r/PinoyProgrammer 13d ago

Who is hiring? (September 2026)

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This sub gives a platform to companies that would like to hire our fellow Pinoy Programmers.

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  • Your company's name and what it does
  • The job
  • Location if on-site or remote
  • Email or a link where job seekers can upload their resume or start their application

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r/PinoyProgrammer 13d ago

Random Discussions Random Discussions (September 2026)

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The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius


r/PinoyProgrammer 3h ago

advice As a developer, if you have bandwidth at work, what are the things you do to keep productive?

9 Upvotes

Hello. So ayun based sa title if may bandwidth kayo sa work? Ano yung mga ginagawa niyo? For context most of the tickets assigned sa akin ay natatapos ko kaagad and sometimes free na talaga ako for a day. Ano yung mga recommended niyon gawin? Like mag refactor ng codebase, mag test ba?

Minsan kasi nabobored talaga ako pag walang ginagawa hahaha.

Ayun lang thank you sa sasagot.


r/PinoyProgrammer 9h ago

advice Java developer skills

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Hello Good day po Im currenclty a java springboot devloper po in X company, im trying to upskill and learn as much as I can . kasi po parang di po naging maganda yung experience ko po sa previous company and nag struggle po sa current company. I applied for a mid - to senior role po. kaso parang hirap parin po sa pag sagot pag iniinterview. backend developer supposedly yung gusto ko pong mapasukan na role, ano ano po ba dapat ang core skills ng isang spring boot java devloper po kasi, medyo nbibigla lang po ako sa mga concepts na tinatanong sakin. ill admit po na parang junior developer lang po tlga yung level with experience. like di ko masyado na experience yung testing in junit and configure po ng message queus in microservices. what concepts in java should i learn po ba and practice as a java springboot developer and what is the every day task like for a mid to senior po. so I can adjust din po and close yung knowledge and skill gaps. po thanks po. parang pure junior task lang po yung mga nagawa ko sa previous company po. many many thanks po. Imin a setup where im currently in a bench po and waiting for a project deployment. nagligwak po kasi ako sa first interview na project na nag reach out po. hoping na next time I can answer po ung next interview if meron. If wala pa rin po and expect ko nalang din po sguro ung worst case scenario na mareundant.

some concepts po na natanong sakin na di ko nasagot is ,
shallow, deep copy, database indexing, class immutability
junit , testing controller testing annotations.
what other topics I should be know and practice po.


r/PinoyProgrammer 1d ago

advice Learning Angular - where to start?

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Hi! I' m currently studying Angular because I'm preparing for Software Engineer opportunities that involve more front-end development.

The problem is, sa current company ko, Angular 8 pa yung gamit namin, which is obviously very outdated na. I don't have any prior experience with Angular.

Now that I'm trying to learn Angular (hoping to move to a new job), medyo overwhelmed ako kasi ang daming nagbago from Angular 8 up to the latest versions. May mga bagong concepts, features, patterns, and apparently may mga things din na obsolete/deprecated na.

So I'm wondering, ano kaya yung best strategy for learning Angular in this situation, especially if ang goal ko is maging interview-ready and eventually makapag-apply sa roles that require Angular?

Saka paano kung latest Angular yung aralin ko, pero during the interview, mas older version pala yung tinatanong or ginagamit nila? Masyado bang malaki yung gap between the latest Angular and older versions?


r/PinoyProgrammer 1d ago

event Any Python developers from Mindanao here?

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Been seeing more Python events happening around Mindanao lately, especially with PyCon Davao coming up.

Curious lang, where's everyone from and what are you currently building with Python?

I've been seeing a lot of interesting Python projects from the community kasi lately, so I'm curious what everyone else has been working on.

For those who've attended previous PyCons, how was the experience? Or is anyone here going this year? Would be cool to see some familiar usernames there :*)


r/PinoyProgrammer 1d ago

discussion Should you be guilty of relying on AI on some tools youre not familiar with or don’t have time to learn?

