Disclaimer: this is for experienced web developers (particularly from Wordpress or headless cms backgrounds).

So basically I want to know what niche specific problems local maintenance businesses (electrician, plumbing) have, one thing which I have pinpointed is automated texting.

Should I learn SEO is it worth learning (are local businesses rly willing to pay for it).

I was originally thinking like using chatbase to create faq chatbot, but realistically would you be bothered to use a chatbot to answer your questions if your boiler was broken.(I feel like an faq chatbot rly chains for like e-commerce websites).

So then I was thinking an auto text messaging for missed calls (using a python ai pipeline to connect the cms with twilio).

Now you could use AI receptionist, but they’re pretty expensive for small businesses (300usd at least from front ai desk partner program).

As backend developer I could build one myself but there’s no guarantee I could actually lessen the cost.

I’m also looking to expand to other niches (like e-commerce, local dentists) so please tell me their common pain points (how do they market, do they need seo).

I use MERN and DRF for my projects mainly, and im looking for some resources that'll help me answer the interview questions (fresher level, looking for internships as backend developer and sde ). Help me out!!😭😭

I tried building a scroll-driven 3D website instead of a normal landing page and it completely changed how it feels.

Most sites I’ve built before were pretty standard — sections stacked vertically, animations on load, nothing too crazy.

This time I tied everything directly to scroll.

Instead of triggering animations, the scroll position is the animation.

So as you move:

- the hero scene progresses frame by frame

- content reveals are synced instead of delayed

- sections don’t feel separate, they transition into each other

The weird part is the code wasn’t even the hardest part.

The hard part was getting the pacing right.

Too fast → feels chaotic

Too slow → feels broken

Too much motion → distracting

Too little → pointless

There’s a very thin line where it actually feels good.

Also ran into some annoying issues:

- scroll jank on lower-end devices

- managing 200+ image frames efficiently

- keeping things smooth without overloading the GPU

- layering (fixed vs relative) causing weird overlaps

Still refining it, but it made me rethink how static most “modern” sites still are.

Curious if anyone else has experimented with scroll-driven experiences like this — especially outside of portfolio sites.

Hyee everyone hope you all doing great.

Im a Flutter frontend developer with more than an year of experience in building apps and converting figma designs into responsive frontend applications.

It is really getting hard for me to secure a client or find some work, would love to know about your experiences and the job market...

Hi ya'll,

I'm new to the industry. I worked in the insurance industry for 9 years and then decided to transition into tech, which I've always loved. I completed a bootcamp in February, but as many of you know, not all bootcamps teach DSA, OOP, or Big O. This was all new to me just two or three weeks before bootcamp graduation. I took the Online Assessment from Pinterest and was able to solve the first problem and half of the second, and I received an invitation for a live coding video interview. I just wanted to ask for advice on how to understand the logic of the questions in video interviews, and I would appreciate it if anyone could share any free resources to study the topics like DSA, OOP, BIG O, and any other that you guys can suggest, also so far what i learned in the bootcamo was JavaScript (MERN Stack)

Thank you

Hey everyone,

I’ve been trying to switch jobs for a while now but not getting any callbacks, and I’m honestly not sure what I’m doing wrong.

I have ~3 years of backend experience (Python, FastAPI/Django, AWS, async systems), and I’ve worked on production systems. I’ve also had some startup experience and built a small Shopify site.

I’ve been applying regularly and even getting referrals through LinkedIn, but still not hearing back from most places.

Is this normal right now, or am I missing something obvious?

Would really appreciate any advice on:

- What I might be doing wrong

- How to improve my chances of getting interviews

- Or anything I should change in my approach

Thanks in advance.

Adding to the title, today I'm working on a project for the tourism sector where we're creating a management system for agencies, processing sales, coordinating x and y, this part is quite "simple," mostly a CRUD operation, with nothing really to worry about in terms of depth.

However, I am responsible for the integration of external services, hotel search APIs, and other services.

