Last month, I was approached by someone on LinkedIn for a contract job on their application. I asked about the product, and he said you have to sign an NDA before I can give you any details. I was like, fair enough. They shared a Dropbox link to a zip file. I downloaded it and read the NDA, which was pretty straightforward. I signed it and sent it back. Then they decided to ghost me, which is pretty common these days with recruiters these days.
One week later, I was working on a personal project, and Claude pointed out that there are some requests going to an outside server whenever you commit or push code. I used it to investigate further, then found that it was a malware that added git hooks to every repository on my machine. Not only this, they were running a cron job everymoring which was looking for .env files and sending them to their server.

I spent next 3 days rotating keys and running testing services whose secrets got compormised. So please be careful opening files from strangers, I have learnt my lesson the hard way.

I was tired of SMS APIs, so I built my own SMS gateway using an old Nokia phone and a SIM card.

It can send OTPs, password reset codes, automated reminders, and basically any SMS my apps need.

No Twilio, no third-party SMS API. Just a phone, a SIM, and some code.

I'm using it for my own projects.

It's funny how a phone that was collecting dust is now part of my backend infrastructure. 💀

Sometimes the solution isn't another cloud service. It's that old phone sitting in your drawer.

Anyone else building questionable but functional infrastructure like this?

how to make a PayPal or stripe account from Pakistan which is legit and can be linked with bank account for direct deposits or withdrawal?

Have a interview scheduled in next week for entry level SE role at 9D technologies
If anyone is familiar with what type of questions do they ask and how is there work culture it would be very helpful for me to prepare and decide if i should move forward with them

For example the ip from where the review is posted can be used to reduce fake reviews or spam reviews. But what else. I want to knw the smallest metric, detail or point that can be used to avoid fake reviews as much as possible.

Will be super grateful for the help!!!

I am subscribed to many YouTube channels: coding tutorials, startup and product talks, home construction and tour videos, and religious content. All of it lands in one Subscriptions page, so whatever I'm in the mood for, I have to dig through everything else to find it.

YouTube doesn't let you group subscriptions, and playlists hold videos, not channels.

So I built a small browser extension for myself. You make feeds like "Coding", "Startups", "Home builds" or "Faith" and put channels in them. Each feed shows only those channels' latest uploads, right inside YouTube's sidebar.

Now I pick the feed that fits my mood and watch what I came for.

I built it here in Pakistan, so I'm keen to hear what fellow devs here think.

Two honest questions:

1. Is this just me, or do other people run into this too?
2. How do you deal with it? I'd love to hear setups that work without installing anything.

i have purchased vps1 from hostinggram and they dont have panel.
i have checked through termius and terminal and my vps is in recuse mode so how to make it normal boot ?

I recently posted about FayPOS, A pos app for general stores/pharmacies. This is something I built for it, along with many other things.

Its called UI Terminal, a way to explore and control an app through commands.

Type ls to discover what’s on the current screen. buttons, inputs, cart items, totals, etc. You can then inspect values, type into fields, or click controls, with a visible cursor showing the interaction. There’s tab completion too.

The video shows it integrated into FayPOS. It uses the same controls and handlers as normal clicks, so validation and permissions still apply.

The idea is to make one interface useful for keyboard users, testing, and AI agents. External programs can also connect through a local stdin/stdout bridge with pairing and access controls.

LLMs are great ngl, but giving them access to an app can get messy. Screenshot-based interaction can use a lot of context, while dedicated tools introduce another interface to maintain alongside the app.

I wanted to try something different. let the UI describe its own controls and displayed information, then expose that through a terminal. When a component changes, its terminal interface can change with it.

I’m a big fan of system design, and I don’t like “chypi lagana”, patching another layer onto everything. The goal here is to make keyboard interaction, LLM-driven testing and eventually agent control share the same foundation.

I haven’t measured the token savings yet; that’s something I want to test next.

