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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

Would you trust an AI-powered browser with your daily workflow?

What's the first task you'd delegate?

The browser wars just became the AI wars. ⚔️

Full analysis: [https://mirzalog.hashnode.dev/]

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

**Available now:** macOS (Apple Silicon)
**Coming soon:** Windows, iOS, Android

Agent Mode in preview for paid users.

But here's the real question...

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

This isn't a browser update.

It's the shift from:
• Searching the web → Interacting with intelligence
• Manual research → Delegated inquiry
• Context switching → Continuous flow

Atlas is OpenAI's first move toward an AI operating system.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

Real workflows it handles:

→ "Summarize this paper for executives"
→ "Compare this API to the one I reviewed yesterday"
→ "Find all senior roles I looked at last week"
→ "Draft an email response to this thread"

Context-aware. Memory-enabled. Privacy-controlled.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

**Agent Mode is the game-changer:**

Instead of manually researching across 10 tabs, just prompt:

"Research top 5 competitors, compare features, create a summary table"

Atlas navigates, extracts, and synthesizes.

You command. It executes. 🎯

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

We all know the drill:

Read → Copy → Switch to ChatGPT → Paste → Get answer → Switch back → Repeat

Atlas ends this.

ChatGPT now lives *inside* every tab. Zero friction. Full context.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Atlas — an AI-powered browser that doesn't just show you the web, it thinks with you.

Browsers used to be windows. Atlas turns them into copilots.

Here's what matters: 🧵

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Sep 16

Loved how safeParse in Zod catches bad inputs before they even reach the DB. Paired with bcrypt for hashing and jsonwebtoken for tokens, the backend feels much sturdier now.

#buildinpublic #webdev #nodejs #backend

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Sep 16

Today I built a signup flow with three essentials:

1 Authentication securely managing user identity.
2- JWT (JSON Web Tokens) — verifying users across sessions without storing sensitive data server-side.
3- Zod — runtime validation to keep inputs clean before they touch the DB.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Sep 16

🚀 Day of Learning: Authentication, JWT & Zod
As part of the 100xDevs cohort by Harkirat Singh, I built a signup flow covering three essentials:

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**15/15**

✍️ Written by **@v9mirza**

🔗 Blog: [https://mirzalog.hashnode.dev](mirzalog.hashnode.dev)

🧠 I write about **tech strategy, AI trends, and digital tools — from a builder’s perspective.**

#GeminiCLI #AI #DevTools #LLM #Google #DeveloperExperience #OpenSource #Terminal

mirzalog.hashnode.dev

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**14/15**

🚀 Ready to upgrade your terminal?

👉 GitHub: github.com/google-gemin...

👉 Install: `npm install -g @google/gemini-cli`

👉 Drop your use cases below 👇

The future of dev is **agentic**. And it starts *right in your shell.*

GitHub - google-gemini/gemini-cli: An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal. - google-gemini/gemini-cli

github.com

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**13/15**

🔮 What’s next?

- Frequent updates

• Plugin community brewing

• VS Code & IDE integration

• Image input, multi-modal features coming

This is just the start.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**12/15**

🎨 Unexpected ways to use it:

- Generate commit messages
- Convert designs to code
- Create test data
- Explain complex functions
- Translate CLI outputs into documentation

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**11/15**

🆚 Copilot CLI vs Gemini CLI?

Copilot: ✅ Good at suggesting commands

Gemini: ✅ Converses, reasons, executes, reads your files

This isn’t autocomplete.

It’s an intelligent *agent.*

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**10/15**

💻 Install it in 2 minutes:

```bash
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
gemini auth login
gemini "Hello, world!"

```

That’s it. Zero config hell. Full AI dev agent in seconds.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**9/15**

🔌 Extensibility is next-level:

- Use `GEMINI.md` to define project rules

• Hook into external tools via MCP

• CI/CD integration ready

• Plugin ecosystem = wide open

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**8/15**

🔐 Security-conscious? You’re covered.

- Apache 2.0 licensed
- Runs locally
- Fully auditable
- You control what data gets sent
- Enterprise-friendly, dev-first

Source code here:

🔗 github.com/google-gemin...

GitHub - google-gemini/gemini-cli: An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal. - google-gemini/gemini-cli

github.com

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**7/15**

🔄 Gemini CLI uses the ReAct loop:

1. **Reason**
2. **Act** (run/read)
3. **Observe**
4. **Repeat**

It doesn't just respond — it *iterates*.

It *does the work* — and learns from the result.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**6/15**

🎯 Use cases that save real time:

- Debug stack traces with context
- Scaffold boilerplate for your architecture
- Generate README/tests/docs instantly
- Explain legacy code to new devs
- Automate repetitive shell tasks

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**5/15**

🔧 Gemini CLI comes with built-in superpowers:

✅ Google Search for live context

✅ Safe command execution

✅ File manipulation

✅ Custom prompt templates

✅ MCP protocol support (more on that soon)

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**4/15**

⚡ Real use case:

Instead of copying errors into Google:

```bash
gemini "My React app is throwing this error: [paste error]"

```

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**3/15**

🧠 What makes it different from ChatGPT?

Gemini CLI is *context-aware*. It sees your:

• Current files

• Git repo state

• Shell environment

• Running processes

It doesn’t guess. It understands your workspace.

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MIRZA 👨‍💻 @v9mirza.bsky.social · Jun 29

**2/15**

💰 It’s **100% FREE** — with insane limits:

• 60 requests/min

• 1,000 requests/day

• Gemini 2.5 Pro (1M token context!)

• Just sign in with your Google account

No API keys. No billing. Just pure AI power in your shell.

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