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Field notes on building production AI, scalable systems and shipping fast — by Daniyal Alam.

React Native vs Flutter in 2026: Which Should You Choose? — article cover
Mobile·Jun 8, 2026

React Native vs Flutter in 2026: Which Should You Choose?

A practical, honest comparison for founders and teams deciding how to build a cross-platform mobile app.

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From a ₨25,000 Salary to Founding DanixSoft — My Story — article cover
Founder·May 28, 2026

From a ₨25,000 Salary to Founding DanixSoft — My Story

How I went from a ₨25,000 first salary and two jobs to leading a 15+ engineer software studio.

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AI Chatbot Development: Adding a Smart Assistant to Your Product — article cover
AI & ML·May 15, 2026

AI Chatbot Development: Adding a Smart Assistant to Your Product

How to design, build and ship a reliable AI chatbot or assistant into a real product in 2026.

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Choosing a Software Development Company in Lahore (2026 Guide) — article cover
Business·May 2, 2026

Choosing a Software Development Company in Lahore (2026 Guide)

How to find and vet a reliable software house in Lahore — the criteria, questions and red flags that matter.

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How Much Does It Cost to Build a Web App in Pakistan? (2026 Pricing) — article cover
Business·Apr 18, 2026

How Much Does It Cost to Build a Web App in Pakistan? (2026 Pricing)

A transparent 2026 breakdown of what custom web and SaaS development actually costs in Pakistan.

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How to Hire a MERN Stack Developer in Pakistan (2026 Guide) — article cover
Hiring·Apr 5, 2026

How to Hire a MERN Stack Developer in Pakistan (2026 Guide)

What to look for, what to pay, and how to vet a MERN developer or team in Pakistan — from someone who runs one.

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How to Add AI to an Existing App Without Breaking It — article cover
AI & ML·Mar 15, 2026

How to Add AI to an Existing App Without Breaking It

A safe, incremental path to shipping LLM features into a production product your users already rely on.

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Prompt Engineering for Production AI: Beyond "Just Ask Nicely" — article cover
AI & ML·Mar 8, 2026

Prompt Engineering for Production AI: Beyond "Just Ask Nicely"

Patterns, evals and guardrails that make LLM features reliable enough to ship.

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Multi-Agent AI Systems: Orchestrating Multiple LLMs to Solve Hard Problems — article cover
AI & ML·Mar 1, 2026

Multi-Agent AI Systems: Orchestrating Multiple LLMs to Solve Hard Problems

How to coordinate specialised LLM agents — planners, workers and critics — into a reliable system.

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How to Build a SaaS MVP in 8 Weeks (Without Cutting the Wrong Corners) — article cover
Startups·Feb 20, 2026

How to Build a SaaS MVP in 8 Weeks (Without Cutting the Wrong Corners)

A founder-and-engineer's playbook for shipping a real SaaS MVP fast — scope, stack and sequencing.

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RAG: Build AI That Actually Knows Your Business Data — article cover
AI & ML·Feb 15, 2026

RAG: Build AI That Actually Knows Your Business Data

A practical guide to retrieval-augmented generation for grounded, trustworthy AI answers.

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How to Choose a Software Development Company (From Someone Who Runs One) — article cover
Business·Feb 10, 2026

How to Choose a Software Development Company (From Someone Who Runs One)

The questions that actually predict whether a dev shop will ship — and the red flags to walk away from.

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Next.js vs React in 2026: Which Should You Actually Use? — article cover
Frontend·Feb 2, 2026

Next.js vs React in 2026: Which Should You Actually Use?

When a plain React SPA is enough and when Next.js earns its keep — a no-hype decision guide.

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PostgreSQL vs MongoDB: How I Actually Choose — article cover
Backend·Jan 25, 2026

PostgreSQL vs MongoDB: How I Actually Choose

Relational or document? A practical framework based on your data shape, not database tribalism.

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Is the MERN Stack Still Worth It in 2026? — article cover
Full-Stack·Jan 18, 2026

Is the MERN Stack Still Worth It in 2026?

Where MongoDB, Express, React and Node still shine — and where I reach for something else.

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React Native Performance Optimization: 10 Tips That Actually Move the Needle — article cover
Mobile·Jan 8, 2026

React Native Performance Optimization: 10 Tips That Actually Move the Needle

Practical tips for faster renders and smaller bundles in production React Native apps.

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A Practical Guide to Serverless Architecture — article cover
Cloud·Jan 5, 2026

A Practical Guide to Serverless Architecture

Build scalable apps without managing servers — Lambda, Vercel Functions and the trade-offs.

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Building High-Performance REST APIs with FastAPI — article cover
Backend·Jan 1, 2026

Building High-Performance REST APIs with FastAPI

Async, typed and fast — designing FastAPI services that scale under load.

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