Hadaf hosts the first Monthly Hangout for Afghanistan's tech community
On May 10, 2026, Hadaf Educational Platform launched the first of a new Monthly Hangout Series for Afghanistan's tech community. Hosted by Hadaf founder Haroon Azizi with NETLINKS founder Farshid Ghyasi as special guest — an open-format conversation on vibe coding, the future of software engineering, cybersecurity in Afghan-built apps, and how the industry is shifting worldwide.
A first for Afghanistan's tech community
On May 10, 2026, Hadaf Educational Platform hosted the first Monthly Hangout Session for members of Afghanistan's growing technology community.
The initiative was created by Haroon Azizi, founder and CEO of Had.af and Code.af, with the goal of creating an open and accessible space where people across Afghanistan's tech ecosystem can connect, exchange ideas, and learn from one another — wherever they happen to be in the world.
An intentionally open format
What made this session distinctive was its informal, open-ended structure. Unlike a traditional webinar or a tightly produced panel, the hangout was designed to be accessible to everyone — beginners, active learners, working software engineers, and experienced professionals. Anyone could ask a question, share an idea, or raise a challenge or opportunity they were seeing in the industry.
That format is harder to pull off than it sounds. It depends on a host who can keep the conversation moving without dominating it, and on attendees willing to participate rather than just listen. Both were present.
Who spoke
The session was hosted by Haroon Azizi, with Farshid Ghyasi, founder and CEO of NETLINKS, joining as special guest.
Farshid is widely recognized as the visionary behind Jobs.af, Afghanistan's largest job-hunting platform, and as a leading figure in the country's technology sector through NETLINKS — a company with more than two decades of experience in software development and digital innovation.
What was discussed
The conversation covered a wide range of timely topics, including:
- Vibe coding and its emerging role in modern development
- The evolving future of software engineering
- Cybersecurity challenges in Afghan-built applications
- Recent developments within Afghanistan's technology community
- How software development practices are rapidly changing worldwide
Participants described the session as highly engaging and valuable — appreciating both the openness of the conversation and the chance to interact directly with experienced professionals and innovators actively shaping Afghanistan's digital future.
The platform behind the event
The entire event was hosted directly inside the Hadaf web and mobile app, and ran for more than two hours without lag, interruption, or technical delay. That's a quiet detail, but an important one: it shows Hadaf has matured into a credible digital learning and collaboration ecosystem for Afghanistan in its own right — not just a destination for content, but the underlying infrastructure for community gatherings of this kind.
What's next
Hadaf will continue running these Monthly Hangout Sessions as a recurring series. If you're part of Afghanistan's tech ecosystem — anywhere in the world — Hadaf is where the next one will be.
If you're a business looking at AI adoption, software engineering capacity, or digital transformation and want to talk through what the next 12-24 months should look like, we're happy to have that conversation.
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