Mohit Bisht
Supercharging Dev Social Media with AI Magic

Supercharging Dev Social Media with AI Magic

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Mohit Bisht
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Hey there, fellow devs! 👋 Ever felt like balancing your dev life and social media presence is like trying to debug a complex algorithm while in a coding sprint? Yeah, me too! That's why I cooked up something special for us - say hello to Social Flow! 🚀

Why Social Flow?

In today's digital age, maintaining an active social media presence isn't just nice to have it's practically a must-have. But for us developers, balancing our coding projects with the demands of social media is a real challenge. We're great at writing code, but crafting the perfect tweet? That's a whole different game!

Enter Social Flow: Your AI-Powered Social Media Sidekick

Social Flow is like that smart friend who's always got your back. It's a web app that I built to make our social media lives a whole lot easier. Here's what it can do:

  1. AI Post Converter: Write once, post everywhere! Transform your content to fit various platforms effortlessly. From resizing posts to tailoring formats, it handles all the tweaks quickly.

  3. Content Generator: Stuck on what to post? This feature whips up content ideas quicker than your IDE auto-completes code!

  4. Tone Analyzer: Worried about sounding too formal or too casual? This tool's got you covered like a well-documented codebase.

  5. Google Calendar Integration: Plan your content calendar and sync it with Google. No more forgetting to post!

The Secret Sauce: AI Magic Google Gemini

Now, you might be wondering, "How does this all work?" Well, it's all thanks to the power of AI, my friends! I've used Google Gemini to bring these features to life.

How Gemini API Works

Gemini API allows us to leverage Google's advanced language model for various natural language processing tasks. It's particularly good at understanding context and generating human-like text, which makes it perfect for our social media assistant.

How We're Talking to Gemini

We're using Axios to communicate with the Gemini API. Here's a quick look at how we're doing it:

import axios from 'axios';

const API_KEY = process.env.REACT_APP_GEMINI_API_KEY;
const API_URL = 'https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-pro:generateContent';

const generateContent = async (prompt) => {
  try {
    const response = await axios.post(API_URL, {
      contents: [{ parts: [{ text: prompt }] }]
    }, {
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`
      }
    });
    return response.data.candidates[0].content.parts[0].text;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error calling Gemini API:', error);
    return null;
  }
};

// How to use it
const result = await generateContent("Give me a cool tweet about React hooks");
console.log(result);

Why I Built Social Flow

I chose this project because I believe in the power of learning in public. As developers, we often underestimate the impact of sharing our journey. Social Flow isn't just about creating posts; it's about helping developers like us showcase our skills, share our learnings, and build a personal brand. It's about turning our daily coding adventures into engaging content that can inspire and help others in the tech community.

Building Social Flow

Building Social Flow was tough. One of the toughest challenges was getting the Gemini API to work smoothly, especially when dealing with the headers and handling the responses. But every challenge taught me something new.

The main lesson? AI is awesome, but it's even better when it solves real problems for developers like us.

What's Coming Next?

Social Flow is just getting started, and I've got big plans! Coming soon:

  • A drag-and-drop board for easy visual planning (because who doesn't love a good Kanban board?)

  • Team collaboration features (pair programming, but for social media!)

  • Multi-platform scheduling (post to all platforms faster than a for-loop!)

  • Analytics for dev social profiles (data-driven social media, anyone?)

Contribute to Social Flow

Here's where you come in! Whether you want to contribute code, suggest features, or just try it out, Social Flow is open to everyone! Check out my GitHub and let's build something awesome together.

Check out Social Flow. Give it a try and star the repo if you like it.

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