Mini Command: A Free Online RTS Game in Your Browser (and How I Built It)
Projects 10 min read 120 views
TLDRMini Command is a free 1v1 real-time strategy game in your browser: how to play, winning strategies, and how it runs on Cloudflare for $0.
Blog
Writing on PHP internals and RFCs, AI and LLM tools, and the things I build and ship. 33 posts.
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RFC Merged into PHP Core: Object Property Writes on Constants (PHP 8.6)
PHP 5 min read — views
TLDRMy PHP RFC passed 17-2-6 and merged into php-src: in PHP 8.6 you can write to a property of an object held in a constant. What changed, and why.
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Contributing to PHP Core: Fixing a NAN Reflection Bug
PHP 6 min read 1,573 views
TLDRContributing to PHP core is more approachable than you think — here is how I fixed a Reflection NAN warning and merged the PR into PHP 8.5.
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Avatoon: 3D Talking Avatar with Lip-Sync in React
Projects 10 min read 1,688 views
TLDRAvatoon is a free React component for a 3D talking avatar with real-time lip-sync on web and React Native. Learn what it is and how it works.
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Semantic Search from Scratch: Build Search That Understands Meaning
AI 7 min read 142 views
TLDRLearn semantic search from scratch in Python — embeddings, cosine similarity, a working example, and how to scale it with a vector database.
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PR #20902 Merged into PHP Core: ReflectionConstant::inNamespace()
PHP 3 min read 571 views
TLDRMy PR #20902 added ReflectionConstant::inNamespace() to PHP core, aligning the Reflection API so constants match classes and functions.
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Packing List Generator (Travel / Work / Gym)
Projects 2 min read 863 views
TLDRA packing list generator app with ready templates for travel, work, and gym. Build checklists, tick items off as you pack, and work fully offline.
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From Prompt Engineers to “Brain Data Trainers”: The Rise of EEG/fMRI Slaves
AI 4 min read 1,350 views
TLDRFrom prompt engineers to brain data trainers: why EEG and fMRI recordings are becoming the next frontier of AI training data, and what it costs.
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Beware of Fake Coding Interviews: How Crypto Wallet Scammers Target Developers
Projects 5 min read 1,254 views
TLDRFake coding interviews are targeting developers with crypto wallet tasks. Here are the red flags I saw twice and how to protect your wallet.
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Devbox: Reproducible Development Environments Made Simple
Projects 4 min read 1,236 views
TLDRDevbox uses Nix hashing to give your team reproducible development environments from one devbox.json file, with no global installs and no drift.
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The Hidden Clock: When Code Leaks Secrets
PHP 2 min read 1,004 views
TLDRA timing attack on your Forgot Password flow can reveal which emails exist. See how response delays leak data and how to reply in constant time.
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تأخير TLS: الميلي ثانية اللي بتبطّأ موقعك من غير ما تحس
How-to 3 min read 1,990 views
TLDRتأخير TLS ممكن يزود وقت كل اتصال جديد 350-500 ميلي ثانية. اعرف يعني إيه مصافحة TLS وإزاي تقللها وتسرّع موقعك من غير ما تغير الكود.
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[PHP-DEV] [RFC Idea] Proposal: Loop Unrolling in Userland via #[Unroll(N)] Attribute
PHP 3 min read 1,038 views
TLDRPHP loop unrolling from userland: an early RFC idea for an #[Unroll(N)] attribute that lets the compiler expand hot loops at compile time.
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How I Built and Published SoftCropper – A Python Tool to Automate Image Prep for CanvasMagnet
PHP 2 min read 1,228 views
TLDRSoftCropper is a Python tool to resize and blur images for print. It squares photos and adds soft blurred borders with OpenCV. Open source CLI.
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How I Added Token & LLM Cost Estimation to the Indexing Pipeline of Microsoft GraphRAG
PHP 3 min read 5,926 views
TLDRLLM token cost estimation for GraphRAG: how I added a feature to preview token usage and projected OpenAI costs before indexing large datasets.
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How I’m Shaping the Future of Makyee Through Collaboration and User Engagement
Projects 4 min read 1,507 views
TLDRUser-driven product design in practice: how I let Makyee users vote between two designs and turned their feedback into the feature we shipped.
