I just took a technical assessment but was not able to answer a (medium or hard?) Leetcode math question for a frontend dev position. I was able to answer the others (prefix substrings and etc2) but this one question really fucked me over so I don’t think I’ll be getting the job haha (also there were like 100+ applicants on LinkedIn so there might be a math savant genius among them who might’ve been able to solve the problem)😅 I would like to know if there are others who had a similar experience with mine and was able to get an offer despite not having answered all of the questions during the assessment.

hello, I dont go here but I stumbled upon this reddit page when I was researching something related to my job.

I wanted to ask sana what is the difference between a relational database v. blob storage (kindly explain it to me like i'm a begginer in programming) and why is database is much preffered v. blob storage. I know it sounds simplistic but as i've said, I don't go in this field and I do not know anything about programming. everything i've searched in the internet are too complicated for me to grasp, offering no simplified definition or beginner-friendly explanation of the two. I found the r/(AskProgramming) sub first but I feel like mas okay if I ask fellow Pinoys to answer me on this one.

if you're gonna ask me why dont I use AI instead, I do not like AI.

I hope someone can answer me on this one. maraming salamat! ^_^

Hi guys, I just wanna share this yt channel called CultRepo. This a channel documenting everything about programming languages. I just finished the story about Python and that is so inspiring. I am planning to watch all story of programming language. The documentaries are quality and produced by dev company itself. Hopefully you can watch it as well to be inspired and be the next them. Happy coding!

Hindi na ba tayo natututo?

Hindi ba ninyo napapansin kung bakit kailangan pa nilang magpa-hackathon? Para ba talaga sa innovation, o para magkaroon ng exposure at maipakitang may ginagawa ang gobyerno pagdating sa tech?

Ang mas nakapagtataka, paano sila makakapag-promote ng innovation kung marami pa ring pangunahing government services ang mabagal, hindi maayos, at patuloy na naaapektuhan ng korapsyon at burukrasya?

Nakakalungkot din para sa ilang tech influencers na nag-promote nito. Posibleng ginamit lang ang kanilang kredibilidad upang magmukhang matagumpay ang programa at mapabuti ang imahe ng mga nasa likod nito.

Hindi masama ang hackathon. Ang tanong ay: may tunay bang suporta at implementasyon pagkatapos nito, o hanggang publicity campaign lang?

Mas kailangan natin ng pangmatagalang suporta sa mga developer, startup, at innovators—hindi lang mga event na maganda sa larawan at press release.

Hello, I am planning to learn mobile or web app dev. I am zero knowledge in programming, please give me an advise how or where to start? Is it possible to me as a totally no experience in programming to learn this? Another question is, how can I have that kind of setup on the photo attached? Is that an app or software? (The window on the left showing real time what the programmer is working) Thank you.

Just wanted to share some good news.. My HiblaPHP project was accepted into Anthropic's Claude for Open Source program, which includes 6 months of Claude Max for free.

I honestly applied just to see if the project would qualify, so I was pleasantly surprised when it got accepted. It's really encouraging to see more support for open-source maintainers.

If you're curious, check out the project here: https://github.com/hiblaphp/hibla

I love to see more Open Source projects flourish in our country..

Hello, plan ko mag-take ng AWS Solutions Architect Asociate certification exam siguro by next month. San nyo na natry na exam center na okay naman experience? Metro manila area. Thank you!

every single person i saw posting about getting in had thousands of stars and years of commits. my project has 25 stars. i almost didn't bother applying. pero nakuha ko siya kanina so until now di pa rin ako makapaniwala and very overwhelming yung usage, kasi hirap nga ako ubusin yung claude pro hehe

i'll be using it to improve floe, my p2p file transfer project. runs right in your browser, no accounts, nothing stored on a server.

https://github.com/jannskiee/floe

building more soon.

btw, mga 25 stars pa lang siya nung nag-apply ako for the oss sponsorship. dumami na yung stars ngayon kasi na-post ko rin ito sa ibang subreddit after ako matanggap.

Hey everyone!

I'd like to share a project I've been working on: Njectify.

It's a browser extension that lets you inject CSS and JavaScript into any website, making it easy to prototype UI changes, test styles, and experiment without modifying the original source code.

https://reddit.com/link/1v0017y/video/08c0etvej0eh1/player

Some of the features include:

• Live CSS editing with an intuitive editor.
• Instant visual changes on any website.
• Automatic export of your CSS to Tailwind CSS utility classes.
• JavaScript injection for quick scripting and automation.
• Several additional tools designed to speed up front-end development.

The extension has already surpassed 5,000 users on the Chrome Web Store, and I thought it might be useful for developers in this community.

I'll leave a detailed article in the comments explaining the main features, use cases, and the extension itself.

