Ali Ahsan Saeed

Proposal: (1 / 5) - Can we establish a new ministry or office with a strong mandate towards data centralization, data governance, transparency and advanced analytics beyond just simple statistics? Drive the nation forward with Data. @MMuizzu @presidencymv @min_mohst

Built something I’ve been wanting for a while. Waqt, a prayer times & ibadah app built for the Maldives 🇲🇻 Here’s what it does 👇

@WhoIsFishie While it may be difficult without proper government support and transparent procurement processes it poses as a challenge but does not signify impossibility, just requires careful thought and a way to navigate around those challenges not pack up and leave.

I keep getting told that if I leave local market and focus on international I would make more money in security research. There is no future here and skill isn't valued. There is a glass ceiling to ensure you can't move forward without relying on the government

@WhoIsFishie If people with proper skills give up and leave the country what hope is there to make things right? Everyone gets their knowledge abroad from great places funded mostly by the Maldivian government either loan or scholarship and then these scholars never return.

@aruhamm Looks so cool 🤩🤩🤩

tsukitalk - voice channels built on top of irc (ergo as ircd with custom protocols) bridged with livekit. buit-in music player grabbing music from yt-dlp. fully functional nickserv, chanserv and other irc features. just another brainrot project of the night.

@vichalhey Maybe one of the simpler solutions to congestion which can be implemented currently is setting different times for schools to finish instead of all at once same for offices as well.

Adding more vehicles to solve congestion was never a bright idea. (One reason that Taxis refuse to take rides inside Male is due to congestion).

@raftalks When it comes to paying Maldivian talent similar amounts it's not viable, but foreign parties means all funds suddenly become unlocked.

It’s confirmed, we have details of the entire team worked on the system testing phase. As suspected earlier 1 Sri Lankan developer is also part of this project team.

@anehkenaa Need this level of transparency everywhere 🤩

MVR 16,218.88 - 876 Votes = MVR 18.514 spent per Hingaamale' vote. Eligible Voters - 58,169 Voted - 32,329 Valid 30,270 Baathil - 2059 Turnout - 55.58 % / 25,840 didn't vote Total votes against parties - 2935 / 11.01 % of votes A huge victory against the establishment!

@WhoIsFishie Anthropic has left the chat.

Moosy losing saved us so many $ on ai subscriptions 👀

@MTCCPlc In order to promote male taxi line I took extra care to ensure all taxis are amphibious vehicles too

@MTCCPlc can sell this for only 2 million MVR 😆

@reallynattu @teacup_mv Need to bleach the eyes after seeing this 😆

@teacup_mv Literally shit!!

This government keeps undermining the intelligence of the public. Because they don't know how app development works, they think the rest of the public won't either. This does NOT require 13 million mvr. 13 MILLION ah we should've recieved an app to the levels of Grab or Uber.

@WhoIsFishie But when it comes to paying Maldivian local talented developers, the company becomes most broke company in history of Maldives. Cause Maldivian talent deserves 5 MVR for their beautiful hardwork 😁

Happens more often then you think Glad it's finally getting exposed

@WhoIsFishie If an app costs 100$ to develop we should be seeing apps everyday for everything we will ever need 🤔

What the fuck kinda stupid reporting is this The cost of listing an app on the AppStore alone is $100 Making good software ain't cheap Call out corruption but stop devaluing your own reporting by straight up lying about how much it costs to make an app

project of the night is skye 🙌

I’m told MTCC awarded a ~MVR 13 million “MaleTaxiApp” project to a company called FixedMaldives. Key concerns being raised: - No open bidding, only selected suppliers were invited - Fixed Maldives is a sole proprietorship registered in 2022, with no listed business names, activity permits, or relevant licenses - Their services don’t indicate app development capabilities - Portfolio shows experience in hardware, cameras, and networking: not software development - Project was reportedly due for completion in November, but app remains unfinished as of yesterday - Multiple payments have already been made This is something journalists should look into, to verify the facts, clarify the procurement process, and provide transparency on the project’s current status.

@iharis Easy, we make another portal for managing other portals 💀

More portals won’t fix broken processes. Digitizing chaos just gives you digital chaos. Systems and accountability come first.

@davidfowl Tech Influencer

No idea tally made hacker news news.ycombinator.com/item?id=464752… Where most people didn't even read what it does LOL

@Grady_Booch @original_ngv Honestly this feels like the best time to be a software engineer, it is so much more exciting to be one now.

I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become available over the last ~year and a failure to claim the boost feels decidedly like skill issue. There's a new programmable layer of abstraction to master (in addition to the usual layers below) involving agents, subagents, their prompts, contexts, memory, modes, permissions, tools, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP, LSP, slash commands, workflows, IDE integrations, and a need to build an all-encompassing mental model for strengths and pitfalls of fundamentally stochastic, fallible, unintelligible and changing entities suddenly intermingled with what used to be good old fashioned engineering. Clearly some powerful alien tool was handed around except it comes with no manual and everyone has to figure out how to hold it and operate it, while the resulting magnitude 9 earthquake is rocking the profession. Roll up your sleeves to not fall behind.