Amit Jotwani

Thoughts on code, workflows, and developer experience

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DigitalOcean June 2025 Setting Up the DigitalOcean MCP Server in Claude Code How to set up Claude Code with the DigitalOcean MCP Server to deploy and manage apps using natural language. DigitalOcean May 2025 Introducing the DigitalOcean MCP Server Learn how to deploy applications using natural language prompts instead of traditional code commands. DigitalOcean April 2025 MCP Server in Python — Everything I Wish I'd Known on Day One How to build a Python-based MCP server to enable LLMs to query databases and execute actions.

DigitalOcean Jan 2025 12 Days of DigitalOcean A 12-part series on building with DigitalOcean

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LaunchDarkly Dec 2024 Building a Dynamic Email Personalization System with Supabase, LaunchDarkly, and SendGrid Build targeted emails using Supabase for data, LaunchDarkly for feature flags, and SendGrid for delivery. LaunchDarkly Oct 2024 Building a Dynamic Email Personalization System with Resend, LaunchDarkly, and SQLite Build personalized emails using LaunchDarkly feature flags, Resend for delivery, and SQLite for user data.

Retool June 2023 Stripe + Retool: Crafting your custom card management dashboard [Part 1] Build a card management dashboard by connecting Stripe's Issuing API to Retool for viewing and filtering cards. Retool June 2023 Stripe + Retool: Extending the card management dashboard [Part 2] Extend the dashboard to block, unblock, cancel cards and issue new cards to employees using Retool. Retool April 2023 Building data insights brick-by-brick with Retool Workflows Build automated data analysis workflows using Retool Workflows with Python to create visualizations and send reports. Retool Feb 2023 Building a Custom Amazon EC2 Instance Admin Panel for DevOps with Retool Build a custom EC2 admin panel to launch, start, and stop AWS instances using Retool's drag-and-drop interface. Retool Jan 2023 Visualize CSV Data and Build a Dashboard to Track Your Amazon Spending Build a dashboard to visualize Amazon spending data by month, category, and refunds using Retool and Google Sheets.

Retool Dec 2022 12 Days of Retool A 4-part holiday series

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Amazon 2018 How I Used Alexa and Twilio to Deliver a Special Greeting for My Dad Combine Alexa and Twilio to create a voice-activated birthday greeting system that collects and plays personalized messages. Amazon 2018 Build a Team Lookup Skill for Alexa with Our New Template Build an Alexa skill that lets users search for team member contact information by name and location. Amazon 2018 How to Use Session Attributes in Your Alexa Skill to Enhance the Voice Experience Use session attributes to maintain state and enable context-aware interactions across multi-turn conversations. Amazon 2018 What's New with Request and Response Interceptors in the Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Node.js Use request and response interceptors in the ASK SDK for Node.js to centralize common logic and reduce code duplication. Amazon 2018 Enhance Speech Recognition of Your Alexa Skills with Phrase Slots and AMAZON.SearchQuery Leverage phrase slots and AMAZON.SearchQuery to capture unpredictable user input like search queries and free-form text.

Amazon 2017-2018 Alexa Skill Recipes Code deep dives and patterns

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Amazon 2018-2019 Codecademy Courses Online training for Alexa development

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Amazon 2018 AWS re:Invent Coverage Alexa sessions and resources

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Amazon 2017 Alexa in India India market expansion

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Amazon 2016 Alexa Voice Service Hardware partner spotlights

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