Blog | Nirjal Paudel

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I enjoy sharing my journey through tech and beyond — documenting the lessons I've learned, the projects I've built, and the ideas that inspire me. Here are some of my stories and experiences you might find interesting.

Take your Django serializers to the next level

Django

1y ago

Learn the essentials of Django REST Framework serializers — from basic Serializer vs ModelSerializer, methods, context, and custom fields, to practical examples for handling business logic and dynamic fields.

A Blast from the Open Source Past: Ubucon 2025

Open Source

1y ago

I wrote a blog post about my experience at Ubucon 2025 in Nepal, a major event for the open-source community. I had the opportunity to meet and talk with many interesting people. I also got to dive into a variety of technical topics, from RISC vs. CISC to vertical vs. horizontal scaling. The whole event was a huge success for me, leaving me inspired and ready to get more involved in organizing similar events in the future.

Typescript Advanced Tricks

Typescript

2y ago

I revisited my previous JavaScript tips and shared five TypeScript tricks I use daily: checking literal types in IDEs, handling null safely, extracting parameter types from libraries, leveraging utility types like Readonly/Pick/Omit/Partial, and creating dynamic parameter types for complex scenarios.

From YING to YANG: Understanding Celery

Architecture

2y ago

In this article, I explored Celery from basics to advanced usage—how it handles background tasks, concurrency, time limits, and task configuration. I also covered supporting components like Celery Beat, result backends, and monitoring with Flower, sharing practical examples and my template.

Experiencing the dualities of hackathon

hackathon

2y ago

I reflected on my journey in hackathons, first as a participant and later as a judge. Experiencing the nerves, teamwork, and pressure firsthand, I now see the irony of moving from being comforted to evaluating others, balancing responsibility, anxiety, and fun throughout the event.

JSONB in Postgres and use cases in my day to day life

2y ago

I shared my experience using Postgres’ JSONB to optimize database queries. I explained how I store user profiles and dumped order data in JSONB to reduce joins, improve performance, and handle data consistency over time, highlighting pros and cons of each approach.

I have been increasing my development productivity

Productivity

2y ago

I shared my approach to boosting developer productivity through personal tools and organizational practices. From using Neovim, Tmux, command-line aliases, functions, and tools like jq and fzf to organizational templates, pre-commit hooks, and GitHub Actions, these strategies streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and maintain code quality, making development faster and more efficient.

Temporary tables in SQL and how I used it to improve performance

Database

2y ago

In this article, I explained how I use PostgreSQL temporary tables to efficiently handle bulk updates. By inserting large datasets into temp tables and then updating the main table, I reduced network calls and improved performance, especially for 200k items.