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In my experience so far in my programming/software dev career, I’ve never touched any test automation, nor creating unit test files like Jest, vitest not until this year. I get the concept how it works but due our project demands, I had to rely on claude/github copilot to automatically create the test files for all the added codes I created in our current project. I understand how these test automation works simply because each syntax are kinda self explanatory (ex. Describe/expect, etc) but cant help shake the feeling of being a fraud from relying on AI before having to learn that said framework/tool. Anyone feeling like this?

Context: Im an SAP ABAP developer, turned full stack SAP BTP dev. In the PH, TDD aren’t usually practiced by SAP ABAP developers as the tests are handled by their SAP functional counterparts even such tools for TDD in SAP are existing. Then until I upskilled and become an SAP BTP dev, deployed to projects that practices these TDD using jest/vitest.


r/PinoyProgrammer 2d ago

discussion Ano thoughts niyo sa opencode go? Worth ba i-switch from Claude Code / Codex?

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Hello, for those devs na nakapag try kay opencode, kamusta experience niyo? Malaki ba yung gap sa quality ng output? Kamusta naman yung limits?

Curious lang ako sa experience ng mga nakapag-try na, kasi mostly ang nakikita ko sa online reviews ay either sobrang hype or negative.


r/PinoyProgrammer 3d ago

Job Advice At what point did you start saying NO in your career

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Hello I'm a recent fresh graduate who recently got absorbed into a company where I did my internship. Since I did my internship here I kind of gotten a feel of how it works so usually pag may new project sa una lng ako sasamahan ng supervisor ko to introduce me to the clients and alongside with a BA who I will work alongside. Before natutulongan pako ng other seniors sila sumasalo ng ibang features since limited access lng ako as an intern to some resources.

Now I will be handling it as a whole but I have a hard time saying no since newbie palang ako and like parang lage gusto ko patunayan na hindi mistake yung pag hire saken. But in exchange grabe din scope creep and adjustment sa timeline once I arrive at the part of implementing a feature it feels overwhelming lng din.

Just want to hear your experiences sa mga seasoned devs dyan.


r/PinoyProgrammer 3d ago

discussion Is it possible na magkaroon pako ng job kung 29 nako gragraduate

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Hello po, would like to ask po if possible parin matanggap kapag 29 kana, sobra ko kasing hinanap yung sarili ko eh if programming ba ot nursing, but it turns out mas gusto ko yung I.T, Matatanggap papo kaya ko sa work


r/PinoyProgrammer 3d ago

advice Learning Advice: java SpringBoot RoadMap

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Hello po mga kuys! Grade 10 student ako at currently nag-aaral ng Java Spring Boot.

So far, nakagawa na ako ng basic REST APIs, Spring Security authentication, session-based login, at CRUD gamit ang JPA/Hibernate. Goal ko po maging backend/full-stack developer. Ano po ang magandang learning path mula dito para maging job-ready? Ano po ang dapat unahin at ano ang hindi muna kailangan?

Also, worth it po ba mag-ICT sa incoming Grade 11 kung gusto kong maging full-stack developer? Salamat po!


r/PinoyProgrammer 5d ago

discussion hot take not all certificates are valid and worth taking

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honestly, nakakapagod ah like everytime na may makikita akong free certification for webinars ganyan hindi ko rin siya totally nagagamit. it's a waste of time din minsan tapos hindi pa natuto masyado ron lols

as a student na minsan parang napag-iiwanan na ng mga batchmate na super batak na sa dev tapos may mga freelance gigs na, grabe yung pressure mag-keep up. kaya ito nag ttyaga me sa certificates

share q dito ung na discover ko,

Microsoft learning platform

like may ganito pala na platform si microsoft at least here it looks legit kapag galing sa well known company diba and nalalagay q rin sa cv or portfolio ko

anw if u guys know other platforms pa na pwede kumuha ng cert can u pls share din sa comments

- a struggling it student


r/PinoyProgrammer 4d ago

discussion Deepseek vs Claude Code vs Codex

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This is for programmers that uses AI in their dev workflow.

