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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026) on Monday May 04, 2026 @08:51AM (#48008050)
Location: Canada

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Javascript/Typescript, PHP, NextJS, Laravel, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, AI/LLM

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ao-lawani

Email: info - at - zaqlabs.com

Software engineer with experience working across various industries including energy and fintech. Experienced in all levels of the Software Development Lifecycle.

Re:Ask HN: Tools to Code Using Voice? on Saturday February 14, 2026 @07:20PM (#47019846)
Flow might be what you are looking for https://wisprflow.ai
Re:Ask HN: What did you read in 2025? on Sunday December 28, 2025 @06:49PM (#46415712)
Virtual Selling by Jeb Blout
Re:Botswana Successfully Launches First Satellite, Botsat-1 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @11:51PM (#43490239)
Why so much negativity under this post? This is a positive in terms of global scientific and technological progress.
Re:Ask HN: Simple MySQL admin tool that can import CSV? on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:56PM (#37344680)
Use HeidiSQL, It's free and easy to use.
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here? on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:39PM (#36592842)
blog.zaqlabs.co.
Yep. They have a niche there. The only worthy alternative in their space is QGIS.
PHP / Laravel. Its not a contest. Its easy to write and setup. It has auth, security, templating and all you need.
Re:Ask HN: How do I find my next job? on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:21AM (#31653854)
It varies from company to company and role to role.
Re:What is the biggest problem you have in work on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:09PM (#31512035)
Outdated Tools
Wordpress. Worked in company using Woocommerce for their e-commerce solution, It was profitable at that. That is if you want a quick and simple solution. If you want something less turnkey and more flexible but more tasking, Django or Laravel is a good option.

Don't overcomplicate things, simplicity is often underrated on the web side of development. This is coming from a guy who writes low level embedded c and c++ on a daily basis.

Re:Ask HN: Learn C++11 or Rust in 2022? on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @10:35AM (#31248842)
Look at the practical side of things, C++ is going nowhere and its improving. C++ is simple just write and compile. No rustc, cargo and rustup combo. Both languages are good but one is tested and tried.
Re:Democracy at Work Is Bad on Sunday April 17, 2022 @04:44PM (#31064313)
I agree, a business should have a roadmap from management not the other way around
Re:Ask HN: Easiest way to build a CRUD app? on Sunday February 13, 2022 @12:22PM (#30323425)
Laravel. Hands down.

Ask HN: Bloated Node.js CMSes

Is it just me or are NodeJS content management systems like Ghost, Strapi very difficult and slow to install. And when you eventually do install they are resources hungry, large, over-abstracted and have too little in-built tools?Not a rant kinda person but I curious about others experience. Am I doing something wrong?

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2022) on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:11AM (#29806070)
Currently in Lagos

Remote yes

Willing to relocate

I use PHP/Laravel, Golang, Python, Javascript/React

Resume: www.sheunlawani.com

Email is numinetech(at)hotmail(dot)com

Would love to hear from you.

Re:From Node to Ruby on Rails on Thursday December 16, 2021 @09:33AM (#29578495)
Tried it. Had issue with integrating packages and developing across Windows/Linux platform.

Deploying was also hell.

But it was fast, stable and once you solve a problem it is solved 100% .

Re:From Node to Ruby on Rails on Thursday December 16, 2021 @09:30AM (#29578458)
I have observed this but with Laravel/PHP. If you are a specialist NodeJS is not bad. But if you are a generalist with deadline and business logic to implement a more mature development ecosystem is advisable, in my opinion.
Re:Ask HN: What are the best charting / graphing JavaScript tools on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:56AM (#25518180)
Excel?