About the author
Hemapriya Kanagala
@hemapriya_kanagala
Hey, I'm Hema 👋 Developer, writer, and creator of Dev Opportunity Radar, a weekly series published every Friday on DEV, helping people discover opportunities they might otherwise miss.
Andhra Pradesh, India
Jul 3
Dev Opportunity Radar #6: Y Combinator Startup School, Open Source AI Grants, and a $60K APAC Hackathon
TL;DR Welcome back to Dev Opportunity Radar. This is a weekly series where I share opportunities,...
Jun 30
Reading Anthropic's "When AI Builds Itself" Changed How I Think About AI and Software Engineering
TL;DR Anthropic recently published When AI Builds Itself, an essay explaining how AI is...
Jun 26
Dev Opportunity Radar #5: A Fully Funded Trip to AWS re:Invent, Google Cloud Career Launchpad, and a $1,000 Award
TL;DR Welcome back to Dev Opportunity Radar. This is a weekly series where I share opportunities,...
Jun 22
I Wish I Had Started Documenting My Tech Journey Earlier
TL;DR For a long time, I told myself I would start documenting my journey later. I thought I needed...
Jun 19
Dev Opportunity Radar #4: Anthropic Fellows, $30K for Founders, and AWS She Builds
TL;DR Welcome back to Dev Opportunity Radar. This is a weekly series where I share opportunities,...
Jun 15
Letters to Tomorrow: A June Solstice Game About the Things We Carry Into Tomorrow
This is a submission for the June Solstice Game Jam 🎮 Play the Game: Letters to Tomorrow 💻 Source...
Jun 12
Dev Opportunity Radar #3: Neo Scholars, a $2M AI Challenge, and an $85K AI Fellowship
TL;DR Welcome back to Dev Opportunity Radar. This is a weekly series where I share opportunities,...
Jun 9
The Most Valuable Thing I Found in Tech Wasn't an Opportunity
TL;DR As an international student in the United States, I joined tech communities hoping to find...
Jun 5
Dev Opportunity Radar #2: A Fully-Funded Residency in Finland, AI Research Program, and a $60K Hackathon
TL;DR Welcome back to Dev Opportunity Radar. This is a weekly series where I share opportunities,...
May 29
Dev Opportunity Radar #1: A $100K AI Grant, Two Fellowships, and an AI Agent Resource
TL;DR I've missed a lot of opportunities simply because I didn't know they existed. So every...
May 26
Hermes Agent Changed How I Think About Execution Boundaries
This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge: Write About Hermes Agent TL;DR Traditional...
May 21
Frameworks Are No Longer Being Designed Only for Humans
This is a submission for the Google I/O Writing Challenge TL;DR After watching the Google I/O 2026...