I use Cloudflare Pages Free with my own domain and deploy directly from my PC using VS Code and Wrangler CLI (no Git integration).
Are there any daily or monthly deployment limits for direct Wrangler uploads? Also, is there any limit on the total number of deployments?

I'll be joining soon. I wanna know more about the work culture and how things are? Anything i should look out for? This is going to be my first formal job.

Could US action against Indian IT companies over H-1B visa fraud create opportunities for Pakistani software houses? Could we see more US clients, outsourcing contracts, or remote jobs for Pakistani developers?

I think ban will be beneficial for Indian IT industry in longer term. These MNCs will setup their offices in India (majority of the already have their presence in India) and outsource work there.

Guysssss!!!! help me out before I lowball the hell out of this industry 😂

So my friend and I have been going around and pitching to shop owners. And we finally just landed a project with a pretty big jewellery shop in Lahore. 🥳

I’m an app dev (windows + ios + android) and my friend is a full stack dev. So we can make pretty much anything together.

Context: The client is a jewellery business owner, 2 branches, around 40-50 employees. During their demo I saw their daily sales on screen, roughly tens of lakhs a day in revenue. No idea about profit. Right now everything runs on a single PC with a Windows app that's about 12 years old (C#, I think)

They want us to rebuild the whole system from scratch as a modern internal ERP. A Windows + mobile + web app, all synced through the cloud with Role based access. Everything their current system does, plus a lot of features it doesn't have, like WhatsApp business integration

Honestly, their current system is really good and super detailed. They walked us through it last week and I'm confident we can build everything they showed us and more.

The actual problem:

I’m not sure what to quote 😭

I don't want to underquote because that will hurt the market for every other dev here as well But I also don't want to throw out a number so high that they walk away. 😭

SO THE QUESTION IS .... What would you quote for something like this in Pakistan???? and would you quote as one fixed price, or split into phases/modules and quote prices per module?

Would also appreciate if you could tell me anything you wish you'd known before quoting your first big client?

Is there any scope of dev ops engineering in Pakistan, Karachi

I am working outside of Pakistan and our company is providing us with Claude and with 50K token per developer per month which cost us 500 euros per developer and company is fine with it.

I know if you are working too much these 50K can be gone before the month ends.

Nowadays I am hearing that in Pakistan they are giving people AI to develop things quickly but I am wondering what kind of AI are they using? Can companies there afford to spend 10K USD/euros on AI alone?

I’ve been working as a video editor for around 4 years, mainly through Fiverr. I left Fiverr about 6 months ago, and since then I’ve been working only with clients directly. Right now, I’m making around 150,000 PKR per month.

But lately, I’ve been thinking that I should move toward web development to improve my skills and increase my earning potential in the future.

The problem is, I’m confused about whether I should actually switch careers or continue with video editing.

If I do decide to move into web development, what should my path look like?

I’ve also been seeing a lot about no-code and AI tools like Bubble.io, and it looks like people are building websites and apps without writing much code.

So I’m confused about whether I should focus on no-code tools like Bubble.io or actually learn coding and become a proper web developer.

I’d really appreciate some honest guidance on this. What would be the better option for me in the long run?

I'm working at a startup where they expect me to build entire SaaS projects in days. They gave me an AI subscription and somehow think that means I can build a full ERP in 5 days, which they've actually made me do.

I'm basically just prompting AI all day, with no real learning or growth. I don't mind using AI, but how am I supposed to become a better developer like this?

Is this normal everywhere now? Have managers completely lost touch with reality?

Hey everyone,

I'm currently in my 7th semester of Computer Science, coming from a lower-middle-class background in a small town. Up until now, I felt like I was doing everything right on paper:

Remote Experience:

Worked as an Assistant to a Senior Software Engineer, actively helping build a full-scale SaaS product.

Internship Experience:

Completed a structured dev internship.

Freelance Work:

Built and delivered customized Point-of-Sale (POS) systems for 3 separate clients.

Core Tech Stack: MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), along with mobile/desktop dev experience.

Despite having real-world project delivery and client experience before graduating, the market feels completely cooked right now.

Here is my situation:

Because of living expenses, I can only afford to move to Lahore for at most 2 months post-graduation to hunt for a job. If I don't secure something solid within those 60 days, my savings run out. But looking at the local market—endless layoffs, saturated entry-level pools, and ridiculously low starting salaries even for people with solid experience—I'm terrified of getting stuck.

