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Switching from Node to Go for a Nepali fintech — 6-month report
Migrated our payment reconciliation service from Node to Go in Q4 2025. Real numbers: – p99 latency: 240ms → 38ms – Memory: 1.2GB → 180MB – Hiring: HARDER.…
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Cursor + Claude vs Copilot — which is winning for Nepal-based devs?
Spending 11k NPR/mo on subscriptions feels insane but the productivity is real. Curious what setup other Nepali engineers actually pay for from their own pocket vs company-funded. Comment…
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2026 Nepal tech salary thread — share role, years, range
Reposting this every 6 months because the Nepal tech market is opaque. Format: Role / Years experience / Range NPR per month / Company size. I’ll start: Senior…
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System design for senior roles in Nepal — what they’re really testing
Did 4 senior interviews. The bar is not the same as the LeetCode-influencer videos suggest. Nepali interviewers care more about: trade-off articulation, knowing when NOT to scale, and…
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Launched a small SaaS for Nepali small businesses — 23 paying customers in month 1
Built a simple inventory + invoicing tool, NPR 499/mo, target audience = small Kathmandu retailers. Marketed only via Facebook reels in Nepali. Took 11 weeks to build, 1…
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What React questions are Nepali companies actually asking in 2026?
Did 5 interviews last month at Nepali companies of varying sizes. The pattern: – Small companies (under 30): pure React, hooks deep dive, performance tuning. – Mid (30-150):…
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Nepali devs being hired by Indian startups remotely — anyone else seeing this?
Three friends got offers from Bengaluru series-B startups in the last two months, all fully remote, paying INR 35-50 LPA. The trend feels new. Is this an anomaly…
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Best tech stack for a Nepali SaaS startup targeting global customers?
Next.js (or Remix) + Postgres + a managed deployment (Vercel, Fly, Render) + Stripe (via partner) — boring stack, fast time-to-first-customer.
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Imposter syndrome as a self-taught Nepali developer — how do you push through?
Ship in public, keep a private wins log, find one mentor and one peer group, and accept that the feeling does not fully go away — it gets…
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