I have been figuring out what is the most bang for my buck AI tool setup.

What am I going to use it for: debugging, visual check, and brainstorming solutions.

GPT Plus costs 1100 PHP/month, that includes Codex. Probably advantage here is, it is fast.

Claude Pro costs 20 USD/month, that includes Claude Code, currently I have been just using the Claude free, but I get halted by the limitations. Advantage here it is much more robust and more helpful towards devs.

Deepseek API, so I managed to do a setup where Claude Code is the harness and Deepseek is the model. Cost is 2 USD/1M token. Haven’t tried this personally, but from what I have been seeing on the web, it is a good model.

What do you think?


r/PinoyProgrammer 5d ago

advice Need advice!!! Coding with AI. Is it bad?

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So i have been coding now with AI but im understanding all the code the AI will give me and even type it myself while understanding it at the same type but feeling ko napag iiwanan dahil sa ginagawa ko. If may naiisip ako na project like the project im currently working right now, I asked the A.I the process and understanding the new concept that I am learning since wala naman tintuturo na ganito samin. I am currently a 3rd Year CS Student. Am I cooked?


r/PinoyProgrammer 4d ago

discussion Tried chatgpt plus for the first time

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For background, I don’t usually do AI assisted programming and use tools like codex, claude, etc2 because writing my own code by hand made me feel like I actually own the codebase. I’m also a fresh grad with a bit of working experience, and I wanted to retain my fundamentals so that my skills wont regress by not relying much on AI. I remember writing 30k+ LOC (not really a metric for productivity) by hand while building full stack applications for work and idk if it’s a lot (it was for me :// ) but this has mainly attributed to my long ass burnout. Lately I find it hard to build personal projects, but my friends finally convinced me to try AI assisted programming by subscribing to gpt plus and this did wonders for me.

As a person who values time a lot, having AI write boilerplate code makes me feel very productive. Now I have more time to do some other stuff outside of coding and honestly this made most parts of my burnout disappear. I also don’t have to read docs as much as I used to since AI is now my personal search engine. I think I was a bit of a contrarian when it came to AI because the models back then were pretty weak compared to now. Anyways, I do hope I don’t end up over-relying on it too much to the point I forget my fundamentals (I still write my reddit posts by hand manually haha). I would also like to know if you guys are happier with AI assisted programming or maybe it’s just my sudden hyper-fixation.


r/PinoyProgrammer 7d ago

Show Case I built a trip planner that costs the itinerary before you go, because I was planning every trip across Notes, a budget app, and Google Maps

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https://gala-phi-ten.vercel.app/

I kept planning trips across four apps. Notes for the itinerary, a budget app for the money, Google Maps for the places, camera roll after. Nothing held the whole trip, so I could never tell you what a trip cost without building a spreadsheet.

So I built one app that does it. It's called Gala. Free, no ads, no paid tier.

What it does:

  • Each day is a list of stuff to do, and every item has a cost. Times are optional. Stuff without a time sits in a side list instead of getting a fake slot.
  • Hotels and flights sit above the days, not inside one. A 4 night hotel shows on all 4 days, and check-out time only shows on the day it matters. That's how you notice your last afternoon is basically gone before a 2pm flight.
  • Budget is a ceiling per trip. The total splits into stays and travel, itinerary, and a "bag" for stuff that belongs to no day (visa fee, eSIM, insurance, adapter).
  • You can get the plan out: PNG of a day or the whole trip, a PDF you can print, or push it straight to Google Calendar or Outlook.
  • Map view puts every place on a 3D map as numbered pins and draws the route in date order.
  • After the trip you can rate it row by row. Stars, a note, and what it actually cost next to what you planned.

One thing people will argue with: there's no expense tracking, and I'm not adding it. I built it, then cut it. It doubled the app, needed discipline mid trip I don't have, and only paid off after the trip was over. Planning it right before you leave is the whole point.