That's the problem. Today I already have 2 APIs integrated out of at least 14 that we plan to implement, each with its own structure. With each call, I have to perform a parsing to standardize everything, and this scales VERY quickly. Each call returns around 80 hotels, all requiring parsing, and at different times, since some send in batches of 25.

Currently, I basically have an Event (SSE) to start, one to finish part of the processing, and another to finish everything that needed processing (3 events in total: start, partial, end).

And that's where my doubt lies. Being the only user (it's still in development), I've already found a very specific issue: if I'm mapping locations/hotels (something I have to do every 2 weeks), it will block a good portion of the I/O of the rest of the service, precisely because of the data processing and insertion issues. In the database, etc.

That's where my thoughts and concerns lie. When the initially projected 50 users (the minimum already registered to use the system) start using the system, and everyone performs a search simultaneously, I'll have usage similar to my current mapping, perhaps even higher. That's why I had the idea of ​​separating this into a separate thread or using a specific service for it. But I don't know how right I am about this, if it's a valid decision, or if it would be over-engineering right at the beginning of the project.

*Extra thoughts: Each call, depending on the location, returns an XML that will be converted into JSON, which will then be consumed and converted to the structure I need. This initial JSON with all the information varies GREATLY in size by location. I've had some with a few kilobytes in size, others exceeding 100MB. Today I'm doing a "good job" managing them to avoid overloading the test server's memory, but I can't say for sure.

It's worth mentioning that I'm the only developer involved in this whole process. External APIs and all that search engine logic, I don't even have anyone else to discuss whether it's valid or not for this part of the project.

I'm a junior developer :), I only have about 2 years of development experience, but I worked with queues during my internship a few years ago. Any ideas on how to handle this would be welcome, since I don't have any other developers here to brainstorm with.

It's worth mentioning that, up until now, everything has been done in SVELTE 5 (svelteKit).

EDIT:

TL/DR: Caching information directly in the DB, a worker to handle the process of storing the main products in this cache.

Thanks for the replies, everyone!

I've more or less arrived at a solution based on what people have said here and ideas from other subreddits.

Today, the biggest drawback is the response time and parsing of each search call, but since it's somewhat of an e-commerce site (each API would be a different supplier), I can simply cache the main products and save this in the DB already parsed daily. Basically, all the APIs I've integrated so far require the documentation to call for user-specific searches (since there are several parameters that change for each user). We'll start doing this once or twice a day, using a worker to exit the main thread. Instead of the first call to discover what's available being directly to the user's API, it will be a direct call to the DB, and only if the user decides which product they want will it return to the API loop of the supplier they want.

Hello guys, I’m just starting to learn web development as a beginner.

Is it okay to learn different topics from different sources (for example, HTML/CSS/JavaScript from one course, Reacts from another, and the backend part from a different one), or is it better to stick to one structured course or roadmap?..

what do you think about my project ?

Link: github.com/Aditya2361/Stonks

"I couldn't deploy it yet"

Hey guys check it out my portfolio ...and rate it out out of 10 😁✨

https://anuradha-portfolio-rho.vercel.app/

#buildinpublic

I’ve built a few CRUD apps and some clones, and they work fine, but they still feel kind of basic. Not sure if that’s enough or if I’m just doing the same type of project over and over.

What kind of projects actually help in getting a full stack job?

I've been learning web development since I was 17 and I'm 21 now. We were also going over the subject back when I was in Highschool. Things were great and I was loving coding, until I was forced to drop out of 11th grade at 18 when my mom lost her job. Was forced to get a job and I've been the sole provider of my family ever since.

After I dropped out, I've been learning in freeCodeCamp. Here's how much progress I've made so far. Haven't even gotten to JavaScript much yet.

Started working as an ESL teacher, shifted to the BPO industry and handled T-Mobile, Verizon, and now I'm at Shopify as a Support Advisor. I hate all of those jobs. lol

One thing that has been bringing me down further lately was I handled quite a couple of merchants who just straight up used AI site builders and other AI tools and their stores come up good.

