--- title: "Gulshan Yadav (@mrgulshanyadav) | Hashnode" description: "Building AI tools and blogging platforms at Misar. Read the latest articles by Gulshan Yadav on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@mrgulshanyadav" --- @mrgulshanyadav # Gulshan Yadav @mrgulshanyadav · Joined May 2026 Building AI tools and blogging platforms at Misar. ### [Freelance vs Full-Time Developer in 2026: The Math Nobody Does](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/freelance-vs-full-time-developer-in-2026-the-math-nobody-does?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) For the first six months of my freelance career, my hourly rate was $11.40. I remember the exact number because I had produced it with a spreadsheet and a straight face. I took the monthly income I wa 12 min read · [mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/freelance-vs-full-time-developer-in-2026-the-math-nobody-does?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/freelance-vs-full-time-developer-in-2026-the-math-nobody-does/6abe608ac00aeda8a3177665) [Oct 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/freelance-vs-full-time-developer-in-2026-the-math-nobody-does/6abe608ac00aeda8a3177665) ### [Freelance Developer Pricing: The Framework That Stops the $11/hr Slide](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/freelance-developer-pricing-the-framework-that-stops-the-11-hr-slide?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I once charged a client $11.40 an hour to build software. Not early in a recession, not as a student internship — as a working freelancer in my mid-career, pricing myself into a hole because I had no 13 min read · [mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/freelance-developer-pricing-the-framework-that-stops-the-11-hr-slide?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [2](https://hashnode.com/posts/freelance-developer-pricing-the-framework-that-stops-the-11-hr-slide/6abd0f180e2fcc6bc9fdacf6) [Sep 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/freelance-developer-pricing-the-framework-that-stops-the-11-hr-slide/6abd0f180e2fcc6bc9fdacf6) ### [Free Medium Alternative with AI Discovery: Writing Where Algorithms Find You](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/free-medium-alternative-with-ai-discovery-writing-where-algorithms-find-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) In 2023 I could publish a technical article on Medium and trust the platform's algorithm to push it to a few thousand readers within a week. By the end of 2025 that number had collapsed. The same qual 10 min read · [mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/free-medium-alternative-with-ai-discovery-writing-where-algorithms-find-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sep 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/free-medium-alternative-with-ai-discovery-writing-where-algorithms-find-you/6abc743a7eaaf14561c18d9c) ### [The Developer Portfolio That Gets You Hired (Build It Live)](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/the-developer-portfolio-that-gets-you-hired-build-it-live?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The portfolio that got me my first real software role was not beautiful. It was one page, a dark theme, four project cards, and a working contact form. No animations, no parallax, no glassmorphism. Wh 12 min read · [mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/the-developer-portfolio-that-gets-you-hired-build-it-live?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sep 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-developer-portfolio-that-gets-you-hired-build-it-live/6abbbdabf9aa93152b845dfe) ### [Free Dev.to Alternative: Where Bloggers Are Actually Growing in 2026](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/free-dev-to-alternative-where-bloggers-are-actually-growing-in-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) I started publishing technical articles on dev.to in 2021. The reach was real — my posts about Python and machine learning picked up thousands of views without me doing any promotion. And that was pre 10 min read · [mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev](https://mrgulshanyadav.hashnode.dev/free-dev-to-alternative-where-bloggers-are-actually-growing-in-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sep 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/free-dev-to-alternative-where-bloggers-are-actually-growing-in-2026/6abb22b5fe834415dddaf526)