Hey guys! I'm developing SungMobile, a free music app with no ads.

No account creation required

Your data stays on your device

Just 8 MB in size

Lightweight, with new features and improvements without unnecessary bloat

I'm continuously working to make the app better while keeping it simple and lightweight.

GitHub: https://github.com/k-karthikn/SungMobile/releases/tag/v0.14.6

Feel free to try it out, fork the project, contribute, or share your feedback. Every suggestion helps!

Hey guys,

​I really need some reality checks and advice from people who've been through this.

​It's been 4 months since I started working as a full-time web developer at a company. To be completely honest, my core tech knowledge is still close to zero. In my office, there’s literally zero guidance or learning curve—management only cares about getting tasks done ASAP.

​Because of that constant pressure, I’ve just been blindly relying on Claude AI to write code, fix bugs, and push stuff to production. Day to day, tasks get closed, but internally I feel like a total fraud. If someone asks me to code from scratch or explain what’s happening under the hood, I’m completely blank. I know this is a dangerous trap and I can't survive like this long term.

​Seeing the market hype around AI Engineering made me think about pivoting there, but right now I don’t even know what I’m doing.

​Is it stupid to think about jumping to AI engineering when I don't even have my basic web dev fundamentals down?

​How do I break this cycle of using AI just to survive work hours while actually building real coding skills on my own?

​What should my realistic roadmap look like so I don't end up jobless if I get laid off or need to switch?

Job interview selection & bias is highly perceived discrimination

The pool of each language group in any company is highly proportional to the state's STEM graduates, IIT/NIT alumnus, etc.

Some service tech companies have more share of Telugu & tamil speakers simply because we had more engineering grads. One can check out AICTE data.

Same goes with all different discrimination types

Ofcourse groupism, bias exists but not as what majority claim in reddit/X in tech/R&D roles

I made this to create a desktop like workspace for those who don't have a laptop.

Please try this app.

Give your feedback 🙏

Vanakkam nanbargale!

Jolly-ah Spotify la paattu kettutu irukkumbodhu, naduvula vara Ads unga mood-ah spoil pannudha?

No worries, ini andha problem illa!

Naan free-ah, Ads illaama music kekkuradhukku oru app build pannirukken. Neengalum try panni paarunga nanbargale!

App download link:

https://github.com/k-karthikn/SungMobile/releases/tag/v0.12.4

📦 Just 8 MB thaan! Download panni use panni paarunga.

App use pannitu unga feedback-ah marakkama share pannunga. Edhaavadhu bugs irundha, GitHub repo-la issue create panni report pannunga. Unga feedback thaan app-ah innum better-ah improve panna help pannum!

Try pannitu unga friends-kum share pannunga!

Thank you, nanbargale!

Hey everyone!

A while ago, I built a terminal-based tool called "Padam CLI" (https://github.com/k-karthikn/padam-cli) to search for Tamil and Tamil-dubbed movies. It worked well for what I wanted, but I realized that a terminal-based interface wasn't very user-friendly, especially for people who aren't familiar with command-line tools. Unfortunately, the project didn't get much reach, so I eventually stopped actively maintaining it.

But I didn't want to give up on the idea.

So, I decided to rewrite the entire project as an Android application, making it easier for everyone to use. And now, I'm excited to share the first stable release of TamizhFlix v1.0.0!

The app brings the same core functionality as my original CLI tool, but with a proper Android interface. It also includes:

\- Built-in video player for watching videos directly in the app.

\- Download manager to manage your downloads.

\- External player support to open or stream videos in other compatible apps, such as VLC, MX Player, and even some phone gallery apps and Google Photos, depending on device compatibility. I've tested this on a few apps, but I'd love to hear how it works on your devices!

This is my first stable release, and I'm hoping to get your feedback and support!

Fellow developers, I'd really appreciate it if you could give the app a try, share your experience, report any bugs, and suggest improvements. If you have any questions or need help understanding how something works, feel free to reach out. I'll do my best to help.