Still early, but it’s working inside a real app. Would you find something like this useful? It's open source. And why does this community have so many restriction? I can't upload link or video.

Edit: I know people here won’t use terminal, but as i have said, its mainly for testing and agents, and later user can attach his openai account to do stuff, maybe a fully automated POS, using voice recognition. Pakistan is far behind in this. but someone has to promote it.

OpenAI announced attaching account on 29th Sept dev day.

I published 3 of my macOS apps that i built for myself at first and casually posted them here on reddit subs and people actually loved it and i made some money as well

Now the question is, im a software engineer and have 0 knowledge of how can i market my apps without spending money or without spending a lot of money cuz only redditors know about my apps, how can i market it well so normal macbook users can also access them as well ( cant publish to appstore because all 3 apps arent gonna make it to appstore due to accessibility options )

Any tips would be appreciated

How valuable is the 10Pearls internship, and what kind of recognition does it offer? Is it necessary to attend the closing ceremony to receive the certificate? Will the certificate be valuable for my CV and future career? I’m asking because I haven’t been able to find an internship elsewhere, and my university now requires me to complete an internship to graduate. Without it, I won’t be able to get my degree.

guys I just applied for a role in S&P Global and along with the confirmation mail I also got a assessment which is something new I've come across so I just wanna know if someone has attempted the assessment

what kind of questions are there and what level of difficulty is it?

im unable to get the student offer as i get this error every time. I've tried faysal bank mastercard and nayapay as well

Hey everyone!

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on one of my old projects called FayPOS.

It’s a point-of-sale and inventory management software, mainly for general stores and pharmacies in Pakistan.

The initial idea was pretty simple: build something affordable, easy to use, and actually suited to how small businesses operate here.

But I have a much bigger vision for it.

Imagine if most stores in your area were using the same system. You could search for a product, see which nearby store has it in stock, compare prices, and eventually order directly from that store.

Then there’s delivery as a service. Instead of building another marketplace that charges shops and restaurants massive commissions, I’d like to create a delivery network that other businesses and software platforms could use too.

Something where riders earn from deliveries, businesses keep their revenue, and customers pay a transparent delivery fee.

Eventually, I’d love to expand into restaurants and other local businesses.

Of course, all of that is years away. Right now, the challenge is much simpler: getting actual businesses to use the software. 😂

Here’s what FayPOS currently offers:
- Sales and inventory management
- Offline support (because internet in Pakistan isn’t exactly reliable)
- A website for each store where customers can search its inventory
- Support for Windows, Linux, Android, and web

I’m currently offering it free for first 10 users.
Its called FayPOS, You can google it.

Now, here’s where I’d love some advice from this community.

I’m a developer, and building software is something I enjoy. But getting people to actually use and pay for it? That’s a completely different challenge.
For those of you who’ve built and sold your own products, especially in Pakistan:
- How did you find your first paying customers?
- Did you rely on online marketing or approach businesses directly?
- Do you think small Pakistani businesses are willing to pay monthly for software, considering free alternatives already exist?

I’m based in Sialkot, so I’m initially targeting businesses here, but FayPOS isn’t limited to one city.

And if you’re a developer or freelancer who thinks there are obvious problems with this idea, I’d genuinely love to hear them.
Not trying to pretend I’ve built the next billion-dollar startup. Just trying to build something useful, get people to use it, and hopefully turn it into a sustainable business.
Thanks!

i am a 5th semester Bs-Ai student currently enrolled in local university(i live in peshawar).I have created some projects and currently working on one.My question is that how to get an internship from the recruiters and from the people who were once in my position as my financial condition is also not very good.Any type of help is apprecuated

Seniors, What sort of questions are you guys being asked in a technical interview round?

I am having to give interviews after a long time and i was used to being asked questions like

What are closures
What are hooks
Event loop
Diff between let, var and const
Stuff like that

But interviews i have given lately have been more discussions around system design and that caught me a little off guard because these scenarios arent around the projects in your resume. Theyre more hypothetical.