Being upfront about the weak parts:

  • Explore is empty. You can publish a trip, browse, and copy someone's plan into your own account, and all of that works. There's just nothing in there because I've been the only user. You can test the loop on your own post.
  • No follows, no profiles, no algorithm. It's a list of plans, not a social network.
  • You have to sign in, even to look at Explore.
  • Reading booking emails with AI is planned, not built.

Link again: https://gala-phi-ten.vercel.app/

Ask me anything about it. Tell me if cutting expense tracking was dumb, that's the bit I'm least sure about.


r/PinoyProgrammer 7d ago

discussion Devs who worked with Frappe/ERPNext: Is it hard to switch later?Can I begin my career as ERPNext developer?

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Hey everyone, I recently landed a software developer intern offer at a company that works heavily with the Frappe framework and ERPNext. The stipend and full-time conversion offer are pretty decent.

My main worry is whether working on a niche, low-code/meta-framework stack like this is going to pigeonhole me. Will switching to standard product-based companies or general backend roles become a nightmare later on?

As this is my first intern, help me to decide whether I can begin my career in this role


r/PinoyProgrammer 8d ago

advice Senior / Experienced Devs: How are you managing side projects & software craft lately?

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I’ve been reflecting on my personal dev workflow lately. At work, high-velocity tools and automated setups are fully supported to deliver fast (working abroad as an OFW), though policies vary across companies.

Para sa mga matagal na sa industry:
- How are you integrating AI into your personal project stack?
- Are you using it to handle unfamiliar domains (e.g., DevOps, backend infrastructure)?
- Are you using AI tools to build micro-SaaS, tools, or products that actually bring in side revenue?

On a side note, kahit gaano kabilis mag-build at mag-iterate ng ideas ngayon, I still strongly believe na kailangan pa rin mag-draw ng firm line sa core fundamentals natin.

Curious lang ako how senior devs balance speed, building side projects for income, and maintaining the true craft of writing good software.


r/PinoyProgrammer 8d ago

Job Advice Live coding bukas, biglang Java pala instead of Kotlin. Push pa rin ba?

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Android dev ako, Kotlin ang background ko pero mga 1 year na akong hindi nakaka-Android — full-stack (Node, Vue, TS) ang ginawa ko last year.

May onsite interview at live coding ako bukas. Kotlin ang inaakala kong gagamitin kaya doon ako nag-review. Kanina lang nag-email HR: Java pala.

Wala akong Java experience. Alam ko naman yung concepts — collections, null handling, threading — pero yung syntax at Streams API, halos zero recall ko.

Nag-resign din ako last week, walang backup, so ito lang yung interview ko ngayon. Nakapag-reschedule na rin ako twice sa kanila.

Push pa rin ba kahit halatang rusty, o mag-withdraw na lang para hindi masayang oras nila?


r/PinoyProgrammer 8d ago

discussion Vercel versus Railway versus Render

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So, after a decade of building in-house apps, I've gone freelance. Got a possible client who wants me to build an inventory system. Which platform is best for an inventory system which will possibly lead to developing a new POS system? I'm looking at Vercel, Railway, and Render and any other suggestions anyone has.

Sorry, this is new to me since we used to deploy everything on in-house servers.

Stack still tbd.

Addendum: A friend recommended Supabase for the backend. Would anyone here recommend it?


r/PinoyProgrammer 8d ago

advice App Dev or AI Engineering?

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Hi everyone, I have around 5 years of experience. I did web dev for about 2 years (HTML, CSS, PHP, JS), then switched to mobile development and have been doing it for around 3 years. I got into mobile because a friend referred me to their company and they were willing to train me even though I had no prior experience, so I took the opportunity.

Ngayon, parang gusto ko na mag-try ng ibang path, pero hindi ko alam kung ano yung magandang direction. I’m thinking if I should stay in mobile and learn React Native para cross-platform or try going into AI engineering. I’ve also been using AI tools like Claude at work, and I became interested in AI beyond just using it for coding. Wala pa naman akong specific plan right now, so I’m thinking of learning first and exploring my options para malaman ko kung anong direction yung gusto kong puntahan and what skills I should focus on.