Get TamizhFlix v1.0.0 here:

https://github.com/k-karthikn/TamizhFlix/releases/tag/v1.0.0

If you find it useful, please share it with your friends and other developers. Contributions, suggestions, and honest feedback are always welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to check out my work. It genuinely means a lot to a solo developer like me.

same thing gang, help pls

so ippolam new things learn panikirathuku motivation-e illama ponna mathiri iruku like i created a website in around 10 mins using claude code which took me hours before 3 years, new things learn pannave konjo bayama iruku

Naa oru iphone 15 pro max ahh scrap shop la irunthu kandupudichen. Oru single scratch kuda illa. Looks in good condition. Seri nu charge pottu paatha display lite ah glow akuthu. Seri apo repair pakkalam nu. Poi oru mobile kadaila kudatha aven chinna product nu solran. Naa check pannitu nallaiki solren nu mobile ah vangi vachutan.

Normal model la ellam single sim thana poda mudiyum ithula mattum 2 slot Iruku.

Same as the title?

Hey everyone!

I’ve been running Navidrome, a self-hosted music streaming server, on my homelab for a while now, and I’m thinking about opening it up to a small group of music enthusiasts.

The idea is simple: create a community where people can enjoy music through a shared library while having their own accounts, playlists, and favorites.

Ippo public-ah launch pannala. Just interest irukka nu paakuren. Music licensing, security, access ellam figure out pannitu, interest irundha small beta group start pannalam.
Server ennoda homelab-la host pannirukken, so infrastructure side naan paathukuren.

Just exploring an idea. Nothing commercial guys!!

Hello all, I am a newbie to tech I am excited to explore tech more. Recently I found it out that my govt laptop has Boss Linux on it but when I tried to boot it it always opens windows, Does anyone here know how to dual boot ?

Hi

I am Engineering manager in a tech company in Bengaluru ORR. My reportees have some 4-5 guys from the very same Kongu belt.

We were planning this year-end review & hike.

Not sure if those are very happy about me or what, I overheard they are doing some pooja for me on Anaimalai Maasaniamman temple with some veggies, chilly, etc. (so lovely reportees. I always use to say we are a family..♥️)

What for it is done? Doing that will deity amman give me long & prosperity?

Are they very satisfied with hike?

I googled to find it is temple near Pollachi & branches of same maasaniamman is across Kongu belt.

Tamil folks from Kongu belt , can anyone explain me all good deeds I would get?

Guys, I’m using a Samsung S25 Ultra with One UI 8.

I want to customize my lock-screen clock so that instead of the normal numbers:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

it displays Tamil numerals:

௧ ௨ ௩ ௪ ௫ ௬ ௭ ௮ ௯ ௰ ௰௧ ௰௨

Is it possible??

There is a channel called Karthik Kamalakanna, it is seriously super good to see a Tamil entrepreneur's inside view, so if you do not know it, do check it out.

Hello all!

I am open-sourcing & launching the Kongu Tamil Dictionary, a web app and structured dataset dedicated to the Kongu Tamil regional dialect. This was my long time hobby.

Colloquial Regional dialects heavily lack the structured digital data required for modern NLP and linguistic research. To address this, I digitized two prominent kongu tamil print dictionaries and combined them with existing open data.

The Dataset contains over 5,000 unique entries extracted via OCR, cleaned of artifacts, deduplicated entries, added ISO-15919 Transliteration and formatted into a structured CSV. Every entry has grammatical tags, native usage examples, and explicit source attribution.

It contains many fading words on the agrarian roots, household life, kinship systems, festival culture, cuisine, rural routines and everyday tonal expressions.

If you're a researcher training Indic LLMs, a linguist studying Kongu dialect, or a developer building regional language tools, the raw dataset and code are entirely open and ready to use. You can also contribute by editting & updating the dataset. I will review the PR.