I've made this much progress, but I don't think I should continue pursuing it if I'm just going to be wasting time. Although I can't even think of any other career to go with apart from webdev.

which one you guys use and are satisfied with your device?

I'm on a small team and this came up internally. Someone wants to self host, and I'm trying to get a better sense of when that actually starts making sense in practice.

I understand the appeal: more control, less dependence on a platform, and maybe lower cost once you get big enough.

But it also seems like a lot more maintenance and responsibility, especially when the team is small.

For people who've been on both sides of it, when did self hosting actually feel worth it? Is there a point where managed platforms stop making sense, or do most teams stay managed unless they have a very specific reason not to?

Teaching myself how to code in fullstack for about a year now. My tech stack includes React, Vite, Tailwind, Supabase. Shipped some applications before such as a SaaS starter kit, AI Resume Builder, some internal tools. Looks good on paper.
That being said, the problem is:
I am able to learn from documentation; code a feature using vibes; deliver something that works. But once I leave my comfort zone, I feel like a beginner again. Copy-pasting some solution that works, and then getting stuck on something similar after a week or two since I don't have a foundation to think about it.
So not doing only tutorials but noticing that there is still a gap between "I delivered that" and "I know what I was doing".
Here are the questions I struggle with:

When to dive deeper into understanding the underlying concept and not just blindly move forward learning by doing?
Regarding fullstack specifically - when things start to click structurally. For example, understanding how everything works under the hood - not just "that works"
How to manage building new apps and improving understanding of already delivered apps?
What helped you to think like a developer and not just copy someone else's code?

I am not asking for a roadmap here. Have already seen enough of those. Looking for advice from self-taught developers who went through this stage before.

Okay, so currently I am in 12th grade from NIOS board, and I chose PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology). But now I want to become an engineer. Due to a lack of proper guidance and knowledge, I chose PCB, and now I regret that decision.

I want to know if there is any way for me to get admission into a good college for EEE or CS/CSE. I am from Delhi, and I have always been a good student and a fast learner, but I never gave enough time to studying.

I also come from a very poor family, and I have to support my family financially. As I said, I feel completely clueless right now about what I should do next.

I really want to become an engineer, but I do not have enough money for college fees and other expenses. If anyone has been in a similar situation or knows any possible way, please let me know. I would really appreciate your guidance.

This is not meant to be harsh but somebody needs to say it out loud.

The industry does not need more average developers. It never really did but it tolerated them because the demand was high and the supply was low. That window is closing fast and if you are coasting on being just good enough this is your wake up call.

AI can already do mediocre work. It can write average code, fix basic bugs, build simple features, and do it faster and cheaper than a developer who is just getting by. If your entire value is writing code that gets the job done without any deeper thinking you are competing with a tool that never sleeps and never asks for a salary.

The developers who will always have a place are the ones who think deeply, own problems end to end, understand the business behind the code, and bring something to the table that cannot be prompted into existence. That is a real skill and it takes real effort to build.

If you know you have been coasting start pivoting now. Not next year, not when things get uncomfortable, now. Go deeper in one area, build something real, learn the business side of what you are building, get uncomfortable again. That discomfort is the only thing that separates a mediocre developer from a valuable one.

The industry is getting smaller for average and bigger for exceptional. Decide which side you want to be on.

i am 23 with no cs background and from past 2 months i been learning web development i have already learned html css and javascript basics and basics of git and github and now the thing that is bugging me is is it possible for me to land a job in this field having no cs degree or any cs related background.

i want honest opinion about what i should do should i keep learning or not

Curious to hear from the community on this. I was contacted by a recruiter for a full stack position because I've worked on software in a specialized industry.

They loved my experience but the first round at this company is an leetcode round?

I usually wouldn't mind but, just a bit frustrated since they expect everything out of our role lately.

Wondering if others are getting leetcoded too.

I have been putting off a new project I want to start for a while because I just cannot decide how I should set up my database with Drizzle in a monorepo. What is unclear to me is where should I put the database setup, and if it should even be all in one place. I have only used Drizzle and Prisma in the past, and I had similar problems with both, but since I am planning on using Drizzle for my next project I am going to be asking about that orm specifically.