I'd really appreciate any feedback, feature suggestions, or criticism. Thankssss!

detailed post.

I’m currently confused on what to upskill. I’m mildly interested in all three. I have 4 years of Computer Science background but no degree due to financial reasons but can’t go back and finish it due to curriculum changes.

Which path would be easier with a portfolio para mag work in Metro Manila with no degree? I need life advice.

Career shifting with 8 years of virtual Admin and Project Management roles in tech-adjacent industry.

Certifications that I have currently:
Azure AI-901
AWS Cloud Architect Associate
Google IT Support

I'm currently learning Python, and it's my first programming language. One thing I keep struggling with is that if I stop coding for just 3 days or a week, I start forgetting many of the fundamentals like loops, functions, lists, dictionaries, syntax, and when to use them. It feels like I have to relearn everything again.

I know programming isn't about memorizing every line of code, but I want to build a strong foundation instead of constantly forgetting what I've learned. My goal isn't just to complete tutorials—I want to truly understand the language, retain the fundamentals for the long term, confidently build projects, and eventually become a software developer.

For those of you who have already gone through this stage, what study methods, practice routines, review techniques, note-taking systems, project-based learning strategies, or other habits helped you permanently retain the fundamentals of a programming language? If you were starting from scratch again, what would you do differently to learn faster, remember more, and avoid repeatedly forgetting the basics?

Hi guys! Share ko lang itong binuo kong Fuel Smart App.

Nagsimula lang bilang passion project, pero ngayon marami na siyang natutulungang drivers. Ang goal? Hanapin ang pinakamurang gasolinahan sa mismong ruta o destination mo para bawas-gastos sa biyahe.

Meron itong route planning mode to show only stations along your route and sort the prices starting from the cheapest.

Sana masubukan niyo! Comment lang kung may feedback o suggestions kayo.

Ride safe! 🙏

I created TagaSenti, a multi‑domain sentiment analysis dataset for Tagalog and Taglish (Tagalog‑English code‑switching). It contains 35,686 sentences from e‑commerce reviews, news articles, and social media, including 9,378 targeted adversarial examples across four generations designed to harden models against sarcasm, negation, and ambiguous statements. Each sentence is labeled as negative, neutral, or positive. I fine‑tuned an XLM‑RoBERTa‑large model on it and got 86.6% test accuracy (macro F1 of 0.866), with zero‑shot transfer to Hiligaynon (dataset I also created: https://huggingface.co/datasets/jjjardev/hilisenti-v1) reaching 62.4% accuracy — showing the model generalizes beyond Tagalog to other Philippine languages.

As usual, I did all of this using a free Google Colab GPU and the free 15GB Google Drive. The dataset is on Hugging Face with a DOI, the code is open‑source on GitHub, and the model will be on Hugging Face soon.

This is my contribution to the Philippine AI scene while still jobless. I will continue doing this.

Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/jjjardev/tagasenti

Code: https://github.com/jjjardev/tagasenti

Just want to know if I'm missing something regarding AI autonomy.

So for context, I have years of experience in traditional software engineering in which you manually do everything.

Now during the start of Chat-GPT hype, I was quick to jump and used it as my study buddy for new tech and as an advanced rubber ducky for day to day work. Still doing it to this day.

I'm also using coding agents mainly to build the boilerplates of the project like setting up the scaffolds of a microservice. I also use it for refactoring large parts of the code, advanced auto completions (fav part) and low level debugging.

Now I tried going full no code, but I find na it's faster to just manually implement the complex parts than explaining it to the agent. Like instead na nag explain ako sa agent, what if cinode ko nalang?

Sure if it's just a simple CRUD app or something na pattern na sa project....

Pero for complex/new?— not sure.

Maybe just a skill issue din sa part ko hahah but any insights/suggestions? Still a newbie in agents.

Thanks.

Side project ko: browser pet (parang modern Shimeji) na context-aware. Nagre-react siya sa page na binibisita mo, may spring physics, at may optional local AI using Gemini Nano + DistilBERT. Lahat on-device, zero cloud.

Any honest thoughts from Pinoy devs:

• Interesting ba yung concept or overkill?
• Anong features ang magiging useful talaga?
• Mas prefer niyo ba pure nostalgia or may konting intelligence?

GitHub: https://github.com/fujiDevv/context-aware-browser-pet

Salamat sa mga magre-reply!

Just curious. I moved to the UK in early 2020, walang IT background (Comm arts pa nga hahaha) but they had bootcamps here with full job-hunt/career support. 13-week fullstack bootcamp, then 1 week before graduation may job offers agad.

Is there something like this in the PH? I am trying to gauge how realistic it is to do something like this, especially targeting under represented groups in the field (LGBTQ+, Women, Disabled community, etc). Thank you!