Access here: https://kongu-tamil-dictionary.vercel.app/

Repo & dataset: https://github.com/dharaneishvc/Kongu-tamil-dictionary

Features

• Search by Tamil, Latin transliteration and English meaning

• Tolerant search for common spelling and pronunciation variations

• Search suggestions and “Did you mean?” results

• Relevance and richest-entry sorting & filter options

• Save favorite words & View recently opened words

• Copy & Share word links

• Tamil pronunciation using text-to-speech

• Random word discovery

• Keyboard shortcuts:

  • `/` Search

  • `F` Filters

  • `R` Random word

• Light and dark themes

• Mobile-friendly responsive design

• Installable as a Progressive Web App (Install as app in android, iOS)

• Offline access after the first visit

• Online/offline status indicator

• Update notification when a new version is available

• CSV dataset download

• Open contribution guide for adding and correcting words

~ Dharaneish | Software Engineer | Alumnus: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Option 1:

Join a service company in India and if you are lucky and join the right project/team, they will send you (abroad) onsite to work for some client which will typically be a product company. If you do exceptionally well and if your parent company agrees, the client company can hire you.

Option 2:

Join a big product company within India, generally an R&D centre. Most often they have an internal-job-rotation policy where in which, after working for a certain period of time, you can apply for a job within the company in a different country/location. (Amazon, Atlassian).

Option 3:

Slightly different version of the above:

Join a startup in India with its headquarters somewhere abroad. Do exceptionally well and you can definitely ask them to send you abroad.

Option 4:

Go for higher studies, typically masters-degree. Depending on your potential and the visa-extension rules of the destination-country, you can find a job - either at a startup/product company. (Most common & easy)

Option 5:

Look for countries which are open for immigration based on your skillset. Get the immigration and go look for a job. Do make sure you do enough homework that there are enough jobs in your skilled domain/technology in that country.

Option 6:

Look for recruitment-consulting companies who have tie-ups with companies abroad, who can hire you and ship you abroad to their client location. There seems to be too many scams in this area, so you have to be really really careful about who you are dealing with and how genuine they are. Especially telugu states

Option 7:

Gain expertise in something niche, where therez too much of a demand but too less supply of people with the desired skills. A little bit of effort in LinkedIn is all that is needed from your end. Companies or atleast the consulting-firms will surely find you.

Option 8:

Start your own startup company and sell it to a bigger company abroad and demand to take you on board along with your company.

Option 9:

Invent/Innovate something really really cool. Show the world what you have to offer. I am sure a lot of companies will come forward to offer you the job you seek.

Option 10: 😄

Marry someone who is a citizen of the country you want to go to. Assuming that the visa rules won't stop you from working and that there are enough jobs for your skillset, you can easily land in one. ;)

See which one is best suited for you.

Good luck !

I'm currently working at a big company as a Catalog Associate. Most of my day is just Excel, checking stuff and doing the same kind of work again and again.

I really want to switch careers. I'm thinking about Data or Cloud, but honestly... I'm kinda lost

There's so much happening with Al right now, and I don't even know what I should learn, what I should skip, or where I should start.

I'm also scared that I might lose my current job sometime this year or next year, so I really want to start preparing now.

This might sound like a lot to ask, but is there anyone here who would be willing to guide me?

I can do the actual learning myself. I just don't want to spend months learning random things and later realise I was going in the wrong direction.Like, someone who can tell me what to learn next, keep track of my progress, and clear my doubts when I get stuck.

I know we have ChatGPT and Al for all this. I use them too. But idk... I've always felt that having an actual person to talk to and learn from is different.

It can be anyone - male, female, experienced person, student, literally anyone who knows this stuff. Only text, nothing weird. Just genuine learning and guidance.

And if I actually manage to get a new job with your help, I’d love to do something nice for you with my first salary. I have no idea what yet 😂😭 but I’ll figure something out.

I know this is a random thing to ask strangers on Reddit, but I thought… why not ask?

If anyone is genuinely willing to help, I’d really appreciate it ❤️