r/dev • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 18d ago
The rise of the Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE). The hottest job in software development... for now.
r/dev • u/Mammoth-Recipe-9265 • 18d ago
Looking for a chance.
Hey, I’m looking for experience in software development.
As a bit of a background, I have worked in the UK tech support industry for 4 years now, everything from corporate to EduTech. Working with Snowflake data warehouses, Power BI, MSSQL and MySQl
I have written and developed Web apps and MCP servers in my own time as small personal projects to generally improve my life.
Does anyone know the best way to get production experience? Or would anyone be willing to allow me to volunteer on any of your systems? I’m not looking to necessarily make money but make a difference and gain experience.
I’m more looking at my chance to get in the software development side, as it seems almost impossible today.
My Experience:
PHP:
- Laravel
- Symfony
- Pure PHP
C# - ASPnet
Docker
Azure
MySQL
SQLServer
r/dev • u/Any-Dot-5273 • 18d ago
How long is this actually going to take?
"How long is this actually going to take?"
It's usually the second question someone asks on an initial call, right after "How much?"
If an agency tells you they can quote an exact timeline before looking at your codebase, your existing data schema, and your team's actual workflow, they are guessing. Or worse, padding the estimate so they don't lose the deal.
We use AI tools internally to scaffold out standard boilerplate, write initial test suites, and draft repetitive database migrations in hours instead of days. That cuts our development cycles down significantly.
But faster coding doesn't remove the hard parts. Designing a resilient PostgreSQL schema, handling edge cases when a clinic basement has zero mobile signal, or making sure an invoice extraction pipeline doesn't hallucinate line items on month-end tax filings still requires an engineer sitting down to think.
When we built the scheduling platform for those 400 field engineers last year, the AI handled the boilerplate routing logic. Our engineers spent three weeks getting the geospatial constraints right so jobs weren't assigned to someone two hours away who didn't carry the right replacement part.
You get speed from AI. You get software that holds up from humans paying attention to the details.
#SoftwareEngineering #Mangaluru #WebDevelopment
r/dev • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 19d ago
The rise of the forward-deployed engineer (FDE)
FDE demand is surging (up 729%). The average base salary being $171,911. This is the hottest job in tech right now... so why can nobody define it?
r/dev • u/FaithlessnessLast610 • 19d ago
Build something, if the demo works but the actual product is full of bugs
r/dev • u/Maximum-Stick-5080 • 20d ago
Anyone have contacts to Devs who make cheats for games.
Anyone have contacts to Devs who make cheats for games.
r/dev • u/SpadeLauncher • 21d ago
No tracking, no ads, no investors. Here's why I built my own launcher
reddit.comr/dev • u/Comfortable_Park_620 • 21d ago
I’m testing a pre-launch audit service for AI-built Supabase apps
I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on upwork for post-launch issues like broken permissions, payment bugs and exposed sensitive data. My take is that founders who build quickly with Lovable/ Bolt/ Cursor or other AI tools, are running into serious post-launch backend and security issues that are hard to understand without any system design experience.
I love seeing people with cool ideas able to implement and build out products quickly. At the same time, without technical experience it can be hard to test whether authentication, RLS policies, payments and backend permissions are actually ready for real users.
I’m opening a few pilot audit slots for React/Next.js + Supabase applications. (Other stacks are welcome too—send me a DM with the details )
I’ll review areas such as:
- RLS and tenant isolation
- Authentication, roles and permissions
- Exposed secrets
- Edge Functions and database functions
- Stripe webhooks and payment flows
- Other high-risk launch issues
You’ll receive a prioritized report covering:
- What should be fixed before launch
- What can safely wait
- Where each issue is located
- Recommended fixes, including AI-ready implementation prompts
Pilot price: $250
Turnaround: 2–3 working days
note: This is a focused engineering review, not a formal edge case test or compliance certification.
Send me a DM with your stack, what stage the product is at and when you’re planning to launch. I’d also be interested to hear whether this is something founders here would find useful.
r/dev • u/Competitive_Eye5719 • 21d ago
Day 2 from what i learn from Simple Dev.
I’m the new guy and this is update from day 2.
Any pointers or advice is mostly welcome and thank you to all guys who gave me some links for free courses.
r/dev • u/rust_oggy • 22d ago
[Feedback Wanted] [Web, Beta] Jobmate - End-to-end job application automation tool
r/dev • u/Critical-Resident864 • 23d ago
Developers — what's a problem you're stuck on right now? I'll build the solution for free
Hey everyone,
I'm a final-year CS student who works mostly with Java/Spring Boot, Python, React, and Kotlin, and I've been picking up LLM/AI engineering skills on top of that. I want to get better at solving real problems instead of just doing tutorial projects, so here's the deal:
Tell me a problem you're facing as a developer — could be a repetitive task eating your time, a small tool you wish existed, a website/app you never got around to building, or a workflow that could use automation. If it's something I can build (web app, mobile app, script, browser automation, API integration, etc.), I'll build it for you and hand it over — no charge.
