Khurram Ali Khan

  We’ve all heard the same advice again and again: “Work hard and everything will work out.” And yes, hard work matters a lot. But the truth is, hard work alone is not always enough. Sometimes you can be giving your best every single day and still feel stuck, tired, and confused about why results are not coming. That’s usually a sign that something is leaking in the background. When I say “leaking,” I mean anything that silently drains your effort, time, energy, and focus. It could be working on the wrong strategy, having a broken system, repeating the same mistakes, or even small daily habits that cancel out your progress. It could also be saying yes to everything, staying busy all day, but not actually moving forward. In these situations, people often try to solve the problem by working even harder, but that doesn’t fix it. Think of it like trying to fill a bucket with water when there’s a hole at the bottom. The harder you pour, the faster it leaks out. That’s how life...

  Sometimes the biggest life lessons come from the smallest moments. A man was walking down the street when he noticed a wallet on the ground. He could’ve ignored it. He could’ve kept it. No one was watching. No one would know. But he made a different choice. He picked it up, checked the ID, and decided to return it to the owner. When the owner received it, they were shocked and grateful. Not because the wallet was expensive, but because honesty is rare when nobody is forcing you to be honest. That moment ended quickly, but the impact stayed. The real lesson When you do the right thing, life remembers. Not always the same day. Not always in the same way. But good actions create a kind of protection around you. Your character becomes your safety. Then life returned the favor A few days later, that same man faced a situation where he needed help. Maybe he was stuck, maybe he lost something, maybe he needed support at the right time. And unexpectedly, someone helped him. Th...

  True strength is balance. The courage to act like a lion when decisions matter, and the patience of a fish when timing is everything. Power and calm are not opposites. Together, they create clarity, control, and inner peace. “Be the lion in your decisions, and the fish in your patience.” ▶️ Watch the Short Video 🔔 Subscribe for More Life Lessons If you enjoy mindset-driven cinematic shorts , subscribe to the channel for daily inspiration. 👉 Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@lessonoflifez Lesson of Life on YouTube

 If you’ve ever built a feature that involves users uploading videos, you know the pain. One user uploads a 4GB .mov file from an iPhone, another uploads a .webm from a desktop, and your manager wants all of them to play smoothly on a 3G connection in a subway tunnel. You don't want to manage a fleet of FFMPEG servers. You just want the video to work. Enter AWS Elemental MediaConvert . In this guide, we’ll look at what MediaConvert is, how to use it to generate streaming-ready HLS (using .ts segments), and how to build a fully automated pipeline using Lambda and EventBridge to notify your API when the job is done. Part 1: What is MediaConvert? Think of MediaConvert as "FFMPEG as a Service," but with enterprise-grade scaling. It is a file-based video transcoding service. Input: You give it a raw video file in an S3 bucket. Processing: It converts (transcodes) that file into new formats (MP4, HLS, DASH, etc.). Output: It dumps the result into another S3 bucket. Unli...

  Building on those AI-first platforms like MTKits (which simplifies micro-SaaS deployment) and Gemini Studio (for building AI-driven workflows), the game for developers in 2025 has shifted toward Agentic architecture and Data-as-a-Service . Here are five of the "easiest" paths for a developer to generate passive income using current AI trends: 1. Build and Sell "Custom GPTs" or AI Agents Since the launch of the GPT Store and similar marketplaces like Poe , you can create specialized AI agents without building a full frontend. The Play: Create a "Senior DevOps Architect" GPT that audits Dockerfiles or a "Niche Legal Assistant" for freelance contracts. Passive Element: Once published, these platforms handle the hosting and user discovery. If they are useful, they grow through the platform's internal search. 2. The "Wrapper" Micro-SaaS Platforms like Vercel and Supabase make it incredibly easy to deploy "wrappers"—app...

  As developers, we live in the terminal, but we debug in the browser. Whether you’re digging through server logs, watching a CI/CD pipeline fail, or trying to figure out why a staging API is returning a 500, you almost always end up with a cURL command . The problem isn't the cURL; it’s what happens next. The "Standard Workflow" usually looks like this: Copy the massive, multi-line cURL. Open Postman (and wait for it to load/update). Create a new request. Import the cURL or manually paste headers. Deal with a "CORS" error because your browser is protecting you. Repeat this 20 times a day. It’s a lot of context switching for a "quick check." I wanted something faster. Something that felt like a bridge between the terminal and a full-blown API client. That’s why I built the . 🛠 What actually makes this different? This isn't trying to replace Postman for your team's entire API documentation. It’s built for speed . It’s the tool you reach for whe...