u/DudPro

I need to vent and warn anyone considering using Hostinger for their VPS needs. My KVM 4 plan isn’t even expired yet—the expiration date is June 18, 2026 (about two weeks away)—and I have decided not to renew.

As soon as they realized I wasn't renewing, it feels like they completely cut me off from my own server to force my hand. Suddenly:

• My external SSH connection (Port 22) is completely blocked/disabled from the outside.
• My PostgreSQL database connection (Port 5432) is dead.
• The URL to my Dokploy panel is completely unreachable.

My application and data are literally sitting on a running server that I paid for, but they have completely locked down outside access, making it incredibly difficult for me to migrate my data out cleanly before the final cutoff.

To make matters worse, their customer support is an absolute joke. It is completely walled off by an aggressive AI assistant ("Kodee") that refuses to route to an actual person. Every single time I urgently demand to speak to a human, the bot just puts me in a fake infinite queue and gives me the exact same copy-pasted response:

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No one ever joins. I am stuck in a loop with a bricked server that I still legally own for the next two weeks, and an AI support bot that acts like a brick wall.

If you care about having actual root control over your server and need reliable support when things go wrong, stay far away from Hostinger VPS. They will lock you out the moment you decide to leave.

Has anyone used Antigravity in paid mode? I've used Codex. The problem with Codex is that it sucks at frontend design, but it's really good for backend tasks.

The GPT model has "card syndrome"—it constantly puts cards inside cards. Claude is great at both frontend and backend, but it burns tokens too fast; it's only viable if you go for the $100 or $200 plan.

I sometimes use Antigravity's free mode mainly to fix designs made by Codex. Is the paid tier worth it?

I’m currently working as a Full Stack Developer for a Europe-based company (remote), but I was just handed a layoff notice due to company downsizing.

According to management, the company is struggling to land new projects because clients are starting to use AI to build things internally. On top of that, several clients who paid us for ongoing maintenance are discontinuing services because they’ve adopted AI tools to handle it themselves.

I’ve been hunting for a new remote role, but the Western job market is brutally competitive right now, and I haven't found anything suitable.

Because of this, I’m considering looking back into the local market. I worked for a Nepali tech company early in my career, but my experience back then wasn't great—delayed salaries and the classic "hired for one role, forced to do five others" routine. Recently, I've interviewed with a few local companies, but the salary offers just weren't competitive. Additionally they prefer on-site.

For those currently working locally:

1. How is the job market in Nepal right now for mid/senior Full Stack devs? Are companies actively hiring, or is it slow here too?
2. Has the culture improved? Do established Nepali tech companies (or outsourced agencies based in KTM) still struggle with late salaries and extreme scope creep, or are there better, more professional workplaces now?