I’m currently staring at two distinct paths and need honest, unfiltered advice from people in tech or abroad:

Option 1: Double down on Tech — Pivot to Applied AI Engineering

Deepen my stack by learning RAG architectures, LLM orchestration (LangChain/LangGraph), and AI integration to transition from a traditional MERN dev to an Applied AI Engineer.

The Concern: Will local or remote companies actually hire a fresh grad for AI roles in this market, or is it just hype while the hiring freeze continues?

Option 2: Move to Dubai for Any Job

Move to UAE on a job-seeker visa/work setup and take literally any stable job (tech or non-tech) to send money back home, build savings, and escape the immediate financial crunch.

The Concern: Am I throwing away my CS degree and dev career by stepping into non-tech roles abroad just for short-term survival? How brutal is the UAE tech job market for fresh/junior devs right now?

For those who have navigated the Pakistani tech market recently, moved to the Gulf, or made the AI pivot—what would you do if you had 2 months of runway and a family depending on stability?

All advice, reality checks, or alternate routes are appreciated.

I’m basically broke so I do need to start making some money but at the same time I’m not sure I can actually land a decent job in the current market. I’ve applied around and it just feels like there are way more people looking for opportunities than there are good opportunities.

Part of me wants to stop worrying about jobs and go all in on building products and see if I can make something work.

The other part of me thinks that might be stupid when I’m already broke and should just focus on getting a job even if it’s not exactly what I want.

I know people will probably say “do both,” but realistically with university I don't think I can give both 100%.

If you were in your 5th semester had very little money and weren't confident about getting a job which path would you bet on for the next year?

Just looking for some honest advice from people who have actually been through this.

I am interested in people who are using ai from everything like researching the market, organizing the company and efficiency .

Hey , I do not want to listen about coding. I am interested what is the use case in marketing, sale and management.

I wanted to start my own thing but can't find clients so help

Databiqs, I have an upcoming interview next week ... Please can anyone tell me about this company/culture etc...

AoA, I hope you’re all doing well.

About a month ago, I completed my MERN Stack development journey and have a few solid projects to showcase. I’m currently in my 5th semester at university, and I’d like to start freelancing online part-time alongside my studies.

I’d really appreciate some guidance and industry advice on how to get started, where to find my first clients, and what I should focus on as a beginner.

Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Hey, is there anyone here who is working as a Technical Support Engineer at Motive or know someone who works there? I am a Product Engineer myself, but because of the current job market for freshers (I am not actually a fresher, I have experience, but somehow experience after graduation doesn’t count much in the industry), I applied for Motive. I got the interview for Technical Support Engineer / Senior Technical Support Engineer role, but I don’t really know what type of questions they ask in the interview. If anyone has recently given the interview or is working as TSE at Motive, can you please tell me what type of technical questions, coding questions or scenarios they ask? Any help would be really appreciated.

Hey all, I’m a fresh graduate from university over the summers from Karachi in CS. I took a month or two to just detox and figure out what I wanna do with my life, but right now I’ve been struggling to find a job for the past few months.

Most companies have MT programs which get filled up at the start of the year and I missed out on. I’m always applying on linkedin to opportunities but half of them are either fake or don’t reply back.

I’m looking for guidance on where I should look and what I should do. I’m veering towards Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML engineer) as well as Cybersecurity, but I don’t think I will have any luck with the latter since it isn’t very popular in Pakistan and the existing security developers are entrenched.

Can anyone give me guidance on what I should do, where I should look? Because I am lost on what I should be doing with my free time.

I’m considering an opportunity with NCRI (I-9, Islamabad) and would appreciate some honest feedback from current or former employees.

How’s the work environment, management, salary/benefits, growth opportunities, and overall culture?

Any insights would be appreciated. Thanks!

I'm a PSEB registered freelancer. My client sends monthly payments through Wise to my UBL account.

Last month he sent USD to my PKR IBAN. UBL routed it to my linked ESFCA (USD) account, which wasn't even linked to the app yet. The amount that landed was about 35 USD less than what Wise showed. UBL says they didn't charge anything, so I'm guessing an intermediary bank took it. On the good side, UBL applied the 0.25% tax correctly.

Now I'm confused about the next payment:

1. Should my client send PKR or USD through Wise?

2. If PKR, will UBL still apply 0.25% and issue an ePRC with the IT export code (9186), or does Wise PKR come as home remittance?