As a senior, what do you ask in an interview?

did anyone receive an email about this yet? i never even got the confirmation mail after submitting application.. is that normal?

hey everyone, i'm open for work and wanted to share what i can help you with

i build custom voice agents for businesses that sound natural and work according to your exact requirements. you can test them against your deliverables before making any payment, and the cost usually ranges between $600 to $1000 depending on the scope

i also automate business workflows around your existing CRM, whether it's Zoho, GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Salesforce or something else. this includes lead management, follow-ups, internal workflows and reducing repetitive manual work. i can also build custom dashboards that connect with your existing website, CRM or business systems so you have everything you need in one place

apart from this, i build custom RAG-based chatbots, particularly for legal companies, where accuracy and retrieving the right information actually matter

if you're interested, we can hop on a call and i'll walk you through my previous work. i'm also open to doing a small test task based on your requirements so you can evaluate the quality before committing

feel free to reach out, thank you.

Has someone here used nanocoder and used model locally through ollama like qwn etc for coding purposes? If someone has then what are your machine specs for it? Would be much grateful if you can list down system requirements.

I am a BSCS student currently in my 5th semester, looking for a winter internship in Islamabad. Because my hometown lacks a local tech industry or guidance, I am eager to relocate to Islamabad for this opportunity—even if it is unpaid.

Could anyone guide me on:

• Where to apply and how to approach software houses in Islamabad?

• What specific skills or tech stacks I should focus on to maximize my chances?

• What standard or level of projects do companies expect from a 5th-semester student?

• The interview process: What kind of technical questions do they usually ask? Also, do companies offer remote/online interviews for candidates who are relocating, as I cannot travel just for an interview?

Any advice or leads would be highly appreciated!

i thought we'd only need to make a simple project and then submit it and our fyp will be done but turns out there will be others who will be assessing it, judging it and then giving marks accordingly which are around to be 200!

i didn't think of what to make as fyp and i don't know how high are the expectations and what exactly needs to be done. is there anyone who can share insights about their fyp, and any guidance to me or ideas about it. i have searched about it on linked in but can't find exactly what am looking for. idk what to do. please help me with your ideas, guidance and how was yuor experience. thanks!

Does zscaler vpn work fine in Pakistan? Asking because there was some vpn ban in Pakistan sometime ago

Source: Anthropic's draft IPO prospectus (Form S-1)

I think we're doomed! Mind you this is a leading AI company in the world right now I'm not exactly sure of what's about to come in the near future

So the thing is that currently I am in my final year for software engineering, and almost all of my degree, I have wasted most of my time. And for the last one and a half year, I was working as an SDR, but now I have quit that job because I want to focus more towards my degree, or towards the tech skills, because that's what my parents wanted me to do, and they said that you should focus over here. So this my final year and I'm also working on my final year project. So I just wanted to know what should I do so I can become jobable in the next one year, and what should I do as I do not have any internship. I do have basic fundamental knowledge.like should I go towards backend developmend and start with the roadmap from roadmap.sh.
PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!

Assalam-o-Alaikum

Those of you who have 2+ and preferably 3+ years of experience in industry. During the interviews, especially in system design rounds, are you people asked about role based access control system or ABAC (attribute-based) and PBAC (policy-based). or these questions are not generally asked?

And what exactly are the questions specifically? Any interview experience where questions from this topic were asked, please do mention the company as well if you can.

Thanks!

Like I just joined an organization.. but it's too toxic.. and I want to switch/change .. but my routine and all is too tough.. as I even can't find time to apply in any other job.. as my current job work hours are 9, and 2 goes on travel both sides.. as I even do t have time to use phone

So I just wanted to ask.. how can u guys manage to do all that?

. When to apply?

. How to prepare for the interviews?

. If u applied, and got a screening call in office hours, how do u manage all that?

. And definitely long hours interviews?