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Glossary

Foundational to advanced terms with difficulty levels and examples.

AI Agents

Autonomous AI systems that can perceive their environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specific goals without continuous human oversight. These systems integrate planning, reasoning, and execution capabilities to operate independently in complex, dynamic environments.

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Digital Twins

Real-time digital replicas of physical systems that continuously synchronize with their physical counterparts through IoT sensors and data streams. These virtual models enable simulation, monitoring, optimization, and predictive maintenance of complex systems ranging from manufacturing equipment to entire smart cities.

digital-replicaiot-integrationreal-time-simulationpredictive-maintenancesystem-monitoringvirtual-modeling

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Case Studies

Practical write-ups from production systems and real teams.

The Future of DevOps: How Autonomous Pipelines Are Transforming Software Delivery

Examines how AI-driven autonomous pipelines revolutionized DevOps by reducing deployment times 85% and eliminating manual bottlenecks.

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Carbon-Negative Data Centers: Achieving Net-Zero Computing Through Revolutionary Cooling and Energy Systems

Explores the transformation of a traditional 42MW data center into a carbon-negative facility through immersion cooling and renewable integration.

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Playground

✨ The Art of Building with Code

Exploring how imagination meets logic — turning ideas into something real, one line at a time.

Deployment Process

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Boost your Terminal with These Powerful CLI Tools

Knowing how to use a terminal is an essential skill for every developer. But what makes it so powerful is its extensions and plugins along with some CLI tools. Making the terminal experience more efficient and enjoyable.

Abdelhamid Boudjit

14 min read

TerminalShellZsh

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Boost your Terminal with Zsh extensions

Zsh or Z Shell is a powerful customizable shell that providers plenty features out of the box. And what makes it powerful is its extensions and plugins along with some cli tools. Making the terminal experience more efficient and enjoyable.

Abdelhamid Boudjit

8 min read

TerminalShellZsh

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Create Custom CLI Tool with Node JS

Creating Command Line Tools (CLI) can be a great way to automate repetitive tasks, enhance productivity and minimize time spent on time consuming tasks. In this post we'll see how we can build a custom CLI Tool in Node js

Abdelhamid Boudjit

26 min read

Node JSTypeScriptJavaScript

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Building a Plugin System in React: A Comprehensive Guide

As the applications get more complex,offering a plugin system can provide a flexible and a better experience for users and allowing third-party developers to customize and extend the your app without changing the codebase. In this guid we will find out how to create a plugin system using React JS

Abdelhamid Boudjit

6 min read

ReactTypeScriptJavaScript

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Smooth Scrolling with lenis: A Full Guide

Scrolling is an essential part of web navigation. Smooth Scrolling in particular can enhance user experience, making the reactions feel fluid and seamless. Enter Lenis a Lightweight JavaScript library for smooth Scrolling (around 4kb check official website). Weather you are creating a blog website or a complex web app, Lenis can help you achieve smooth scrolling with minimal effort.

Abdelhamid Boudjit

5 min read

JavaScriptFrontendUI

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The Ultimate CSS Cheat Sheet

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a cornerstone technology in web development, allowing you to control the appearance and layout of your web pages. Whether you're just starting out or looking to refresh your knowledge, this cheat sheet will guide you through the essential CSS properties and concepts.

Abdelhamid Boudjit

14 min read

CSSFrontendCheatSheet

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Playground

✨ Tiny Steps, Big Ideas

See how focused steps build momentum—and ideas become real.
One line, one layer, one leap.

MLP Inference

Load input x ∈ R^5

$ python mlp.py --forward

01import numpy as np

02# weights (demo values) — re-sampled each loop

03W1 = np.random.randn(5, 10); b1 = np.zeros(10)

04W2 = np.random.randn(10, 10); b2 = np.zeros(10)

05W3 = np.random.randn(10, 3); b3 = np.zeros(3)

07x = np.random.randn(5)

09# forward pass

10z1 = x @ W1 + b1

11a1 = np.maximum(0, z1)

12z2 = a1 @ W2 + b2

13a2 = np.maximum(0, z2)

14z3 = a2 @ W3 + b3

15y_hat = softmax(z3)

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Essays, whitepapers, and research notes for practitioners.

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Lab

Open-source projects, tools, and reproducible experiments.

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Prototype libraries and reference implementations for real-world systems.

Q1 2026

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