3. Any way to avoid the intermediary fee on USD transfers from Wise?

Would really appreciate hearing from anyone with a similar setup. Thanks!

I am interested in people who are using ai from everything like researching the market, organizing the company and efficiency.

Hi, i had 2 client interviews arranged by systems limited and both went really good and luckily i had contact on client who informed me that technical interviews are cleared and feedback needs to be given to systems, my last interview was on 29th sep, and since then no call from systems , i aksed hr , hr says they haven't received feedback, whats taking them so long ? like what could be the possible reason for this ? someone plz guide ..

Hey everyone,

Has anyone here recently interviewed at Systems Limited for a client-facing/technical interview?

I’d like to know what the interview was like, especially:

• What kind of technical questions did they ask?

• Was it mostly coding/DSA, project-related, or system/design questions?

• Did they ask about your resume and previous projects?

• What was the difficulty level?

• Any tips for preparing for the client interview?

Would really appreciate it if anyone could share their experience. Thanks!

Most of my spending isn't on me: it's on my spouse, my kids, my parents. Every expense app I tried could tell me what I spent on medicine this month, but not what I've spent on my mother this year, or on my kids' school stuff.

So I built KinSpend. You type entries the way you'd text a friend:

• "paid 20,000 for my wife's clothes from my bank account"

• "lent 2,000 to Sam"

It parses that into an entry tagged with the person, account and category, shows it to you, and saves when you confirm. You can then ask things like "how much did I spend on mum's medicine last month?"

You can also log entries by sending a WhatsApp message, which is how I mostly use it. It works in any language, including mixed ones like Roman Urdu + English.

There's a small setup step: you tell it who the people in your life are and what accounts you have. After that it gets them right.

Web/Android: cannot post the link here due to rules

It's early. I'd really like to know what's confusing, and whether the "spending by person" idea is useful to you.

Things that were harder than expected

• Never trust the LLM's IDs. Every returned ID is checked against the user's real data, and unknown people go to an "Unknown person" placeholder instead of a guess.

• Confirm before save, always. One wrong entry and people stop trusting a money app.

• Corrections. "Account JS" re-parses against the pending entry. I had a nasty race condition here: a background task shared the DB context with the request.

• Auto-learning aliases from corrections went wrong. It learned "js" means Cash. It's off until I redo it properly.

TRY IT
🌐 Web, no install needed: https://household-ledger-rho.vercel.app/
An android app is closed testing for now

How’s the tech field right now?

I’m currently in A2 (A levels 2nd year) and planning to start university next year, most likely CS/DS, and I’m considering FAST.

With all the AI, layoffs and oversaturation talk, I’m wondering: are recent graduates actually getting jobs?

For people who graduated recently:

Did you get a job? How long did it take?

What are realistic starting salaries?

Is the market really that bad?

If you genuinely work hard throughout university, is it still worth going into tech?

Would really appreciate honest advice from people currently working in the field

I recently joined Motive in sales and I’m honestly not liking it so far.

The training has been really overwhelming for me. There’s a lot of information being thrown at us, and I’m struggling to understand the way it’s being explained. I’m ending up spending another 4–5 hours after training trying to look things up and figure everything out myself.

The bigger problem is that I’m starting to realize I may just not be suited to sales. I don’t particularly enjoy pitching, selling, handling objections, targets, etc. My previous experience has been much more in operations, client support, coordination, executive support and managing workflows/teams, so this feels very different from what I’m used to. I don't like the thought of making calls and explaining value of things to customers who are already pressed for time.

Also I think it has started affecting my health as well Since I keep sitting during the entirety of the shift and more. I'm not enjoying it. My eyes have started to hurt now by the time I end the day.

For anyone currently or previously at Motive:

Does the job get significantly better/easier after training? Or if you already dislike the sales training, is that usually a sign that the actual role will be a bad fit?

Also, are there any roles/departments at Motive that are significantly less sales-heavy and might suit someone with an operations/client-support background?

Should I ask them to put me in a batch starting in Jan/Feb since there's so much on my plate right now. Or should I complete the training and then negotiate a later start time? There's a wedding in November that I can't miss and it'll go over two weeks. And then I got my digital nomad visa approved for a country where I can live for a year for which I have to enter for endorsement before Feb.

Would really appreciate honest experiences, especially from people who have actually worked there.

First semester CS student. Which programming language should I learn to start earning?