r/PinoyProgrammer

Genuine question sa mga programmers/developers dito.

I'm still learning and hindi ako heavily reliant sa AI. Oo, gumagamit ako nito as a tool, pero inaaral ko pa rin bawat line ng code, iniintindi ko kung paano siya gumagana, at nanonood pa rin ako ng coding tutorials at lessons para matutunan ko talaga yung concepts.

With AI getting better and better, napapaisip ako. Hindi ba kayo nakakaramdam ng kahit kaunting pressure knowing that a lot of people can now build systems just by relying heavily on AI?

Don't get me wrong. I actually think it's amazing na mas maraming tao ang nagkakaroon ng way para mabuo yung ideas nila. And no offense din sa mga pure vibe coders. Hindi ito hate post or anything.

Curious lang ako sa mga developers na dumaan talaga sa process ng pag-aaral kung paano gumagana ang code, kung paano mag-debug manually, paano magbasa ng documentation, paano mag design ng structure ng isang system, at kung paano talaga i-solve yung problems instead of just asking AI for the answer.

Hindi ba kayo natatakot na baka dumating yung point na sobrang dami na ng developers dahil sa AI? Or sa tingin niyo, kahit gaano pa kagaling yung AI, iba pa rin yung value ng taong talagang naiintindihan kung paano nagwowork yung code?

I'm not trying to compare or start an argument. Gusto ko lang talaga maintindihan kung paano ninyo tinitingnan yung future ng software engineering habang sobrang bilis mag improve ng AI.

Hello. As a developer how would you use AI if you want to understand the codebase, data model, and the app itself?

Need your thoughts lang din. Thanks in advance!

Hi, i am currently building ecommerce web app using MERN stack. Ai would like to ask how do you handle your guest users? Do you require them to register or not? If not, how do you handle their checkout session?

Ask ko na din po ung flow ninyo for the ecommerce

Hello po! May mga college students po ba rito na currently nag-OJT? Ask ko lang po kung may naka-experience na lumipat ng OJT company. Na-credit pa rin po ba yung mga hours na na-render niyo sa previous company? Paano po naging process? Salamat po!

Is the PERN stack reliable enough to ensure current and future job security, or should I consider adding another programming language or framework to strengthen prospects?

Hello, was wondering if there's any AI software engineer here? What's your day to day job? I'm planning to shift in this career within 1-2yrs. I've learned a bit of Langchain, Langgraph and RAG using local llm via ollama. I'm wondering if it's worth it to pursue, I'm currently and embedded test engineer.

I'm currently using Claude Pro. Any recommendations for AI tools or workflows that can speed up frontend development, especially for UI/UX and animations?

I'm fairly comfortable with backend development, so I'd like to maximize AI for building the frontend faster.

Are there any skills, MCPs, or other tools you would recommend learning to improve my workflow?

Thanks in advance!

To introduce myself, di ako programmer but rather a product designer na nagvi-vibe code for roughly about a year now. Mainly went this route because of shift sa work culture and company provides us (more like forces us) the resources to use tools like Claude Code and Cursor.

Now, I'm working on my portfolio and while I started doing it via Lovable, I can't being myself to pay the minimum subscription fee. Also, I want to try and create a more interactive or complex but still intuitive flow sa portfolio ko (similar to like those in awwwards). So I tried looking for open source alternatives and I went with Vscode and Opencode. However the free tier is really a downgrade from Claude (and I already anticipate that from reading online but I just want to try it nonetheless).

So ngayon gusto ko lang I check if subscribing to the Opencode Go is worth it? I still try to use Claude (to help me since di ako makapag-paste ng image and may company account naman) to help me generate the prompt for Opencode. However if there are other cheaper alternatives rin aside from Opencode na safe that would be fine as well. Last resort ko na lang siguro mag-subscribe sa Claude Code.

I'm just curious lang, what is the current sentiment at this time on using LLMs for coding sa area niyo today?

Whats their reaction when they see AI on applicant's resume?

I imagine marami parin conservative and see it as a hype - skeptic, frowned upon, neutral, transformative?

Edit 1: I meant emphasis among engineers pala but feedback from business or mgmt is valuable too

Hi, I'm currently 31 years old (M). I recently lost my government job after working there for 10 years as an administrative staff. At the same time, I've also been working as a freelance graphic designer, but many of my clients have started cutting back because of AI.

Now I'm feeling stuck and unsure about what to do next. Part of me wants to go back to my first love—IT, specifically web development. However, I'm worried because I only have an associate degree in Web Development, and I'm afraid the field is already oversaturated. I also wonder if my age puts me at a disadvantage.

Another option I'm considering is switching careers completely and becoming a CAD drafter or Revit designer. Or should I just focus on finding work abroad as an OFW?

Is it too late for me to pursue a career in IT again? I'd really appreciate any advice or experiences from people who have been in a similar situation.

I'm a 4th year IT student, and we discussed this topic back when I was in 2nd year, but I honestly forgot most of it.

I'm just curious—how often does this come up in technical interviews? And in actual software development, do you really use these concepts?

I've already built a few projects, and now that I'm thinking about it, I don't even remember if I used any of these concepts. (I probably did unknowingly, but I wasn't consciously applying them.)

Is it still worth relearning these concepts and studying them again? Do I need to memorize them by heart, or is it more important to just understand how they work and when to use them?

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Currently building for a client. Gusto nila online or cloud

Scopes are the following :

Dashboard

Customer Management

Memberships / Packages

Products / Inventory

Scheduling & Calendar

Reservations & Bookings

Attendance / Check-in

Payments & Billing (manual)

Invoices & acknowledgement receipt ( not bir)

Promotions & Discounts

Reports & Analytics

Staff & Role Management

Notifications (Local)

Settings & Configuration

Data Backup (Manual)

Audit Logs

What are the current rates right now for saas custom clients. Small business lng to.

Incoming 3rd year next month currently wala pa din akong solid project lahat is in progress. these past few days sobrang down ko dahil feeling ko wala akong progress, currently yung techstack ko is Typscript, Nodejs, Tailwind, MonggoDb at minimal experience sa supabase. After ng project na ginagawa ko ngayon which is e-commerce multi-store feature plan ko is mag aral na ng python at postgre since fullstack and data analyst ang aim ko.

For a 3rd year cs student ok na ba ito since andami kong nakikita na school mates ko andami nilang ibat ibang programming language na alam which is feeling ko left behind ako sakanila kaya wala akong gana gumawa ng project mentally drain na ako.

Questions:

° ilan projects ang ideal sa job application

°ilang programming language ba dapat ang aralin ko .

Hi everyone! I’m currently working as an accountant, but lately gusto ko talagang mag-upskill and one of the things that caught my interest is programming/coding.

Right now, I’ve been watching Doji Creates on YouTube and focusing on learning Python. Medyo nage-gets ko naman yung basics, pero since I have zero IT background, there are times na feeling ko ang bagal kong matuto or parang ang bobo ko kapag may concept na hindi ko agad maintindihan. Nahihirapan ako sa coding but at the same time nag-eenjoy ako haha.

For those who started from scratch and eventually got into tech, do you have any tips, study habits, learning resources, or advice that helped you along the way? How long did it take bago kayo naging comfortable sa coding?

Would really appreciate any insights. Thanks!