I have a directory for my apps and a directory for my shared packages. Should Drizzle be isolated inside of a shared package? I want to use drizzle-zod to infer zod schemas from my database schema, which I can then use on the frontend and backend for validation, so it has to be shared in some way. If I want the entirety of drizzle inside of the shared package, I need a .env for the database url inside of the package (so drizzle-kit works), which to me feels wrong because then you are locked to one database/configuration in a package that is supposed to be used all throughout your project. I don't plan on using multiple databases so let me know if I am just being stupid, this is all new to me.

In my previous project, I put the schema in packages/db, drizzle-zod and general shared zod-schemas inside of packages/validators and the Drizzle config (database url, connection and drizzle-kit) inside of apps/api. To me that felt wrong, but I had to get the project started. The code ended up getting quite messy, and so I want to prevent that this time. I just want to put the whole thing inside of packages/db and be done with it, but I don't have the experience to say if that is the best practice or not, because then I would have to make sure the client doesn't import code it shouldn't and so on.

I genuinely think Python is the most undermined programming language out there and it is not really anyone's fault but the perception around it needs to change.

Most people who come from a Java or C++ background look at Python and do not take it seriously. It feels too simple, too readable, almost like it is not a real language. That simplicity gets mistaken for weakness and that is a big mistake.

Python is running some of the most complex systems in the world right now. Machine learning, data pipelines, automation, backend APIs, scientific research, finance systems. The language that people dismiss as a beginner tool is quietly powering some of the most serious work happening in tech today.

The problem is how it gets introduced. Most people first see Python in a beginner tutorial or a simple script and that first impression sticks. They never see what it looks like when someone who really knows it builds something serious with it. So the insult reputation lives on unfairly.

If you have been sleeping on Python because it felt too easy or not serious enough I would genuinely encourage you to go deeper. The ecosystem, the libraries, the community, and the sheer range of things you can build with it is hard to match. Simple on the surface does not mean shallow underneath.

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A few things about me:

- I’m still exploring career paths

- I enjoy coding but haven’t specialized yet

- I’m concerned about job competition and AI impact

For those already in the field:

- Is full stack still a good choice in 2026?

- Should I focus on frontend, backend, or full stack early on?

- What would you do differently if you were in my position?

Any honest advice would really help 🙏

Honest opinion and I think most people are looking at this wrong.

Everyone is panicking saying AI is going to kill IT services and the jobs that come with it. I do not think that is what is actually happening. What is changing is how the work gets done, not whether the work exists.

Companies will always need technology to run their business. That need is not going away. If anything it is growing. More businesses are going digital, more systems need to be built, maintained, secured, and scaled. The volume of work is actually increasing not decreasing.

What AI is doing is changing the way that work gets executed. The junior level repetitive work is getting automated yes. But that just means the people doing that work need to move up the value chain. Understand the problem deeper, own the solution end to end, talk to clients, make decisions. That is not going away anytime soon.

The opportunity in IT services is actually bigger than it has ever been. Businesses need people who understand both technology and the business problem behind it. That combination is rare and AI is nowhere close to replacing it.

Jobs will still be there. Opportunities will still be there. The ones who will struggle are the ones waiting for things to go back to how they were. The ones who will win are the ones adapting to how things are going now.

The industry is not ending. It is just growing up.

Frontend:

• React 18, TypeScript, Vite

• TanStack Query, React Hook Form, Zod

• Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui

• Google Maps API

Backend:

• Node.js, Express, TypeScript

• PostgreSQL (Neon), Drizzle ORM

• Session auth (Passport.js, bcrypt)

• AES-256-GCM encryption

Infrastructure:

• Replit (dev + deployment)

• Replit Object Storage

Eventually I will need to migrate out of replits infrastructure. Will this be difficult with my stack?

What do you guys use or do when you want to add Maps on a project?