Feb 4My New Year’s Programming Resolution #2022It’s that time of the year again! Actually I’m late to this and the time should have been at the start of January, but it’s better late than never! 2021 Reflections: It’s funny I have to write this down again because I just did so formally with my manager at work as…Resolutions2 min read
Published in AWS Tip·Feb 4How I built a CI/CD Pipeline for My Website using AWSI started my personal website as a simple Angular web app on my personal laptop. I made a git repository for it on AWS CodeCommit and I would push any changes I made locally to the repository on my AWS account. Why AWS CodeCommit and not GitHub? I simply wanted…Dev Ops11 min read
Dec 31, 2020My New Year’s Programming Resolution #2021Finally, this year is over. It was a shitty year. Even though people all around the world seemed more divided than ever, almost everyone can agree that it has been a shitty year. Which is why I was looking forward to the year’s ending because it meant a new beginning…Software Engineering3 min read
Oct 7, 2019How I deal with unfair scrutiny: The problem of standing outAhhh finally I’m writing a blog post again. This one is more of a rant. An attempt to get something off my chest that has bothered my ever since I was a child. Ever since I started expressing my creativity. “Who did this for you?” For lack of better words. This sentence, or variations of…Education5 min read
Dec 28, 2018My New Year’s Programming ResolutionIt’s almost New Year and time for one of the oldest rituals I’ve participated in: making a New Year Resolution. However this isn’t the typical to-do (and to-give-up eventually) list that many attempt each year. …Programming2 min read
Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Jul 24, 2018How to make a Promise out of a Callback function in JavaScriptBack-end developers run into challenges all the time while building applications or testing code. As a developer who is fairly new and getting acquainted with those challenges, I have never run into a challenge or inconvenience more frequently — or more memorable — than with callback functions. I am not…Java Script5 min read
May 23, 2018How to treat your Muslim co-worker/employee in RamadanIt’s that time of the year again, and unless you have a Muslim friend you probably don’t know (or care) that it’s Ramadan. Millions and millions of people around the world are fasting from dawn till dusk everyday for 30 days. Some of which you might be working with and…Ramadan6 min read
Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·May 11, 2018How I dropped out of an American CS program, went home to Egypt, and immediately got a dev job at a startupIf you haven’t read my earlier story about how I turned my life around by deciding to become a developer, thanks to freeCodeCamp, I advise you to do that now. I’ll give you some context so you’ll understand that this is not about me bashing CS degrees or admitting defeat. …Programming7 min read
Feb 22, 2018The MERN Challenge: Building the FCC Twitch App using MongoDB, Express, Reactjs, and NodejsSo I’m a quick learner. Just a little over a year ago all I know about web development was HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I learned my basic front-end skills from following the front-end challenges and projects on freeCodeCamp. And still with these basic skills I managed to get an internship/part-time…Java Script5 min read
Dec 30, 2017How to switch to HTTPS for Sites Hosted on AWS using CloudFront & Route53Since Google’s push towards a more secure web and required SSL Certificates for websites to avoid being flagged as unsafe, having your website support HTTPS connections is a must. If your hosting your business or personal website on Amazon’s AWS like me, you might have noticed that Amazon only allows…Ssl4 min read
