Gaurav's year-end post. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/openai-brings-your-year-with-chatgpt/ 2025-12-24 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7409452210599682049_0.jpg OpenAI's 'Your year with ChatGPT' recap slide shows his 2025 usage statistics, which Gaurav shares saying he likes it. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/i-ve-noticed-that-many-employees-when-given/ 2025-12-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7405489902643269632_0.jpg Hand-drawn black marker text on white paper reads WHY ME?, echoing the frustrated reaction to new tasks that the post describes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/opportunity-to-work-with-fast-moving-team/ 2025-12-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7404864259064508416_0.jpg Artisans is hiring a Senior Business Acceptance Test Engineer with 4+ years of experience for 2 positions; applicants send a CV and portfolio to careers@artisanscloud.com.my. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/gym-weight-loss/ 2025-12-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7402984223478910976_0.jpg Illustrated poster reading 'Strength Has Many Forms' shows four people training: an older man deadlifting, a woman lifting a barbell overhead, a woman stretching on a mat and a wheelchair user at an exercise machine. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/how-about-using-your-phone-to-do/ 2025-12-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7402201539228012545_poster.jpg The TabsyPOS sales screen shows a product search assistant, customer lookup, an empty cart and cash or card payment options. The post proposes completing sales from a phone alone, without a barcode scanner or extra hardware. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/let-us-build-cutting-edge-solutions-and-ship/ 2025-11-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7400157246170509313_0.jpg A colourful We Are Hiring poster lists two open positions — AI/ML Engineer with 2–4 years' experience and Cloud & DevOps Specialist with 2–3 years — alongside an apply-now email address and website, with an illustration of a person holding a magnifying glass. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/excited-to-share-something-we-have-been-working/ 2025-11-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7399795277156716544_0.jpg The TabsyPOS beta sales screen shows a product assistant search, cart items like a MacBook Air and Galaxy S24, and a checkout total of $1499.34 split between cash and credit card. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/them-how-did-you-prepare-your-kid-s/ 2025-11-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_0.jpg A chat screen asks What's on the agenda today? as the question How to use ChatGPT? is typed into the prompt box. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_1.jpg A prompt asks for an unconventional Independence Day speech of nine to ten lines for a six-year-old son. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_2.jpg A prompt asks for simple Venn diagram ideas for a six-year-old who has just learnt about them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_3.jpg A prompt asks for balanced good and bad points about cheese and paneer as protein sources. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_4.jpg A prompt asks for short, emotionally engaging donation messages, including Gujarati versions, for a cycle donation project. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_5.jpg A prompt asks for hackathon planning advice, covering duration, AI-era project ideas and organisation tips. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_6.jpg A long prompt asks for a GitHub Actions presentation outline with story and humour, pasting collected notes and documentation. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7392771048485568512_7.jpg A prompt asks ChatGPT to review a personal, story-style LinkedIn about section covering work at artisans and community volunteering. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/these-photos-are-a-bit-old-but-close/ 2025-11-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7390365912173834240_0.jpg Team members hold green packets as children and families gather around during the team's charity donation activity. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7390365912173834240_1.jpg The team stands together in a line outside a building for a group photo after their joint charity contribution. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7390365912173834240_2.jpg Children eat a meal served on the ground as team members help distribute food, with an Ojaswini banner on the wall. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/we-recently-had-a-great-chat-with-one/ 2025-10-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7387833366504611840_0.jpg Pastel gradient letters spelling RAG, with arrows and circles suggesting flow, illustrate Gaurav's post on making retrieval-augmented generation work in practice. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/coming-from-a-less-privileged-background-ac/ 2025-10-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7386974474115387392_0.jpg A split image contrasts a white table fan on a wooden desk with a wall-mounted air conditioner, joined by a blue VS badge for the post's fan-versus-AC comparison. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/25-seconds-to-do-a-sale-nice/ 2025-10-15 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7384203903376031744_poster.jpg The TabsyPOS sales screen shows the Product Assistant chat box, an empty cart, customer search and payment methods, with a timer reading 25 seconds. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/few-days-back-i-didn-t-even-know/ 2025-10-08 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7380108667167326208_0.jpg A group of four, including a young boy in yellow, gathers around a desk in an office with brick walls, a monitor and model cars on the desk. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7380108667167326208_1.jpg Rows of colorful scale model cars in red, yellow, black and white line two LED-lit glass shelves of a display cabinet. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7380108667167326208_2.jpg A silver Bentley convertible scale model shares a lit display shelf with a red Ferrari, a blue Audi and other diecast cars, with trophies below. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7380108667167326208_3.jpg A white vintage-style roadster scale model with plate 500 K sits on a glossy surface that mirrors the whole car. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7380108667167326208_4.jpg A red Mercedes-Benz 300 SL scale model stands with its gullwing doors raised, its chrome grille and three-pointed star in front. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/i-have-been-part-of-the-web-development/ 2025-10-01 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7378281428188430336_0.jpg A man in a blue shirt speaks into a microphone and gestures while addressing attendees at the CXO meetup on cybersecurity. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7378281428188430336_1.jpg Poster for the RITA CXO Connect session 'Secure By Design: Cybersecurity for Modern Development Companies' on 27 September 2025 in Rajkot, featuring speakers Chirag Goswami and Dipen Dalsaniya. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7378281428188430336_2.jpg A speaker presents a slide to an audience seated at round tables during the CXO meetup on cybersecurity. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7378281428188430336_3.jpg A group of men take a smiling selfie together at the CXO meetup, with a buffet counter and other guests behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/here-is-a-fun-chatgpt-experiment/ 2025-09-24 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7375037386545778688_0.jpg A ChatGPT reply turns the author's chat history into a playful recipe, Gaurav Stew, ending with the final dish The Visionary Curry. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/sundays/ 2025-09-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7372478415691649024_0.jpg A man takes a selfie with attendees gathered at the IT Sales Community meetup in Rajkot after a session on sales and marketing automation. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7372478415691649024_1.jpg A speaker presents on automation to an attentive audience seated at desks during the Sunday meetup session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7372478415691649024_2.jpg A projected slide titled 'AI agents we identify' lists sales and marketing AI agents shown during the automation talk. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7372478415691649024_3.jpg A projected slide presents a five-step automation blueprint mentioning Zapier, n8n and HubSpot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/spam-alert-i-received-this-email-from-blueink/ 2025-09-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7371759048762810368_0.jpg A cold sales email from BlueInk pitching e-signature cost savings sits in Gaurav's Gmail, addressed to his tagged address gaurav+syrup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/most-people-are-using-chatgpt/ 2025-09-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7371388065942007808_0.jpg Gaurav shares his original photo, showing his short, neatly parted hair, as the starting point for ChatGPT hairstyle suggestions. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7371388065942007808_1.jpg ChatGPT replies to Gaurav's uploaded photo with five hairstyle ideas and offers to generate comparison images. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7371388065942007808_2.jpg An AI-generated preview shows how Gaurav would look with a buzz cut, based on his original photo. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/can-you-guess-what-s-happening/ 2025-09-03 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7368139382828044289_0.jpg A screenshot of an X conversation shows Grok placing @elder_plinius at position zero with 420.69 trillion followers in a requested leaderboard of top X accounts. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/data-is-the-new-oil/ 2025-08-20 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7363931559860555776_0.jpg A business intelligence dashboard displays yearly sales trends, top-performing branches around Kuala Lumpur, sales by channel, top products and loyalty engagement by age group. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7363931559860555776_1.jpg A marketing dashboard maps campaign engagement by platform and time of day, churn probability against customer lifetime value, at-risk customer ages and trending social topics. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/do-you-know-about-the-new-indian-act/ 2025-08-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7361393085165035520_0.jpg A man stands among seated attendees to ask a question during the CXO event by Rajkot IT Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7361393085165035520_1.jpg A man takes a group selfie with fellow attendees during networking at the CXO event by Rajkot IT Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7361393085165035520_2.jpg A full room of attendees listens during the CXO event organised by Rajkot IT Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7361393085165035520_3.jpg A speaker addresses the audience at the CXO roundtable organised by Rajkot IT Association, with RITA banners at the front. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7361393085165035520_4.jpg A speaker presents a slide on IPR and trademark classification during the CXO event by Rajkot IT Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7361393085165035520_5.jpg A man with a microphone presents a session titled Billionaire Mindset at the CXO event by Rajkot IT Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/i-just-observed-2-nice-things-done/ 2025-08-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7356910624762716160_0.jpg Sentry's beta chat assistant on the Sentry website declines off-topic questions while a marketing mode toggle, highlighted by a red arrow, sits at OFF. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/i-repeat-my-most-used-ai-tool/ 2025-07-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7354722365269774336_0.jpg The AudioPen homepage promises to turn voice notes into structured, perfectly edited text, with buttons to sign up or see how it works. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7354722365269774336_1.jpg A Chrome history search for audiopen.ai lists 75 results, with entries logged on most days from early July to late July 2025. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/automation-tools-ai/ 2025-07-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7352918029942374400_0.jpg A man takes a selfie with attendees seated at classroom desks during a community tech meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7352918029942374400_1.jpg Attendees pose for a group photo outside the building after the community tech meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7352918029942374400_2.jpg Presentation slide introducing a talk on tools and automation for efficient Laravel development for teams by Gaurav Makhecha. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/a-good-presentation-is-important/ 2025-07-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7350157219084038144_0.jpg The Gamma AI logo, the tool Gaurav uses to quickly create sleek presentations for his talks. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7350157219084038144_1.jpg Gamma's Create with AI screen showing three ways to start a deck: pasting text, generating from a one-line prompt, or importing a file or URL. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7350157219084038144_2.jpg Eraser promotional banner describing the product as an AI co-pilot for technical design that delivers accurate, consistent designs faster. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7350157219084038144_3.jpg Eraser's AI diagram editor showing an empty AI Diagram canvas beside a panel to prompt diagram generation from text or an image file. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/how-to-achieve-business-goals-while-leading/ 2025-07-09 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7347112672972148736_0.jpg The cover of Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet, the leadership book Gaurav recommends, shows a submarine cutting through the sea. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/important-things-i-learned-about-personal-finance-today/ 2025-07-03 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7346534648694341633_0.jpg A cartoon legal heir and a nominee pull opposite ends of a rope with a money bag between them, illustrating the post's point that a nominee is only a custodian of assets. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/we-are-so-lucky-to-have-this-library/ 2025-06-26 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7342055618813251584_0.jpg A curved bookshelf filled with books stands in the bright, well-kept reading hall of the Babubhai Vaidya Library in Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7342055618813251584_1.jpg Donation bins for used clothes and toys stand beside Rajkot Municipal Corporation banners near a staircase in the library lobby. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7342055618813251584_2.jpg Rajkot Municipal Corporation collection bins for used shoes and used books stand below banners, beneath a framed portrait on the wall. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/i-will-be-sharing-knowledge-with-the-home/ 2025-06-19 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7341321166214561793_0.jpg Poster for the Rajkot Tech Laravel Meetup on 22 June 2025 at 10:00 AM, where Gaurav Makhecha speaks on tools and automation for efficient Laravel development for teams. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/one-of-the-best-things-i-did/ 2025-06-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7339666770925912064_0.jpg A puzzle-style collage gathers photos of the same man smiling alongside different people during his one-on-one catch-ups. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7339666770925912064_1.jpg Three selfies capture the same man grinning with a woman and several men at office desks and on a sofa during one-on-one chats. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7339666770925912064_2.jpg Four round-framed photos show the same man posing with different pairs and groups, including one shot inside a store. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7339666770925912064_3.jpg Three hexagon-framed photos show the same man with different people, two of them standing before a cabinet full of awards. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7339666770925912064_4.jpg A cartoon kitten with teary eyes expresses regret over missing a photo opportunity with buddies. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/is-it-just-me-or-you-also-feel/ 2025-06-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7336959541852487680_0.jpg An ESPNcricinfo graphic shows 200-plus IPL team totals climbing season by season, from 15 in 2018 to 52 in 2025. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7336959541852487680_1.jpg A bar chart tracks the average IPL first-innings score from 160.97 in 2008 to a highlighted 189.59 in 2024. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7336959541852487680_2.jpg A table lists average innings scores for T20 World Cup editions by host, from 151.56 in South Africa 2007 to 144.09 in Australia 2022. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/giving-a-demo/ 2025-06-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7335902056894947330_0.jpg A mock video-call screen share shows dinner and delivery notifications popping up over a presentation and a code editor, illustrating why notifications should be turned off before presenting. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/a-late-post-but-not-worth-missing/ 2025-05-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7331901283852857345_0.jpg A man with a microphone addresses attendees seated around tables during the association's session on cost estimation and budgeting. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7331901283852857345_1.jpg Attendees pose for a cheerful group selfie in the Platinum Hotel lobby during the CXO meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7331901283852857345_2.jpg Session participants gather for a group photo under a chandelier, with CXO branding visible on the screen behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7331901283852857345_3.jpg Poster announcing the 22 March 2025 learning session on cost estimation and budgeting at Platinum Hotel, Rajkot, led by speaker Udayan Trivedi. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/a-simple-but-extremely-helpful-chatgpt-or-any/ 2025-05-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7330140721087143936_0.jpg A PIR motion sensor light switch with LUX, SENS and TIME adjustment knobs sits in a wall cavity among electrical wires. It was photographed to ask ChatGPT what the knobs are for. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7330140721087143936_1.jpg ChatGPT answers the uploaded sensor photo, identifying a PIR motion sensor switch and explaining what each of the three knobs controls. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/my-friends-at-improwised-technologies-arranged-a-session/ 2025-05-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7328296274825240576_0.jpg A man in a green striped polo gestures as he speaks to employees seated at their desks during the AI session at Improwised Technologies. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7328296274825240576_1.jpg A man takes a wide group selfie as smiling colleagues wave from their desks in the Improwised Technologies office. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7328296274825240576_2.jpg A man in a striped polo and a bearded man in a maroon shirt exchange a wooden gift box in front of a whiteboard after the session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7328296274825240576_3.jpg Branded mementoes from Improwised Technologies — a black bottle, a pen, and a spiral Notes notebook — arranged on a wooden table. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/our-future-is-bright/ 2025-04-25 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7321370264041058304_poster.jpg A video frame of a man's face tracked by a landmark mesh in a browser demo, with an inference time of 11.1 ms displayed below. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/learning-should-never-stop/ 2025-04-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319249346200268801_0.jpg A speaker in a checked shirt addresses the room with a microphone during the Rajkot Toastmasters Club session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319249346200268801_1.jpg A speaker engages a full audience of seated men and women at the Toastmasters gathering in Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319249346200268801_2.jpg A man in a checked shirt and a woman in a red dupatta hold a plaque on stage while another man looks on. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319249346200268801_3.jpg Attendees continue discussions in the venue lobby, a man in a checked shirt talking with a man in a dark suit. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319249346200268801_4.jpg Two men pose for a selfie before Toastmasters International Division 3, District 98 roll-up banners. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319249346200268801_5.jpg A speaker presents beside a slide asking 'Why are you there?' flanked by Toastmasters banners. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/most-of-us-are-glued-to-the-computer/ 2025-04-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7319944725208170498_0.jpg A blue graphic for a typing competition at office shows hands on a keyboard between two smiling emojis, with the LinkedIn logo at top left. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/one-more-personal-ai-use-case/ 2025-04-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7317540616551178241_poster.jpg A child draws a curved outline with a pencil on white paper in a clip labelled 'Live Drawing with AI', the step before uploading the picture for animation. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/hit-it-hard/ 2025-04-09 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7315711529461424128_0.jpg A large group of men pose for a photo on a floodlit artificial turf at night after playing cricket together. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7315711529461424128_1.jpg A group of men cheer with raised fists on a grass ground at night, one holding a blue cricket bat after a match. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7315711529461424128_2.jpg A small group including two women stands on a floodlit turf at night, a few of them holding cricket bats. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7315711529461424128_3.jpg A large group of men, some in matching black t-shirts, pose with children and yellow cricket bats on a turf at night. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7315711529461424128_4.jpg Men and a few boys pose on an open ground at night, one holding a cricket bat aloft and another giving a thumbs up. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/we-ve-been-having-much-fun-with-these/ 2025-04-03 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7313575945972400129_poster.jpg A laptop on a wooden desk runs an AI tool built with Gemini 2.0, where changes can be typed into a chat box; the overlay reads 'AI with Kids'. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/my-love-for-coding-has-grown-multifold/ 2025-03-24 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7309944188513492996_poster.jpg Two men collaborate at a desk with a laptop and two monitors in a glass-partitioned office, in a video about AI-assisted coding with Nirav. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/place-saasboomi-social-rajkot/ 2025-03-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7307412611547959298_0.jpg A man in a maroon polo speaks into a microphone at SaaSBoomi Social Rajkot, gesturing toward a projected map of the region. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7307412611547959298_1.jpg Attendees pose for a group photo at the SaaSBoomi Social Rajkot meetup on the evening of 1 March 2025. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7307412611547959298_2.jpg Two attendees chat over food on the open-air terrace during the evening SaaSBoomi Social in Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7307412611547959298_3.jpg Three attendees talk at the evening SaaSBoomi Social in Rajkot, one raising his hand mid-conversation. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/it-s-time-to-celebrate-the-person/ 2025-03-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7305183657449684994_0.jpg Gaurav takes a selfie with two men during a reunion at the office his PHP teacher recently bought. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/the-memories-of-the-last-saasboomi-annual/ 2025-02-20 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7298294189274853376_0.jpg A group of men wearing event lanyards pose together on a colorfully lit stage at a SaaSBoomi gathering. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7298294189274853376_1.jpg A man in a dark blazer holds his phone while chatting with two other attendees at a SaaSBoomi conference. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7298294189274853376_2.jpg Attendees wearing lanyards sit in a circle for a discussion in the group meeting zone at a SaaSBoomi event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7298294189274853376_3.jpg Four men smile for a selfie at a SaaSBoomi conference, one of them wearing a red Bugasura t-shirt. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7298294189274853376_4.jpg A group of men stand behind large SaaSBoomi lettering outside an ornate building at the event venue. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/if-the-iphone-had-a-landing-page/ 2025-02-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7296378553187680257_0.jpg A concept landing page presents the original iPhone under the heading Apple Phone, promising every album and the internet at your fingertips, with a presenter visible in a circular overlay. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/found-myself-wasting-a-lot-of-time/ 2025-02-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7294943402356334592_0.jpg The LinkedIn home page with the News Feed Eradicator extension showing a Michelle Obama quote in place of the usual feed, beside the account owner's profile card. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/trusted-by/ 2025-02-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7292814317001842688_0.jpg A logo wall of global technology companies — Wipro, Google, Microsoft, Dell Technologies, Accenture, Tata, Infosys and HCL — the kind of 'trusted by' strip Gaurav jokes about seeing on websites everywhere. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/a-new-book-collection-is-here/ 2025-02-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7292420720691699712_0.jpg A thumb points at a spread of books on a desk, covering design, psychology, negotiation, startups and business leadership. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/a-gem-from-dribbble/ 2025-01-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7290304723868381185_0.jpg An article entry on Slack's logo redesign shows a Dribbble parody turning the logo shapes into four ducks above the word quack. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/i-thought-i-was-up-to-date/ 2025-01-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_0.jpg Three men pose together against a white wall during the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_1.jpg Attendees gather for a group photo around the event banner at the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_2.jpg Attendees chat in a huddle around a man in a flat cap during a break at the Rajkot chapter meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_3.jpg A man presents from a lectern to a full room of attendees during the meetup session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_4.jpg Poster for the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup on 19th January 2025, featuring speaker Rakesh Patel, Founder and CEO of Space-O. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_5.jpg A man in a flat cap stands before a projected slide as he speaks at the Rajkot chapter meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289245912122478592_6.jpg Six men pose on stage as a framed memento is handed over during a felicitation at the meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/nicely-done-by-cadbury-uk/ 2025-01-26 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289203646267871232_0.jpg A shopper holds a limited edition Cadbury Dairy Milk bar divided into Who Drove, Who Navigated and Who Slept, in a supermarket chocolate aisle. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289203646267871232_1.jpg A limited edition Cadbury Dairy Milk bar thanks whoever presented the slides and whoever took notes, held up in a supermarket aisle. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289203646267871232_2.jpg A shopper holds the last of Cadbury's twelve limited edition designs, splitting the bar between who brought snacks, drinks and vibes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289203646267871232_3.jpg A limited edition Cadbury Dairy Milk bar rewards who cooked and who cleaned, while who ate gets the smallest share, held in a supermarket. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7289203646267871232_4.jpg A shopper holds a limited edition Cadbury bar split between who chose what to watch and who let them choose what to watch. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/data-analytics-transforms-retail-decision-making/ 2025-01-24 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7288512213961625600_0.jpg A business intelligence dashboard breaks down invoices, customers and sales value by week, month, weekday and item. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7288512213961625600_1.jpg Illustration of the word learning with icons for ideas, time and study, evoking continuous learning. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7288512213961625600_2.jpg Infographic explains why retailers should implement a customer data platform, citing personalisation statistics and profit gains. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7288512213961625600_3.jpg Infographic presents product availability and price as the foundation of retail strategy, building trust and driving purchases. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7288512213961625600_4.jpg Increff advert contrasts inventory syncing in 15 seconds versus 15 minutes, urging retailers to choose the speed that sells. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/how-do-you-stay-updated-about-the-ai/ 2025-01-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7285669189908881408_0.jpg A group of eight men take a cheerful selfie together at the CXO event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7285669189908881408_1.jpg Four men in formal blazers clap before a projected speaker profile during the CXO event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7285669189908881408_2.jpg Attendees clap while seated at round tables during the Rajkot IT Association CXO event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7285669189908881408_3.jpg A man in a blue and white striped shirt holds a microphone while speaking, with attendees seated behind him. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7285669189908881408_4.jpg Poster for the 'AI in Action Enhancing Software Development Productivity' live workshop on 4th Jan 2025, listing Neuramonks guest speakers Upendrasinh Zala, Ketan, Jaydev and Parikshit. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/ai-in-fashion-a-new-era/ 2025-01-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7283107738388226048_0.jpg A frog in formal period dress sits on a wooden chair in a humorous meme used to announce a post about AI in fashion. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/look-who-we-have-got-on-stage/ 2025-01-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7283352229762207744_0.jpg Event poster announces the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup on 19th January 2025, featuring Rakesh Patel, Founder and CEO of Space-O, on SEO and multi-modal AI. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7283352229762207744_1.jpg Screenshot of a SaaSBoomi LinkedIn post promoting a Playbook event on entity-based SEO for SaaS companies, listing Rakesh Patel as speaker at Mocha in Pune. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7283352229762207744_2.jpg Four men wearing conference lanyards pose for a group photo under a canopy, standing in front of Prydan roll-up banners. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7283352229762207744_3.jpg Screenshot of an Accel in India LinkedIn post describing Rakesh Patel's four-hour SEO workshop for founders, with photos of the speaker at a lectern and the seated audience. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/manual-inventory-management/ 2025-01-08 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7282406438994427904_0.jpg Gaurav Makhecha, COO at artisans Commerce Cloud, asks in a branded poster what is stopping viewers from making inventory decisions manually. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7282406438994427904_1.jpg An infographic outlines why inventory management matters and lists best practices: real-time tracking, demand forecasting, just in time and regular reviews. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7282406438994427904_2.jpg An Alphabots advertisement shows a forklift lifting glowing blue crates before German CMR freight documents, promoting AI that turns stock data into smart decisions. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7282406438994427904_3.jpg A worker in a high-visibility vest and white glove labels a small box at a bench beside blue bins of metal parts and a roll of printed labels. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2025/work-never-completes/ 2025-01-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7282027390665396224_0.jpg Gaurav runs at night in a yellow Rajkot Night Half Marathon T-shirt, bib 13163 pinned to his chest. A large group of runners in matching yellow shirts moves through an underpass. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7282027390665396224_1.jpg Three leaf-shaped crops show Gaurav running with bib 13163 — on a dark road, on a red carpet before string lights, and near a checkered finish arch. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/you-learn-the-most-when-you-are-immersed/ 2024-12-31 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_0.jpg A man takes a selfie with three companions on the red carpet at Tech Expo Gujarat, next to the event agenda board and white event tents. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_1.jpg A hand holds up an attendee badge for Tech Expo Gujarat, held on 20-21 December 2024 at Science City, Ahmedabad, issued to Gaurav M. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_2.jpg A man takes a selfie with a member of the factoHR team in front of the factoHR booth's app display at Tech Expo Gujarat. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_3.jpg A screen at Tech Expo Gujarat displays a group of smiling attendees surrounded by a crowd in the exhibition hall. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_4.jpg Four men pose together at the Miracle Accounting Software booth at Tech Expo Gujarat, in front of its branded backdrop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_5.jpg A man takes a selfie with two attendees in front of the Saeculum Solutions stall E3 at Tech Expo Gujarat. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7279508537028808704_6.jpg A man takes a selfie with three companions at the Tech Expo Gujarat entrance under the event's colourful geometric arch. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/know-anyone-who-s-looking-for-a-great/ 2024-12-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7276892533379469312_0.jpg Artisans announces it is hiring a Laravel developer in a Christmas-themed poster with a Santa Claus illustration, inviting applications by email. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/laravel-is-close-to-my-heart-2/ 2024-12-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_0.jpg A speaker addresses attendees seated at classroom desks during the Laravel community meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_1.jpg Attendees take a cheerful selfie together outdoors between sessions at the meetup, giving thumbs-up. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_2.jpg A large group of meetup attendees pose for a photo outside the venue, with a selfie in the foreground. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_3.jpg Attendees take part in a standing group activity, extending their arms together in the classroom. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_4.jpg Attendees watch a session as a laptop screen displays a Conversantech introduction slide for Chirag B Chauhan. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_5.jpg A speaker presents a slide on constructive re-direction feedback, covering missed deadlines and code quality, to meetup attendees. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_6.jpg Attendees network and chat around a table in the shaded outdoor area during a break at the meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_7.jpg A speaker presents 'Lead Like a Pro: Applying The One Minute Manager Principles', referencing Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7275002578604601346_8.jpg Four attendees take a happy selfie together outside the venue after the meetup sessions. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/rajkot-has-a-lot-of-it-talent/ 2024-12-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7272619449696858112_0.jpg A man speaks into a microphone while contributing to the discussion at the CXO meetup in Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7272619449696858112_1.jpg Attendees listen from round tables during the CXO meetup arranged by the Rajkot Information Technology Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7272619449696858112_2.jpg Panelists speak during the CXO meetup panel discussion, with a RITA's Activities banner behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7272619449696858112_3.jpg Poster for the CXO roundtable panel discussion on bridging the technological gap between industry and IT, hosted by the Rajkot Information Technology Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7272619449696858112_4.jpg A man takes a selfie with a group of smiling attendees at the end of the CXO meetup in Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/1/ 2024-12-02 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7269230651873112065_0.jpg A projected slide at a spine-health session shows how checking a phone at steeper head angles raises the load on the spine from 10-12 pounds upright to 60 pounds at 60 degrees. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7269230651873112065_1.jpg An anatomy app projected during the session highlights the splenius capitis muscle and lists the other muscles acting on the cervical spine in extension and hyperextension. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7269230651873112065_2.jpg Colleagues sit attentively between workstations in an open-plan office during the posture and spine health session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7269230651873112065_3.jpg A speaker addresses the audience beside an Aalayam Rehab Care banner, with a projected slide on pain that affects the ability to work behind him. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7269230651873112065_4.jpg A projected ergonomics guide shows the correct sitting posture at a computer workstation and advises taking a break every 25 minutes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/dear-retailers/ 2024-11-25 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7266708798524825601_0.jpg An excerpt from The State of Fashion 2025 highlights a long-feared cyclical slowdown, price-sensitive consumers, the rise of dupes and starker regional differences in 2025. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7266708798524825601_1.jpg A passage from the report says the over-50 Silver Generation is growing as a share of population and fashion spending, and that brands can benefit from courting these often-overlooked customers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7266708798524825601_2.jpg The report notes stores now serve conversion and brand loyalty more than discovery, with 54 percent of apparel shoppers preferring brick-and-mortar locations over online. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7266708798524825601_3.jpg A highlighted passage explains that fashion executives plan to localise pricing, fulfilment channels and assortment, targeting emerging growth markets such as India while broadening price points. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7266708798524825601_4.jpg A key insights card from the report covers generative AI in fashion retail, highlighting that 82 percent of customers want AI to help reduce the time spent researching what to buy. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/and-the-next-speaker-is-please-welcome/ 2024-11-22 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_0.jpg Gaurav presents his session from a wooden lectern with a headset microphone and laptop at the Devfest event. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_1.jpg A packed auditorium of attendees poses at the GDG Devfest event, with Android mascot cutouts and GDG signage visible. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_2.jpg A group of men sit around a restaurant table sharing a traditional thali meal served on steel plates. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_3.jpg An event graphic introduces the speakers of DevFest'24 Rajkot, presented by Google Developer Groups Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_4.jpg The title slide of Gaurav Makhecha's GitHub Actions session at DevFest Rajkot is projected on the screen. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_5.jpg A DevFest welcome banner at Darshan University, Rajkot profiles the event speakers, including Gaurav Makhecha, next to a potted plant. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_6.jpg Yellow and blue sticky notes cover a wall, spelling out GDG alongside a heart at the event venue. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_7.jpg Gaurav walks the audience through a GitHub Actions workflow run that deploys a Next.js site during his Devfest session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_8.jpg Gaurav takes a selfie in front of a full auditorium of attendees at the Devfest event, with balloons lined up in the foreground. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7265619878764544000_9.jpg A DevFest slate keepsake featuring Gaurav Makhecha's photo sits beside Conversantech branded giveaways on a tiled floor. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/some-people-s-journeys-are-so-inspiring/ 2024-11-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7263543195282644992_0.jpg Attendees pose for a group photo around the conference table after the Rajkot IT Association session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7263543195282644992_1.jpg Two men share a light moment as a small wrapped gift is presented at the association gathering. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7263543195282644992_2.jpg Poster announcing the CXO Roundtable on empowering business with Ramesh Vadali, held on 9th November 2024 at The Millennium, Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/why-donate-organs/ 2024-11-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7262314011612905472_poster.jpg A blue placeholder graphic with the LinkedIn logo and the words Posted on LinkedIn accompanies the post about an organ-donation incident. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/spent-over-4-hours-on-sunday-with-some/ 2024-10-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7256684954846167041_0.jpg Two men take a selfie on a busy street lined with shops and parked two-wheelers during a Sunday gathering of IT professionals. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7256684954846167041_1.jpg A group of men pose together in an office with workstations during the Sunday learning session described in the post. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7256684954846167041_2.jpg Two men smile for a selfie inside the office while other attendees stand near the windows in the background. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/new-term-von-restorff-effect-or-the-isolation/ 2024-10-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7253778054215294976_0.jpg An illustration shows a row of shoes on a yellow background — four black pairs and one pink pair that immediately draws the eye. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7253778054215294976_1.jpg An illustration titled 'Von Restorff Effect' shows food icons — fries, a wrap, a burger and a hot dog — next to a hand sanitizer bottle that is circled in red to highlight it as the odd one out. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7253778054215294976_2.jpg A slide titled '#LawsOfUX: Von Restorff Effect' explains that when multiple similar objects are present, the one that differs is most likely to be remembered, illustrated with bowling pins. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/oh-shit/ 2024-10-22 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7254381766868684800_0.jpg A spam email impersonating a police commissioner threatens a fake court case; Gaurav shares it as an example of the digital arrest scams he is receiving. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/okay-i-saw-it-happening/ 2024-10-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7251971890737557504_0.jpg In the Gru's-plan meme, a new promotion promises a 40% sales increase and record revenue until the final panel questions the balance sheet. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/a-family-member-of-mine/ 2024-10-15 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7251816036209983488_0.jpg A man with a moustache and rings grips red pens while seated between tall stacks of books, beneath bold lettering reading 'Power of SOPS', illustrating the post's point about standard operating procedures. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/the-biggest-culprit-for-the-performance-issues/ 2024-10-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7251454354883313664_0.jpg The PlanetScale course page for MySQL for Developers, the free course by Aaron Francis that Gaurav recommends for database skills. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/late-night-post-to-celebrate-a-great-moment/ 2024-10-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7251278335257788417_poster.jpg The LinkedIn logo sits on a solid blue background above the words 'Posted on LinkedIn' in this placeholder graphic. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/literally-many-times/ 2024-10-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7250371395430350849_0.jpg A man's excitement grows panel by panel in a four-stage reaction meme about ways of writing on a phone. The final panel pairs natural language processing with his most exaggerated reaction. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/when-i-was-a-kid-i-knew/ 2024-10-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7250003275314282497_0.jpg A black-and-white tribute portrait of Ratan Tata appears beside bold lettering marking his life from 1937 to 2024. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/hey-it-people-of-rajkot/ 2024-10-09 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7249400287101128706_0.jpg A man in a blue t-shirt takes a selfie with a man seated at a wooden office desk with a steel flask, phone and laptop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7249400287101128706_1.jpg Event poster announces the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup, Building Long-Term Partnerships, on Sunday 13 October 2024 from 10 AM to 1 PM. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/do-people-actually-read-the-answers-in-linkedin/ 2024-10-08 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/i-love-it-when-a-retail-store-tries/ 2024-10-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7248760180908118016_poster.jpg A plain blue graphic showing the white LinkedIn logo with the text Posted on LinkedIn beneath it. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/unfortunately-one-of-my-family-members-was-admitted/ 2024-10-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7247655496667582464_0.jpg Colourful toy letter bricks spell TINKER against a blue wall, echoing the post's 'Happy tinkering' sign-off. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/one-of-my-favourite-quotes-from-mahatma-gandhi/ 2024-10-02 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7247126470068715520_0.jpg A black-and-white portrait of Mahatma Gandhi smiling, with his quote about happiness and harmony in white lettering on a black background. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/rajkotians/ 2024-10-01 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7246066598602493952_0.jpg Poster for the Yi Run for Mental Health on 2 October 2024 in Rajkot, flag-off at 7 am from police headquarters with reporting at 6:30 am. The design shows blue silhouettes of runners and the slogan Break Stigma, Talk Mental Health. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/a-retailer-finally-decided-to-take-a-bold/ 2024-09-30 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7246063996083068929_0.jpg Two men and a woman meet around a table in an office, reviewing a tablet and notes together. The scene fits the post's message that technology must be matched by sound operations. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/that-s-why-i-try-to-go/ 2024-09-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243671339465687040_0.jpg A man speaks into a handheld microphone at the DevOps meetup, with attendees watching from a bench beside a basketball hoop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243671339465687040_1.jpg Attendees with name badges network in small groups on the glass-walled terrace of the event venue. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243671339465687040_2.jpg Attendees crowd together for a group selfie at the meetup, most flashing peace signs and smiles. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243671339465687040_3.jpg A man in a turquoise polo holds the microphone mid-conversation while two men sit with him on a bench during a break. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243671339465687040_4.jpg Dozens of attendees raise their hands and peace signs for a big group photo on the terrace. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243671339465687040_5.jpg A panel of speakers answers questions from a packed seated audience, with red event banners behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/linkedin-experts-i-need-your-help/ 2024-09-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7243673372285386752_0.jpg LinkedIn's post notification settings screen showing the master toggle turned on, with categories for comments and reactions, shares, mentions, newsletters and more. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/recent-personal-experience/ 2024-09-26 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7243794112380817409_0.jpg The ChatGPT start screen, annotated in red to highlight its own disclaimer that it can make mistakes, because it is just generating answers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/kudos-to-the-tech-expo-team/ 2024-09-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7243793851277037568_poster.jpg A blue announcement graphic with the white LinkedIn logo and the words Posted on LinkedIn, marking the platform where the post was shared. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/not-all-social-media-posts-can-be-celebratory/ 2024-09-20 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7241421550220959744_0.jpg A cartoon figure hunches over a keyboard in a twisted sitting pose, illustrating the poor desk posture Gaurav blames for his back pain. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/this-one-is-for-my-retail-friends/ 2024-09-19 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7241428548798824448_0.jpg An e-card meme shows a smiling man in a polo shirt holding a clipboard, joking that whoever said the customer is always right never worked with the public. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/people-often-ask-us-how-exactly-do/ 2024-09-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7241426248600608768_0.jpg A meme of two men in an office asking what you do here, illustrating the question of how the company helps retailers with tedious work. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/what-is-it-sales-community-many-newcomers-ask/ 2024-09-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_0.jpg Attendees pack together for a group photo around the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup banner at the community's first Rajkot gathering. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_1.jpg Three men share a light moment for a selfie in front of a glass wall during the meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_2.jpg Three men pose on stage with a framed memento during the IT Sales Community Rajkot chapter meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_3.jpg A group of men take a selfie at a food-court counter with Coca-Cola branding during the meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_4.jpg Five men line up for a photo against a plain wall at the Rajkot chapter meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_5.jpg A woman speaks into a microphone during an interactive moment at the IT Sales Community Rajkot meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_6.jpg A speaker addresses a packed hall of seated attendees at the first IT Sales Community meetup in Rajkot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_7.jpg A speaker in a black suit presents a slide asking attendees whether they have a sales target defined for the year. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7241343215163916288_8.jpg An attendee raises a hand while a speaker addresses the seated audience at the Rajkot meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/2024-09-14/ 2024-09-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7238148542320545792_0.jpg A three-panel meme shows a man beside a whiteboard as daily request counts climb from 2,500 to 25 million, his expression turning from calm to alarm. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/in-the-1990s-walmart-decided-to-use/ 2024-09-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7238157812474802178_0.jpg A silver moka pot rests among orange and red autumn leaves beneath the title 'The coffee maker story'. The graphic accompanies a post about Walmart's discounted coffee maker sale. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/it-was-unplanned-at-least-i-was-surprised/ 2024-09-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7239238395959377921_0.jpg A group of men in formal wear pose with a framed award at a function hall, a projector slide visible on the screen behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/warning-this-post-can-be-injurious/ 2024-09-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7238142914256613376_0.jpg A cricket team in matching red-and-black jerseys poses together under floodlights on a turf pitch at night, giving thumbs-up to the camera. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/one-of-our-clients-was-asked-to-comply/ 2024-09-09 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7238145121760796674_0.jpg A screenshot of a VATCalc blog article headlining Malaysia's MyInvois mandatory e-invoicing launch of 1 August 2024 with an initial six-month soft-launch period, the regulation behind the team's compliance work. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/looking-for-a-pro-at-testing-web-app/ 2024-09-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/shoutout-to-two-of-the-tech-superstars/ 2024-09-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7236965589183811584_0.jpg The man in a maroon shirt takes a selfie with two companions seated at a coffee shop table with drinks. The post thanks Hiren Keraliya and Mayank Raichura for their help. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/your-dose-of-advertising-campaign-inspiration/ 2024-09-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236384766021820416_0.jpg A basketball player in a number 76 uniform stands at the open door of a classic Volkswagen Beetle in a vintage print ad. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236384766021820416_1.jpg A man pushes a classic Volkswagen Beetle from behind in a 1962 Volkswagen of America print advertisement. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236384766021820416_2.jpg A man lounges on a car seat surrounded by the neatly laid-out parts of a disassembled Volkswagen Beetle in a vintage print ad. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236384766021820416_3.jpg A two-page Volkswagen print ad shows a Beetle headlined Lemon beside a tiny Beetle in white space under the words Think small. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/surprisingly-well-spent-saturday-evening/ 2024-09-02 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236234012883644416_0.jpg Attendees take a group selfie during the Rajkot IT meet-up, with a talk still showing on the screen behind them. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236234012883644416_1.jpg A large group of attendees pose together in front of a qtonzee-branded wall at the Rajkot IT meet-up. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7236234012883644416_2.jpg Poster for the Rajkot IT meet-up on 31 August 2024 at Qtonz Infosoft, themed 'Building Brand, Culture and Network'. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/it-s-not-15th-august-today/ 2024-08-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7232958583234023425_0.jpg A man salutes the Indian flag while two men stand nearby, with rose petals scattered around the flagpole and people seated under trees near a covered stage. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/you-think-it-s-hard-to-enter/ 2024-08-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/hustling-to-make-your-saas-a-success/ 2024-08-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/an-old-lady-was-at-the-checkout-she/ 2024-08-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/how-about-getting-over-your-fomo/ 2024-08-11 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7227614242932199424_0.jpg A woman in a black cap, jacket and specialised shooting glasses takes aim during an indoor pistol shooting competition, with the series scoreboard below. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7227614242932199424_1.jpg A grey-haired man in ordinary glasses and a white Türkiye T-shirt aims with one hand in his pocket as photographers watch at Paris 2024. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/i-met-this-guy-chintan-bavishi-last-week/ 2024-08-08 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7227221735748599809_0.jpg Gaurav and Chintan Bavishi smile together during an office meetup after talking about marketing, advertising and reaching the right customers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/apparently-target-employees-hate-its-new-ai-chatbot/ 2024-07-30 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7224019861641785344_0.jpg A 3D-rendered white robot dog with a red bullseye eye rests on a red background next to a speech bubble with three dots. The bullseye echoes the Target logo in this illustration for the post about its HELP AI chatbot. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/you-learn-a-lot-when-you-try-new/ 2024-07-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7223546365534961664_0.jpg A collage from the Rotary Club of Rajkot Prime installation ceremony of 19 July 2024: a man speaks into a microphone, two men pose together, and a large group stands on stage. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/dyk-only-2-3-of-eligible-donors-donate/ 2024-07-25 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7222133353200701441_0.jpg Donors give blood on beds while a group poses with certificates at a Rotary Club of Rajkot Prime blood donation camp, shown alongside the event poster. The post shares the author's experience of donating blood. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/last-week-some-of-us-saas-friends-visited/ 2024-07-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7221509941411385347_0.jpg A created graphic standing in for a missed group photo: circular profile pictures surround six circles naming topics discussed at the session, from employee benefits to legal contracts. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/ever-wonder-why-some-retail-stores-seem/ 2024-07-19 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7219942568707424256_0.jpg A smiling barista in a red apron hands a cup to a woman across a café counter, next to overlaid text reading Happy Employees = Happy Customers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/are-you-a-linkedin-growth-expert/ 2024-07-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7217511375642759169_0.jpg Artisans seeks a freelance social media marketing specialist in this recruitment poster, illustrated with a woman working at a computer surrounded by content and analytics icons. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/wooh-this-claim-is-quite-aggressive-towards-e/ 2024-07-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7216675208559026178_0.jpg An excerpt from the article Gaurav cites lists e-commerce statistics, including the 2040 projection quoted in the post. Most of the page text is blurred. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/reading-can-take-you-to-the-past/ 2024-07-08 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/a-working-day/ 2024-07-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7214482136601415680_0.jpg A group of men sit in a circle of plastic chairs around a white table during a casual meetup at a farmhouse. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7214482136601415680_1.jpg A group of men share a meal around a restaurant table, enjoying local cuisine together during the outing. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7214482136601415680_2.jpg A group of men sit in a circle on plastic chairs under trees in an open courtyard, chatting at the relaxed meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/seriously-this-post-got-me-hooked/ 2024-06-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/rajkot-has-certainly-many-it-superheroes/ 2024-06-22 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7210284294357872640_0.jpg Three men pose for a smiling selfie in an office; the post praises two Rajkot developers who build mobile apps and websites for UK clients. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/there-s-only-1-indian-player/ 2024-06-19 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7209184098815213568_0.jpg A graphic of 100 shopping cart icons highlights just one cart in black to show the single Indian company among the world's top 100 retailers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/personalpost/ 2024-06-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7208845057959878657_0.jpg Official trailer poster of 'Chandu Champion', the film Gaurav recommends in this post, showing the lead as a wrestler, boxer and soldier. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/we-all-need-to-hear-this-more-often/ 2024-06-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7206985906048712704_0.jpg A beige poster with green paint strokes warns that starting something without a timeline makes finishing it unlikely. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/india-india/ 2024-06-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7206543586648027137_0.jpg Brand advertisements for the cricket season — including Pepsi, Tapal Danedar and Bank of Baroda — surround a photo of India players in blue team jerseys. A sketched batsman and tricolour stripes set the backdrop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/know-anyone-who-is-looking-for-a-better/ 2024-06-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7206507725793505280_0.jpg A We Are Hiring poster from Artisans announces an opening for a Sr. Laravel Developer with over four years of experience and invites candidates to share their CV. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/laravel-is-close-to-my-heart/ 2024-06-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_0.jpg A man gestures beside a projector screen displaying the Laravel Rajkot Meetup June 2024 event page during the gathering. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_1.jpg A man prepares a laptop in front of a seated audience at the Laravel Rajkot meetup session in a classroom. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_2.jpg Poster announcing the Laravel Rajkot session on real-time validation with Laravel and precognition with AlpineJS on 09 June 2024 at 10:00 AM. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_3.jpg Attendees of the Laravel Rajkot meetup pose together for a group photo in a corridor after the session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_4.jpg Two men go through something on a laptop together in a classroom at the Laravel Rajkot meetup. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_5.jpg A group of men from the meetup sits around a long table at a restaurant, smiling for the camera. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7205634633625952256_6.jpg A man hands a small blue memento to another man in a classroom as a third man watches nearby. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/brewing-something-new-for-fellow-retailers/ 2024-06-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7204375991723474947_0.jpg The default Laravel welcome screen after a fresh installation, running Laravel v11.10.0 on PHP v8.3.6, which the post says inspires new projects. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/a-saturday/ 2024-06-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7204350512274563072_0.jpg A man stands with a microphone and gestures while addressing seated participants during the CXO Round Table session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7204350512274563072_1.jpg A full room of participants seated at round tables attends the CXO Round Table session organised by the Rajkot Information Technology Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7204350512274563072_2.jpg A man with a microphone points to a projected table comparing sources such as YouTube, books, coaches and community at the session. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7204350512274563072_3.jpg A man speaks beside a RITA banner listing activities such as excellence awards, workshops and a leadership conclave. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7204350512274563072_4.jpg A man speaks beside a slide carrying a core committee member's message that success is determined by the value of one's network. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7204350512274563072_5.jpg Two men present framed mementoes at the CXO Roundtable session of the Rajkot Information Technology Association. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/the-history-of-retail-in-100-objects/ 2024-06-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7203986442488844288_0.jpg An infographic titled The History of Retail in 100 Objects arranges objects from animal skins and the abacus to smartphones and drones across eras from the cave man to the future. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/as-a-retailer-you-invest-a-huge-amount/ 2024-06-03 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/today-almost-every-growing-brand-is-embracing-omnichannel/ 2024-05-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7201106036219359232_0.jpg An illustration pairs a Burberry storefront with a hand holding a smartphone running a shopping app, showing the omnichannel strategy Gaurav describes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7201106036219359232_1.jpg A Burberry shop front glows at night behind arched windows displaying mannequins dressed in coats, an example of an established offline retail presence. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/i-am-back-with-some-more-retail-gyaan/ 2024-05-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7200730281060765697_0.jpg A rendered Walmart endcap display promotes a Samsung SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit under Everyday Low Price signage. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7200730281060765697_1.jpg A Proactiv skincare endcap with oversized bottle props stands at the end of a store aisle, flanked by personal-care shelves. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7200730281060765697_2.jpg A star-topped Nestlé All Purpose Cream display in a supermarket invites shoppers to visit createwithcream.ph for recipes. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7200730281060765697_3.jpg Red Smart Savings endcaps hold bagged snacks in a warehouse-style grocery store next to stacked Corona Extra cases. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7200730281060765697_4.jpg A curved red Colgate endcap with Spanish messaging closes a toothpaste aisle in a supermarket. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7200730281060765697_5.jpg A backlit Victoria's Secret advertisement panel rises above black tiered tables of cosmetics and beauty products in a store. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/are-loyalty-campaigns-planned-only-for-discounts/ 2024-05-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7199408377930649603_0.jpg A hand holds a blue Tesco Clubcard in a graphic for Gaurav's post about the loyalty program created by dunnhumby's founders. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/chatgpt-4o-is-here/ 2024-05-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7198548157763317760_0.jpg A ChatGPT conversation where a photo of a clothing store is analysed for visual merchandising tips such as color coordination and themed displays. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/linkedin-which-tech-stack/ 2024-05-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7197085346004635648_0.jpg A LinkedIn notification shows a failed invitation with the unrendered template placeholder {:member} in place of a member's name. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/moment-marketing/ 2024-05-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7196893553900326912_0.jpg An Oreo India Instagram ad jokes about server downtime with a stack of chocolate cookies above an Accept cookies button. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7196893553900326912_1.jpg A woman cricketer and a man in a TATA IPL sweatshirt hold a glass award plaque marked #PerryPowerfulPunch on a stadium field at night. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7196893553900326912_2.jpg A Burger King campaign graphic invites fans to turn grill-worthy moments into memes for a chance to win a free Whopper Junior. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7196893553900326912_3.jpg A Fevicol tweet tagged #YuvarajSingh stretches the brand name to FEVI VI VI VI VI VI COL with the line Your memories will stay strong. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7196893553900326912_4.jpg A Pizza Hut India tweet from July 2019 mocks paying ₹442 for a fruit with an Are you bananas? pizza ad promoting ₹99 pizzas. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7196893553900326912_5.jpg An Amul topical illustration shows two young javelin throwers under Jalwa in Javelin! beside a Team India Paris Olympic 2024 sponsor badge. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/i-ve-been-thinking-a-lot-about-something/ 2024-05-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7194575399769518082_0.jpg A man inspects a magenta patchwork textile covered in dense stitching, at a table stacked with folded green and white fabrics. The image accompanies a post about a fabric brand working to reduce waste. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/within-every-adversity-lies-a-seed-of-equal/ 2024-05-07 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7193587477809348608_0.jpg Children take part in a MoonPie eating contest at an outdoor table while spectators watch from behind. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7193587477809348608_1.jpg An orange Choco Pie package lies beside a wrapped mini MoonPie on a wooden surface. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7193587477809348608_2.jpg A Walmart Supercentre storefront with a Canadian flag, flower displays and price signs along the entrance. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/do-you-know-what-is-showrooming/ 2024-05-02 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7191768490989568000_0.jpg An infographic illustrates showrooming: a shopper browses shoes in-store, then buys online through a phone shopping app. The tagline reads 'Explore in-person, purchase at your own pace.' https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/for-retailers-store-designers-and-curious-people-only/ 2024-04-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7190605427917615105_0.jpg Three IKEA wayfinding maps trace dashed routes through the showroom, markethall and self-serve furniture area of a typical store. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7190605427917615105_1.jpg A woman pushes a trolley down an IKEA self-serve aisle between tall flat-pack shelves and a display of garden furniture and parasols. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7190605427917615105_2.jpg Coloured path traces overlay a dark store floor plan, showing how shoppers wander from the entrance toward the marketplace and food court. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7190605427917615105_3.jpg An IKEA customer-help page lists the standard areas found in its stores, from the car park and showroom to checkouts and recycling services. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7190605427917615105_4.jpg A customer-journey infographic maps persona Brett Mackenzie's route through IKEA store areas across the entice, enter, engage, extend and exit stages. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/out-of-all-retail-marketing-types-guerilla-marketing/ 2024-04-25 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7189118246896226305_0.jpg A city bus wrapped as a giant snake promotes a zoo, one of the guerrilla marketing examples in the post. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7189118246896226305_1.jpg A giant dog lies on a mall floor while tiny shoppers walk past, advertising Frontline flea and tick protection. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7189118246896226305_2.jpg Coca-Cola billboards use oversized straws that seem to drink from bottle imagery, including a festive building wrap. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7189118246896226305_3.jpg A bus shelter ad makes its glass look dirty except around a Windex bottle, with a taxi visible behind the glass. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7189118246896226305_4.jpg A huge Coop's Paints billboard appears to pour green paint over cars in a lot, next to a Nationwide insurance banner. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7189118246896226305_5.jpg A transit shelter is dressed as a roller coaster with screaming riders, an attention-grabbing street advertisement. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/if-i-had-extra-space-i-would-offer/ 2024-04-24 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7188859696206802944_0.jpg A flat illustration of shoppers with baskets and a cart in a supermarket aisle lined with full shelves, captioned with a quality-over-quantity message. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/wish-my-bank-had-these-many-options-like/ 2024-04-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7186585440743813120_0.jpg GitHub's account recovery settings page showing two-factor methods such as authenticator app and security keys, alongside recovery codes and tokens. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/interesting-story-of-the-rise-fall-and-rise/ 2024-04-17 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7186226327312576512_0.jpg The Hostess logo and its campaign slogan 'The Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever', the relaunch message behind the Twinkies comeback described in the post. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/the-birth-of-the-barcode-retail-revolution/ 2024-04-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7183734868365697024_0.jpg A stylised white hand offers a barcode sticker numbered 1234 5678 inside a navy circle, illustrating a post on the origins of the barcode. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/out-of-all-the-events-i-have-attended/ 2024-04-07 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7182707422635978752_0.jpg A collage of selfies and photos of a man posing with friends and fellow attendees at Laracon India, many in red conference T-shirts. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7182707422635978752_1.jpg A group of men in black Laracon.IN shirts pose behind the registration desk lined with sponsor logos at Laracon India. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7182707422635978752_2.jpg Attendees watch a talk from red auditorium seats during a session at Laracon India. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7182707422635978752_3.jpg Attendees covered head to toe in coloured powder celebrate Holi together on a lawn in Udaipur during Laracon India. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7182707422635978752_4.jpg A man with outstretched arms, drenched in gulal, celebrates Holi with fellow attendees under decorated canopies. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/dates-march-7-8-2024/ 2024-03-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7179473976757284865_0.jpg Attendees gather for a group photo on stage at SaaSBoomi Annual, in front of the event's colourful branded backdrop. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7179473976757284865_1.jpg An attendee in a navy blazer chats with two other men between sessions at SaaSBoomi Annual. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7179473976757284865_2.jpg Attendees sit in a circle for a discussion in the group meeting zone at SaaSBoomi Annual. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7179473976757284865_3.jpg Four attendees take a selfie inside the conference venue, one wearing a red Bugasura t-shirt. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7179473976757284865_4.jpg Attendees pose behind large SaaSBoomi letters outside the venue during the annual gathering in Chennai. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2024/had-an-insightful-meeting-with-setul-kantaria/ 2024-03-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7176573267334336512_0.jpg Two men smile for a selfie inside a supermarket during Gaurav's meeting with Setul Kantaria of Chandan Super Market. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2023/surat-visit-a-weekend-well-spent/ 2023-12-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7145780569723887616_0.jpg Five men pose in front of the National Salt Satyagrah Memorial rock during a Dandi visit on a weekend Surat trip. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7145780569723887616_1.jpg Five men pose on the plaza of the National Salt Satyagrah Memorial, surrounded by bronze statues of salt marchers in the evening. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7145780569723887616_2.jpg A large group of men gather for a photo inside a meeting room during the weekend visit to Surat. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7145780569723887616_3.jpg A speaker addresses a seated audience at the Surat Laravel meetup in a brick-walled venue. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7145780569723887616_4.jpg Attendees of the Surat Laravel meetup gather for a group photo in the brick-walled venue. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_ugcPost_7145780569723887616_5.jpg Four men take a selfie together in an office during the Surat visit. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2023/interested-in-making-great-solutions-with-us/ 2023-09-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7113465702472163329_0.jpg A recruitment illustration of a hand-drawn workspace with laptop, coffee and stationery invites developers to avoid the ordinary and explore the Laravel developer in themselves. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2023/many-laravel-developers-fall-into-the-n-1/ 2023-01-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7020614865190817793_0.jpg Sharing from our Learning poster credits Komal with a tip on improving Laravel performance through lazy loading prevention, beside a circular photo of a woman outdoors. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/yo-this-is-undoubtedly-big-news-excited/ 2022-12-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7013491626610192384_0.jpg Laracon.in announces Taylor Otwell, creator of Laravel, as a speaker at the 25-26 February conference in Ahmedabad. The graphic shows a smiling bald man in a blue patterned shirt and black bow tie. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/pretty-excited-about-the-opportunity-to-share/ 2022-12-13 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_7008322219315523584_0.jpg A Laracon India 2023 speaker announcement card features Gaurav Makhecha for the 25–26 February event in Ahmedabad. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/pretty-stoked-about/ 2022-10-15 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6986923880548339712_0.jpg Poster announces Gaurav Makhecha as a speaker at the official Laracon India 2023 on 25–26 February in Ahmedabad. He smiles in a black polo shirt in the circular photo. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/pest-has-made-our-testing-so-easy/ 2022-10-10 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6985128041295306753_0.jpg A Sharing from our Learning poster about setup and teardown functions in Pest, credited to Mayank, features a circular photo of a man in sunglasses and a tan vest. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/have-to-stop-asking-this-question-i-guess/ 2022-08-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6961539495460524032_0.jpg A smiling candidate in a suit faces an interviewer across an office desk in a meme about the five-year interview question. Gaurav suggests he may have to stop asking it. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/and-we-offer-rewards-to-people-who-help/ 2022-07-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6958337359457193984_0.jpg A two-panel meme pairs a confused cat with text about struggling to pick a workplace, then a wide-eyed happy cat with text announcing a vacancy at a great workplace. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/new-beginnings/ 2022-07-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6954701418695909376_0.jpg A Freshbits recruitment poster advertises openings for Flutter developers and invites resumes at info@freshbits.in. An illustrated man reaches up to a giant smartphone whose screen spells HIRING. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/it-was-a-refreshing-trip/ 2022-06-29 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6947817329246253056_0.jpg The Freshbits website diaries page displays a collage of photos from a trip to Girnar and Somnath dated 21st and 22nd June 2022. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2022/looking-forward-to-the-next-one/ 2022-04-18 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6921827328201265152_0.jpg A collage titled Talk shows moments from the Laravel Rajkot Meetup session on automated refactoring with Hiren, including group photos, memento handovers and a selfie. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-03-06/ 2021-03-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6773977801293914112_0.jpg A tweet from Gaurav Makhecha's account announces unrolling thread #61 of notable weekly updates for Laravel developers, including Filament and Laracon online merchandise. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-02-27/ 2021-02-27 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6771515075497926656_0.jpg A tweet from Gaurav Makhecha unrolls thread #60 of this week's notable updates for Laravel developers, from a DDD + Laravel book to Laravel + Vite JS. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-02-19/ 2021-02-19 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6768543450125148160_0.jpg A tweet by Gaurav Makhecha announces his weekly roundup of notable updates for Laravel developers, unrolling thread #59. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-02-12/ 2021-02-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6765989495557959680_0.jpg A screenshot of Gaurav Makhecha's tweet previewing this week's notable updates for Laravel developers, from Spark v2 to a Laravel News redesign. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-01-30/ 2021-01-30 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6761297814162092032_0.jpg A tweet by Gaurav Makhecha lists this week's notable updates for Laravel developers, including parallel testing, a new release policy and a Hotwire package. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-01-23/ 2021-01-23 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6758819374150287360_0.jpg A tweet from the @gauravmakhecha account lists this week's notable updates for Laravel developers and announces unrolling thread #55. The screenshot, timestamped 6:53 PM on 23 January 2021, was captured via screenshot.guru. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-01-16/ 2021-01-16 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6756209174759165952_0.jpg A tweet from Gaurav Makhecha lists last week's notable updates for Laravel developers: Enlightn, Laravel Secrets Book, Squire v2 and Laravel Tips. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-01-09/ 2021-01-09 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6753737684939804672_0.jpg Gaurav Makhecha's tweet previews thread #53 of last week's notable updates for Laravel developers, including Ray, PEST v1, Jetstream v2 and Debugbar Companion. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2021/2021-01-02/ 2021-01-02 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6751149983564668928_0.jpg A screenshot of a tweet by Gaurav Makhecha announcing Thread #52 of his roundup of notable updates for Laravel developers. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/2020-12-12/ 2020-12-12 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6743518911154712576_0.jpg A tweet from Gaurav Makhecha, dated December 12, 2020, announces thread #50 of weekly notable updates for Laravel developers, listing Laravel Sail, documentation updates, PHP Konf, a Christmas holiday giveaway and Laravel Orion. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/2020-12-07/ 2020-12-07 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6741580670797180928_0.jpg A tweet from Gaurav Makhecha's account previews thread #49 of notable weekly updates for Laravel developers, including the Laracon Online CFP, Laravel Internals Episode 2, Forge updates and Windy. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/2020-11-28/ 2020-11-28 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6738466201204264962_0.jpg Gaurav Makhecha's tweet introduces thread #48 of his weekly notable updates for Laravel developers, covering PHP 8, Black Friday, remote MySQL in Forge and blogging tips. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/2020-11-21/ 2020-11-21 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6735901431250907136_0.jpg A tweet by Gaurav Makhecha lists this week's notable updates for Laravel developers, including Front Line PHP, Tailwind v2 and HTTP Dump, as thread #47. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/2020-11-14/ 2020-11-14 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6733409940272140289_0.jpg A screenshot of Gaurav Makhecha's tweet announcing thread #46 with this week's notable updates for Laravel developers, from Laravel Breeze to new Spatie packages. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/2020-11-07/ 2020-11-07 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6730832552334016512_0.jpg A tweet from Gaurav Makhecha introduces Thread #46 of his weekly notable updates for Laravel developers, dated 7 November 2020. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/ref-https-lnkd-in-eg45pd3/ 2020-11-06 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6730361525686587392_0.jpg Four-panel meme titled 'A programmer' contrasts the views of people, parents and the programmer himself with a plain Google search for how to use dates in JavaScript. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/shared-by-kyle-prinsloo/ 2020-11-05 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6730123227995136000_0.jpg A meme shows a horse drawn in fine detail at the back but as a childlike sketch at the front, joking about the drop in quality when a client asks for cheaper work. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/who-feels-so/ 2020-11-04 https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/post-images/urn_li_share_6729702958927294464_0.jpg A meme contrasts a boast that a programmer boyfriend will hack your world into oblivion with his Google search asking how to declare a variable in HTML. https://www.gauravmakhecha.com/posts/2020/by-jonathan-stark/ 2020-11-01 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