EDIT: I'm not looking for a role myself, SE na po ako dito haha gusto ko lang malaman kung realistic or effective ba ang bootcamps sa Pinas.

Hello! Curious lang ako kung ano ginagawa nyooo pashare naman ng experience nyo kung yung mga naturo sa college is nagamit naman sa work? Super hardcoded ba ginagawa nyo? Mahirap ba etc.

Everybody always says to upskill so you don’t get left behind. And it’s true. Upskilling din ang advice ko to others ever since. But what exactly do you do after?

Python was my first love, way back 2019 pa. My first job was at a startup where I built and managed Python scripts. I was happy, until after 7 months nagshutdown yung startup namin. By the time the pandemic started I was desperate for a job, and I was fortunately offered a junior dev role at a corporate company. Sure it was a different tech stack but the bills needed to ba paid. I’ve worked there up until I was recently laid off. I thought to myself ito na yung best time para bumalik sa Python. So I upskilled for about a month. I practiced, I created projects, learned how to integrate LLMs into complete products, learned how to use it’s web frameworks. I’m now confident in my skills to be a Python-focused dev, with a couple of projects in my portfolio to prove it. Pero parang minsan hindi parin ito enough for initial recruiters just because I don’t cross the checkbox of “minimum 3-5 years of experience with Python”. And it’s not just my assumption kasi I was literally told in a couple of my interviews na “We are looking for someone who already has X years of experience in Python.” It sucks kasi may 7+ years of software dev experience ako na alam kong natatranslate to my work no matter what programming language I use. I almost feel like giving up and finding work that uses JS and React, which is what I used in my old company.

Which leads me to the title of this post. How do you go from upskilling to landing a job with your new skills? I feel like I’m just missing something and some advice could help.

TL;DR I upskilled for a month but I can’t convert it into a new job since I don’t have X-years of experience on what I upskilled on even though I have more than 5 years of experience as a software dev and a portfolio of projects using upskilled language

Has anyone read the mechanics and rules behind the DOST Code Green Hackathon for NCR-based devs? We were planning to join, but after reading through the official document, the whole thing feels a bit poorly designed.

Considering the restrictions vs. what they actually expect, the organizers really need to tone it down.

QA person here, almost 2 years na yung experience sa manual testing. kasisimula ko lang din mag-aral ng selenium and mukha namang madali haha. sabi rin ng mga kawork ko dito, automation ang aaralin if gusto mag-upskill sa QA.

ngayon, i can't shake this feeling na may mali akong ginagawa. siguro yung questions ko are:

1.) tama ba tong ginagawa ko?

2.) may mga naghahanap pa ba ng selenium devs? may nahanap ako isa lang and try ko mag-apply dun

3.) how to know ano yung aaralin? like i don't think selenium pa rin ang aaralin if mag-upskill 5 years from now. meron bang website para malaman ko yung hinahanap ng job market?

4.) what are the other things to watch out if gusto ko mag-upskill as a QA?

I have a plugin built for SoftDev. Especially for those who will use Codex, VS Code, Claude, and other IDEs for agentic programming.

I would really like to test it with the IT folks here and also get your feedback on whether it improves the automation workflow of your projects. Also to test it on other systems to see if it's stable to use on like Linux or Mac.

I'm currently using it for my school projects and portfolio projects, but maybe it's just my personal bias thinking it really works. It would be better to have a 3rd party or QA testers try it and provide feedback.

Feel free to check it out:

[Orchestra Framework](https://github.com/Baelfyre/Orchestra)

And please let me know how it can be further improved. Thank you!

Hello!

Just need some guidance. I’ve been wanting to switch to tech before pa. I went into bootcamp nung 2021 pero di ako nakatapos ng backend. Javascript yung inaral namin before and may onting projects. Di ko natapos kasi sobrang demanding ng work ko sa accounting.. di ko rin kasi afford mag full-time self-taught. Sinabay ko before pero sobrang naburn out ako. This year gusto ko bumalik ulit pero sa Python + SQL sana para inline sa field ko pa rin. Di ko sure kung sobrang huli ko na dahil sa AI and pahirapan na makakuha ng junior roles. Any advice po para makapasok ng fintech? Or kung anong area ako dapat magfocus? Thanks po.

Hi everyone! I'll be teaching Business Analytics this coming semester (college level, IT/CS program) and I'm currently looking for good reference books to build my course around.

I'd really appreciate recommendations for a book/material that's:

• Beginner-friendly for students (not too math-heavy or dense)
• Easy to use as an instructor's reference (has clear structure, maybe with exercises/case studies)
• Covers the basics of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
• Ideally has practical examples using tools like Excel

If you've taken or taught a similar subject, I'd love to know what book worked well for you (or what to avoid). Local or international titles are both welcome, just trying to find something accessible for both me and my students.

Thank you!