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Starlink in Lebanon: Satellite Internet Arrives Under Strict State Control
After years of delays and a fragile telecom sector battered by crisis and conflict, Lebanon has officially licensed SpaceX’s Starlink—but residential users are still locked out. Here’s what the rollout means for businesses, NGOs, and a country desperate for reliable connectivity.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
The Best PostgreSQL ORMs for Node.js in 2026
PostgreSQL is often the database of choice for serious Node.js applications, but the ORM you put in front of it shapes everything from migrations to type safety. Here’s how Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM, MikroORM, Sequelize, and Kysely compare.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Inside the Ball: How the 2026 World Cup's Connected Match Ball Tracks Every Touch at 500Hz
The official 2026 World Cup ball, "Trionda," hides a suspended motion sensor that streams 500 measurements per second. Here's how the connected-ball system works, the refereeing problem it solves, its sensor-fusion architecture, and the engineering trade-offs baked into a piece of hardware that has to survive a 120 km/h strike.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
PHP in 2026: The Comeback Language Nobody Saw Coming
Long written off as legacy plumbing, PHP enters 2026 faster, stricter, and more loved than it has been in a decade. Here's why the language behind 70% of the web is quietly having its best year yet.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
The Front Door Was Never the Problem
Attackers stopped kicking down the front door a while ago. Now they slip in through the dependencies you never think about and 2024's xz backdoor showed just how close they came to owning half the internet.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
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How AWS Became Formula 1's Secret Engineering Partner
The partnership between Formula 1 and Amazon Web Services reshaped how races are run, broadcast, and understood, turning raw telemetry into insight and giving teams a competitive edge measured in milliseconds.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
How Much Does a Website Cost in Lebanon? (2026 Breakdown)
A complete breakdown of website costs in Lebanon for 2026. Landing pages, business sites, e-commerce stores, and custom web apps, with real pricing ranges and what actually drives the cost.
Abed El-Fattah Amouneh
Software Developer & Co-founder of Voxire
expo-sqlite vs op-sqlite: Which SQLite Library Should You Use in React Native?
Both expo-sqlite and op-sqlite bring local SQLite storage to React Native apps, but they take very different paths to get there. Here's what actually matters when choosing between them.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Claude Mythos and the Overhyped Promise of AI-Powered Bug Hunting
Anthropic's Claude has genuinely impressive reasoning capabilities, and its recent security research work is real but the breathless headlines declaring a new era of autonomous vulnerability discovery are getting ahead of the actual evidence.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Beyond Static Vectors: Why Rive is Replacing the Traditional Animation Handoff
For years, product teams have been forced to compromise on interface animation, squeezing bulky video files or rigid JSON strings into native apps. Rive changes the game entirely by building interactivity directly into the design asset, letting teams ship lightweight, state-driven graphics that respond to real-time data.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Microinteractions: The Small Details Users Love
Tiny animations and subtle feedback can dramatically improve user experience when used correctly.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Why Good UI Feels Invisible
The best interfaces often go unnoticed because they remove friction and help users focus on their goals instead of the design itself.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
The Psychology Behind Color in UI Design
Colors influence emotion, trust, and user behavior. Understanding color psychology helps designers build more effective interfaces.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
From 0 to $10M ARR: The Unsexy Truth About Startup Growth
Every founder wants a viral growth loop and product-led growth. Most successful startups got to $10M ARR doing something far less glamorous. Here's what actually works.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Design Tokens Are Eating the World (And That's a Good Thing)
Once a niche concept used by a handful of large design systems teams, design tokens have gone mainstream. Here's why every product team needs them, and how to adopt them without over engineering.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
The 10x Engineer Myth: What High Performance Really Looks Like
The notion of a lone genius programmer who produces ten times the output of their peers persists in tech culture. The reality of high-performing engineering teams is far more interesting—and replicable.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
Rust in 2026: Why Systems Programmers Are Finally Happy
After years of steep learning curves and borrow checker battles, the Rust ecosystem has matured into something remarkable. We talk to engineers who made the switch and never looked back.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer
The AI-Native Developer: How LLMs Are Rewriting the Way We Code
Large language models have moved far beyond autocomplete. Here's how leading engineers are rethinking their entire development workflow around AI—and what that means for the next generation of software.
Ahmad Tarabein
Software Developer