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Notes on Laravel, AI & SaaS Engineering
Real costs, tradeoffs, and lessons from projects I’ve actually shipped — no fluff.
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Muhammad Anas | Software Engineer, Laravel Developer & Content Creator from Okara, Pakistan
Muhammad Anas (The Okarvi) is a software engineer and PHP Laravel developer from Okara, Punjab, Pakistan, working with clients worldwide and creating content about tech and life in Okara. If…
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How Hard Is Software Engineering, Really? A Working Developer’s Honest Take
An honest answer to a question that gets very different responses depending on who you ask.
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Best Countries to Hire Remote Laravel Developers
A practical look at where companies actually find good remote Laravel talent, and why Pakistan belongs on that list.
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What It Costs to Build a Fintech Trading Platform (And What Determines the Price)
A realistic look at trading-platform development costs, from a developer who built a MetaTrader-style terminal.
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Computer Vision in Production: Lessons from Building a Real-Time Detection System
What changes when a computer vision model has to run in real time, on live video, instead of on a static test set.
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Do Software Engineers Really Work From Home?
What remote software engineering actually looks like day-to-day, from someone doing it full-time across international clients.
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SaaS vs. Custom ERP: What to Build When You’re Scaling Past Spreadsheets
Lessons from maintaining a multi-tenant ERP/POS system on when off-the-shelf SaaS stops being enough.
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AI Development Cost: What It Actually Takes to Build a Custom AI Application
A practical look at what drives AI application costs, from a developer who’s shipped production computer vision systems.
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How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Laravel Developer in 2026?
A real breakdown of Laravel developer rates by region and engagement type, from someone who actually does this work.