Engineering Leader and Full-Stack Generalist specializing in AI-driven development. Actively leveraging latest LLMs and generative AI models (text, image, audio) to build and plan features at scale. Expertise in TypeScript, React, Node.js, Go, and Kubernetes.https://me.nkaushik.in/enhttps://me.nkaushik.in/writing/automating-my-social-cards-satori-sharp-and-the-end-of-generic-previews/https://me.nkaushik.in/writing/automating-my-social-cards-satori-sharp-and-the-end-of-generic-previews/TL;DR: I stopped relying on blog cover images for my Open Graph (OG) previews. 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