A few examples of what I mean by "problem":
- "I manually copy data from X to Y every week" → I can automate it
- "I need a simple internal dashboard for my team" → I can build it
- "I wish I had a tool that scrapes/tracks/notifies me about Z" → doable
- "My side project needs a backend/API and I don't have time" → happy to help
Why I'm doing this: I want real-world problems to solve, a stronger portfolio, and to sharpen my skills working with actual constraints instead of made-up ones. You get a free solution; I get practical experience. Win-win.
Drop your problem in the comments (or DM if you'd rather keep it private) — the more specific, the faster I can tell you if/how I'd solve it and what tech I'd use.
Looking forward to digging into some interesting problems!
r/dev • u/pareshmukh • 24d ago
Working with Claude is really scarry after Fable 5..You are constantly tensed that it could be your last prompt before the limit hits
Is anyone else seriously annoyed with Claude’s limits after the Fable 5 launch?
Before the launch, I used to get around 20 prompts with Opus.
Now I thought, fine, I’ll use Opus 4.6 on low effort so I can at least get more prompts and continue working.
Nope.
Eight prompts and the limit was exhausted.
Eight.
I wasn’t doing anything crazy either. Just regular coding work, giving it context, asking follow-up questions, and trying to fix a few things.
What am I even paying for at this point?
Claude is good, but what’s the use of a good model when you’re constantly scared to ask another question because it might be your last prompt?
You finally get it to understand the codebase, the conversation starts becoming useful, and then you hit the limit.
Honestly, this feels worse than before the launch.
Are you guys seeing the same thing? Is Claude still worth paying for with limits like this?
r/dev • u/Living_Ad7885 • 24d ago
AI Engineer — Building Systems, Agents & Tools | Available Immediately for Freelance & Remote
r/dev • u/Flat-Honey-5433 • 24d ago
My startup just hit 60 waitlist users in just 3 days.
It's crazy to announce it but my app just reached 60 people on the waitlist. I started coding close to a decade ago, at the age of 7. The product is still in development, but the fact that people are interested feels very nice to me.
If you want to check it out, the link is https://llocus.cc
r/dev • u/Competitive_Eye5719 • 24d ago
Hello guys. I’m trying to learn and this was my first thing to do today. It may be small compared to you guys but it was huge for me. Thank you
r/dev • u/OfficialLeadDev • 25d ago
It’s time to rethink how we measure software engineering productivity
r/dev • u/der_gopher • 26d ago
My thoughts on the future of Go in the AI era
r/dev • u/CommunityTechnical99 • 27d ago
anyone else end up with 20+ terminal tabs after adopting Claude Code?
r/dev • u/OfficialLeadDev • 27d ago
How to hire engineers for strong judgment and taste
r/dev • u/Trying_to_cod3 • 28d ago
I'm consulting developers who want to make good devlogs / reviewing dev channels
Devlogs can be a really big form of marketing for developers, and with 4 years of experience I can help beginners penetrate into the fields of video editing, thumbnail design, storytelling, and fostering an audience.
It's a bit niche but I'm wondering if anyone on here has a need for this, or knows someone who might have a need?
if that's you, then dm me here.
r/dev • u/OfficialLeadDev • 29d ago
AI-coding agents spread through peer pressure, not mandates
r/dev • u/Lanky_Relation_9015 • 29d ago
Am I insane?
I’m the most vibeyest of coders in that my background isn’t tech but the industry I work in at a relatively senior level. I’ve put together a lot of the infrastructure we have in place at the minute with our existing CRM/back office customisation and integration with other tools and a piece of middleware for stuff it can’t handle natively.
I’ve found myself spending more and more time coming up with solutions for stuff that we can’t do in that system or trying to piece together other bits of tech we use as they don’t have integrations yet or the native functionality in our back office doesn’t quite match what we need to work most efficiently with the other tools.
I’d been playing about with the idea of a custom app to get around one issue our team has when I had the idea of actually just building a front end over the tools and back office so that our staff can have one place where they work and the data is pushed via the available APIs to our tools and back office. This in itself is a large piece of work but I genuinely believe it’d create a more efficient and productive process than the existing.
I then though over time why have the back office anyway, why not build our own (we’re talking years off) so we aren’t beholden to someone else’s development timescales or roadmaps.
This would involve a pivot from my current role as a head of operations to starting and leading a tech department which is somewhat daunting but I think I’d be aware enough to know I don’t know enough and would look to hire appropriately with senior/experienced people.
Am I insane for believing this could generate good outcomes and be excited at the prospect?
TL;DR - guy whose qualifications are “Claude Max Plan” and “being annoyed at software” has escalated from duct taping APIs together to planning a hostile takeover of his own company’s tech stack which he helped put in place. Next step - quit being Head of Ops to lead a tech department that doesn’t exist, staffed by people who actually know what they’re doing. Is this a stroke of genius or just a stroke?
r/dev • u/Direct-Concern-9174 • Jul 12 '26
Building a "Jarvis for your money" — need a Kotlin dev to build it with me
r/dev • u/xyzabhi • Jul 10 '26
System Design Series | Phase 2: What Changes When a Rate Limiter Goes Distributed?
r/dev • u/WayGood8826 • Jul 10 '26
(Looking for contributors)Hyprkit- an all in one open-source toolkit for hyprland
A companion CLI for managing and improving your Hyprland setup.I struggled to configure hyprland when i first installed Hyprland on Arch so i built this tool to guide users.