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How to Hire Developers: Lessons from My Journey in Dubai
PHP 4 min read 1,646 views
TLDRHow to hire developers: what I learned from Amazon's process, running technical assignments, and interviewing engineers as a manager in Dubai.
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Makyee’s First Contest: Building Community and Achieving Success
Projects 2 min read 1,431 views
TLDRThe first Makyee community contest, plus new WhatsApp and Telegram channels, grew engagement and brought the platform closer to its audience.
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توثيق رحلتي مع ماكي: دروس تعليمية باللغة العربية لتحقيق التميز في العقارات (Makyee)
Projects 2 min read 2,198 views
TLDRسلسلة دروس ماكي التعليمية باللغة العربية تشرح مزايا المنصة واستراتيجيات المحترفين في السوق العقاري الأساسي والثانوي خطوة بخطوة.
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Behind Makyee: My Journey as CTO in Revolutionizing Real Estate Technology
PHP 3 min read 1,641 views
TLDRMy journey as a real estate technology CTO at Makyee: leading the tech team and building a broker-free property platform for Dubai's market.
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Transform Your Photos with ArtifyMaster’s Swap Face Feature
AI 4 min read 1,867 views
TLDRHow ArtifyMaster's AI face swap feature works, what makes its results stand out, and how to use it for social, marketing, and creative projects.
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ArtifyMaster vs. ChatGPT: Why My AI Tool Outshines the Competition
AI 2 min read 3,057 views
TLDRArtifyMaster vs ChatGPT: a real comparison on removing backgrounds and watermarks, and why a purpose-built AI image editor wins on these tasks.
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I Designed A Tiny Hardware Microcontroller Automation Project That Saved Me +60 Hours / Per Week
How-to 1 min read 3,116 views
TLDRA tiny hardware microcontroller automation project, with my algorithm flashed onto its memory, saved me over 60 hours per week. Here is the story.
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CloudyInputs | SaaS for Auto words and sentences prediction using AI and Drafting users' inputs
PHP 1 min read 2,612 views
TLDRCloudyInputs adds AI form autocomplete and sentence prediction to web forms, saves user input instantly, and gives you a dashboard of insights.
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whereisdep a C++ CLI application to search package.json dependencies in given directories
How-to 3 min read 2,145 views
TLDRwhereisdep is a C++ CLI tool that finds unused package.json dependencies across directories, so you can trim bundle size and speed up loading.
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When SSR Meets Vercel Limits: Solving 15s Timeout on Serverless APIs
How-to 4 min read 9,541 views
TLDRFix Vercel serverless function timeout and 504 errors by setting maxDuration in vercel.json. Pro allows up to 300 seconds, Hobby only 10.
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Released My First Hardware Product | IR LED Sensor
hardware 1 min read 2,221 views
TLDRI built a low-budget IR LED sensor that detects infrared from any remote control at over 5 meters. Here is how the 3x3cm circuit works.
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Get Live Real-time Price Of Gold in Grams In Google Sheets For Free
How-to 4 min read 3,632 views
TLDRGet the live gold price in Google Sheets for free with a short Apps Script function. Fetch real-time gram rates and refresh the cell automatically.
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Bug in iPhone “General" settings page title
How-to 1 min read 4,577 views
TLDRAn iPhone General settings bug shows the wrong page title and a dead Select button after navigating back from Review My Videos. Steps to reproduce.
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LinkNexa - Paste your frequent forms inputs with only 1-click
Software 1 min read 4,644 views
TLDRLinkNexa is a Chrome extension that saves your frequent form inputs in folders and pastes them into any field with one click. Save time on forms.
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Random Quotes Mobile Application
How-to 1 min read 3,475 views
TLDRA simple random quotes app for Android. Pick how many daily quotes to fetch and let positive, inspirational quotes guide your day. Free on Google Play.
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PHP Closure Recursive Functions - Variable Scope
PHP 4 min read 4,720 views
TLDRA PHP closure recursive function fails unless you bind the variable by reference. Here is the error, why it happens, and the one-character fix.
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How to Solve Service not available because of maintenance activities, please try again after some time.
How-to 3 min read 3,623 views
TLDRFix 'Service not available because of maintenance activities' when running npx eas submit -p ios and Apple Developer Portal authentication failed.
