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Programming
Languages, algorithms, and the craft of writing great code.
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
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
Software Engineering
Architecture, design patterns, systems, and engineering culture.
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
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
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
AI
Artificial intelligence, LLMs, machine learning, and the future of intelligence.
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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
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
UI/UX Design
Design systems, user experience, interfaces, and visual craft.
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
Startups
Founder stories, growth strategies, funding, and building from zero.
Developer Tools
IDEs, CLIs, workflows, and tools that make developers more productive.
Tech News
Breaking news, big tech moves, and the stories shaping the industry.
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
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