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Software engineering, PHP internals, AI, and side projects. 32 posts.

• RFC Merged into PHP Core: Object Property Writes on Constants (PHP 8.6)

  Aug 13, 2026 · 5 min read · — views

  My 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.

• Contributing to PHP Core: Fixing a NAN Reflection Bug

  Jul 17, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,573 views

  Contributing 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.

• Avatoon: 3D Talking Avatar with Lip-Sync in React

  Jul 16, 2026 · 10 min read · 1,688 views

  Avatoon 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.

• Semantic Search from Scratch: Build Search That Understands Meaning

  Jul 14, 2026 · 7 min read · 142 views

  Learn semantic search from scratch in Python — embeddings, cosine similarity, a working example, and how to scale it with a vector database.

• PR #20902 Merged into PHP Core: ReflectionConstant::inNamespace()

  Feb 17, 2026 · 3 min read · 571 views

  My PR #20902 added ReflectionConstant::inNamespace() to PHP core, aligning the Reflection API so constants match classes and functions.

• Packing List Generator (Travel / Work / Gym)

  Jan 2, 2026 · 2 min read · 863 views

  A packing list generator app with ready templates for travel, work, and gym. Build checklists, tick items off as you pack, and work fully offline.

• From Prompt Engineers to “Brain Data Trainers”: The Rise of EEG/fMRI Slaves

  Oct 5, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,350 views

  From prompt engineers to brain data trainers: why EEG and fMRI recordings are becoming the next frontier of AI training data, and what it costs.

• Beware of Fake Coding Interviews: How Crypto Wallet Scammers Target Developers

  Oct 2, 2025 · 5 min read · 1,254 views

  Fake coding interviews are targeting developers with crypto wallet tasks. Here are the red flags I saw twice and how to protect your wallet.

• Devbox: Reproducible Development Environments Made Simple

  Sep 17, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,236 views

  Devbox uses Nix hashing to give your team reproducible development environments from one devbox.json file, with no global installs and no drift.

• The Hidden Clock: When Code Leaks Secrets

  Aug 7, 2025 · 2 min read · 1,004 views

  A 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.

• تأخير TLS: الميلي ثانية اللي بتبطّأ موقعك من غير ما تحس

  Jul 29, 2025 · 3 min read · 1,990 views

  تأخير 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.

• [PHP-DEV] [RFC Idea] Proposal: Loop Unrolling in Userland via #[Unroll(N)] Attribute

  Jul 7, 2025 · 3 min read · 1,038 views

  PHP loop unrolling from userland: an early RFC idea for an #[Unroll(N)] attribute that lets the compiler expand hot loops at compile time.

• How I Built and Published SoftCropper – A Python Tool to Automate Image Prep for CanvasMagnet

  May 8, 2025 · 2 min read · 1,228 views

  SoftCropper is a Python tool to resize and blur images for print. It squares photos and adds soft blurred borders with OpenCV. Open source CLI.

• How I Added Token & LLM Cost Estimation to the Indexing Pipeline of Microsoft GraphRAG

  May 6, 2025 · 3 min read · 5,926 views

  LLM token cost estimation for GraphRAG: how I added a feature to preview token usage and projected OpenAI costs before indexing large datasets.

• How I’m Shaping the Future of Makyee Through Collaboration and User Engagement

  Jan 28, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,507 views

  User-driven product design in practice: how I let Makyee users vote between two designs and turned their feedback into the feature we shipped.

• How to Hire Developers: Lessons from My Journey in Dubai

  Jan 21, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,646 views

  How to hire developers: what I learned from Amazon's process, running technical assignments, and interviewing engineers as a manager in Dubai.

• Makyee’s First Contest: Building Community and Achieving Success

  Jan 17, 2025 · 2 min read · 1,431 views

  The first Makyee community contest, plus new WhatsApp and Telegram channels, grew engagement and brought the platform closer to its audience.

• توثيق رحلتي مع ماكي: دروس تعليمية باللغة العربية لتحقيق التميز في العقارات (Makyee)

  Jan 4, 2025 · 2 min read · 2,198 views

  سلسلة دروس ماكي التعليمية باللغة العربية تشرح مزايا المنصة واستراتيجيات المحترفين في السوق العقاري الأساسي والثانوي خطوة بخطوة.

• Behind Makyee: My Journey as CTO in Revolutionizing Real Estate Technology

  Dec 22, 2024 · 3 min read · 1,641 views

  My journey as a real estate technology CTO at Makyee: leading the tech team and building a broker-free property platform for Dubai's market.

• Transform Your Photos with ArtifyMaster’s Swap Face Feature

  Oct 5, 2024 · 4 min read · 1,867 views

  How ArtifyMaster's AI face swap feature works, what makes its results stand out, and how to use it for social, marketing, and creative projects.

• ArtifyMaster vs. ChatGPT: Why My AI Tool Outshines the Competition

  Oct 3, 2024 · 2 min read · 3,057 views

  ArtifyMaster vs ChatGPT: a real comparison on removing backgrounds and watermarks, and why a purpose-built AI image editor wins on these tasks.

• I Designed A Tiny Hardware Microcontroller Automation Project That Saved Me +60 Hours / Per Week

  May 30, 2024 · 1 min read · 3,116 views

  A tiny hardware microcontroller automation project, with my algorithm flashed onto its memory, saved me over 60 hours per week. Here is the story.

• CloudyInputs | SaaS for Auto words and sentences prediction using AI and Drafting users' inputs

  Mar 15, 2024 · 1 min read · 2,612 views

  CloudyInputs adds AI form autocomplete and sentence prediction to web forms, saves user input instantly, and gives you a dashboard of insights.

• whereisdep a C++ CLI application to search package.json dependencies in given directories

  Jan 23, 2024 · 3 min read · 2,145 views

  whereisdep is a C++ CLI tool that finds unused package.json dependencies across directories, so you can trim bundle size and speed up loading.

• When SSR Meets Vercel Limits: Solving 15s Timeout on Serverless APIs

  Dec 12, 2023 · 4 min read · 9,541 views

  Fix Vercel serverless function timeout and 504 errors by setting maxDuration in vercel.json. Pro allows up to 300 seconds, Hobby only 10.

• Released My First Hardware Product | IR LED Sensor

  Nov 16, 2023 · 1 min read · 2,221 views

  I 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.

• Get Live Real-time Price Of Gold in Grams In Google Sheets For Free

  Oct 29, 2023 · 4 min read · 3,632 views

  Get 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.

• Bug in iPhone “General" settings page title

  Oct 8, 2023 · 1 min read · 4,577 views

  An iPhone General settings bug shows the wrong page title and a dead Select button after navigating back from Review My Videos. Steps to reproduce.

• LinkNexa - Paste your frequent forms inputs with only 1-click

  Sep 18, 2023 · 1 min read · 4,644 views

  LinkNexa 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.

• Random Quotes Mobile Application

  Aug 31, 2023 · 1 min read · 3,475 views

  A 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.

• PHP Closure Recursive Functions - Variable Scope

  Aug 31, 2023 · 4 min read · 4,720 views

  A PHP closure recursive function fails unless you bind the variable by reference. Here is the error, why it happens, and the one-character fix.

• How to Solve Service not available because of maintenance activities, please try again after some time.

  Aug 16, 2023 · 3 min read · 3,623 views

  Fix 'Service not available because of maintenance activities' when running npx eas submit -p ios and Apple Developer Portal authentication failed.