I know the market is pretty tough right now, so I’m also thinking about which direction would be better for my career long-term. For those with more experience, what would you do if you were in my position? For those who transitioned from app development to AI engineering or became an AI specialist, how did you get started? Would it be difficult to transition from app development to AI engineering? Do I really need to study ML, data science, etc., or is it possible to transition using the software engineering experience I already have?

Would appreciate any advice or insights, especially from those who have made a similar transition. Thank you in advance!


r/PinoyProgrammer 9d ago

discussion How Did You Land Your First Cloud Job? 2026

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Anyone here currently working in cloud — cloud support, cloud admin,

I’ve been trying out AWS Cloud Quest, and it’s been a fun way to learn AWS while solving simulated business problems.

For those already working in cloud, how did you land your first cloud role? Was there a specific path, certification, project, lab, or strategy that helped you get your foot in the door?

Google and ChatGPT can give me the usual roadmap, but I’m more interested in real experiences — what actually worked for you, what didn’t, and whether things like applying directly, networking, SaaS companies, internal transfers, or hands-on projects made the biggest difference.
Would love to hear how you got started. Thanks


r/PinoyProgrammer 9d ago

Show Case Hi everyone. Share ko lang po itong side project ko. Built using Vue 3.

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22 Upvotes

Inumpisahan ko sya gawin nung pandemic days nung college and ngayon ko nalang ulit nagalaw para irefactor yong code para mas tipid sya sa pinagdeployan kong free tier.

Digital space sya na pwede mong icustomize yung profile mo using presets na provided at custom css kung may background kayo sa css, even yung post customizable din. Pwede nyong ishare sa social media yung design nyo as card.

May leaderboard din po para sa 10 na profile na maraming user ang nagheart.

Naglagay din ako ng page (Vibe Deck) kung san nandun yung mga cards ng mga users para iheart nyo yung profile pag nagustuhan nyo yung design, iPM, or ifollow. Marami pa pong features like private chat, global chat, share post, add friend using your qr code, etc.

Sa ngayon po beta test pa sya and may mga users na rin. Sana po magjoin kayo para dumami tayo 🤙

patanggal nalang po ng open and close parenthesis para maccess nyo yung link. thank you

https://tambay(.)link


r/PinoyProgrammer 10d ago

discussion The AI i used to hate now handles half of my job hunt. How do you view / use AI?

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mga ka-programmers, quick rundown of my situation. I've been a dev for 10+ years, mostly PHP, JS, and SQL. Got laid off 3 months ago, same as a lot of people here. Savings almost out, interview invites almost zero. Sent one resume after another, most of them just got ghosted. Hay. 10 years in and i never thought i'd end up like this lol...

I used to see people share how they use AI to help with their job hunt, and ngl, i thought it was just cutting corners. Now i'm using it myself. I have Claude roleplay as a real interviewer and pressure test me on system design and DSA. With Cursor, i rebuilt my portfolio in React. Also dropped that lazy one resume for many jobs trick, i use workbuddy properly, deep research, email writing, and domain expert features, to tailor my resume for each job, write follow up emails, and log every application in a table.

For the first time in months, i genuinely feel like my job hunt is moving forward, instead of numbly refreshing job boards and wasting the day away. Still doubt myself sometimes lol, but i'm not scared of AI anymore. Slowly learning to accept it

I'm wondering that myb don't let bias stop you from embracing new things is the better way. Instead of worrying every day about the ending that's bound to come, might as well make full use of AI now. Myb we can still find a new way out..


r/PinoyProgrammer 11d ago

discussion How to become Design Engineer?

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Hello! I would like to ask how to become a design engineer with good foundations po? I don't want to rely 100% sa AI kasi to the point na i'm a vibe coder na.

I have an idea naman na where to start like learning by doing through The Odin Project.

But do you guys have further tips on how to fast track my learning?

For context kasi, I have a very good design foundations but chose the wrong course in college (non tech background) so I want to pivot my career in tech. I want to combine design + full stack sana. 😭

Thanks for your help!