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/01 — FIELD NOTES

Field notes from a working studio.

Long-form software engineering essays on the decisions behind every shipped system. Written between commits, never on retainer, in plain English and Arabic.

22Essays · biweekly cadence

Summary

My tech blog. Long-form software engineering essays on multi-tenant Laravel, offline-first Flutter, sync engines, and AI-paired engineering. One essay every two weeks, written in Arabic and English in parallel, free of marketing.

/01b — EDITOR'S PICKFeatured this week
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May 15, 2026·Syria

How to choose a software company in Syria for your next project

What to look for in a Syrian software company. Technical depth, past work, communication, and the red flags that cost projects.

7 min
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  • SS
    May 12, 2026·Syria

    What makes a Syrian software company different in 2026

    The traits that set Syrian software companies apart. Resilience, offline-first thinking, and engineering for real networks.

    8 min
  • MA
    May 10, 2026·Syria

    Building mobile apps in Syria: Flutter and React Native from a production studio

    What it takes to build and ship mobile apps in Syria. Platform choice, team structure, and the realities of app stores.

    9 min
/02 — DEEP DIVES

Reading paths.

Multi-part series for engineers building real systems. Each path is one structural problem, walked end to end, in the order I learned it.

  1. Series 01

    Building a sync engine from scratch.

    WebSocket vs polling, conflict resolution, the quiet failures. Five parts.

    5parts47min total
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    Start the path
  2. Series 02

    Multi-tenant Laravel, the honest way.

    Schema choices, audit logs, tenant exports, feature flags. Four parts.

    4parts38min total
    Read 0 of 4
    Start the path
  3. Series 03

    AI-paired engineering, in production.

    Spec-driven workflows, eval suites, cost guardrails. Three parts.

    3parts28min total
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    Start the path
  4. Series 04

    Offline-first Flutter on real networks.

    Drift migrations, queue reconciliation, the 200ms target. Four parts.

    4parts42min total
    Read 0 of 4
    Start the path
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/03 — ALL ESSAYS

Thirty-two essays. The count keeps moving.

32 essays
  1. 01
    May 15, 2026·Syria

    How to choose a software company in Syria for your next project

    What to look for in a Syrian software company. Technical depth, past work, communication, and the red flags that cost projects.

    7 minRead essay
  2. 02
    May 12, 2026·Syria

    What makes a Syrian software company different in 2026

    The traits that set Syrian software companies apart. Resilience, offline-first thinking, and engineering for real networks.

    8 minRead essay
  3. 03
    May 10, 2026·Syria

    Building mobile apps in Syria: Flutter and React Native from a production studio

    What it takes to build and ship mobile apps in Syria. Platform choice, team structure, and the realities of app stores.

    9 minRead essay
  4. 04
    May 8, 2026·Syria

    Website design in Syria: from brief to launch, a complete guide

    The full process of designing and building a website with a Syrian team. Scope, timeline, tech stack, and what to expect.

    8 minRead essay
  5. 05
    May 6, 2026·Syria

    Hiring Syrian programmers: what founders and CTOs should know

    How to hire, evaluate, and retain Syrian programmers. Skills assessment, remote workflows, and the engineering culture.

    7 minRead essay
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    Building a sync engine, part 3Drafting · 2,400 words so far
  • PUBLISHED2d ago
    How to choose a software company in Syria1,240 reads in the first 48 hours
  • QUEUEthis month
    6 essays in the writing queueNext: Syrian developers and offline-first architecture
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/07 — NEXT MOVE

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