Hello there! I am Mohamed Yamani, I also go by yamanidev online. I am a software engineer documenting my journey by occasionally posting articles of my experiences, tips and thoughts to my blog. This is my personal space online.https://mohamedyamani.com/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/i-finally-graduated-reflections-on-the-journey/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/i-finally-graduated-reflections-on-the-journey/In this reflective piece, I share my 5-year long journey of going through a computer science school and the lessons I learned along the way.Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTpersonalhttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/basic-introduction-to-the-internet-and-the-web/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/basic-introduction-to-the-internet-and-the-web/I explain in this article what the internet is, how it works and what happens under the hood when you open a page using your web browser, as well as concepts like IP addresses, DNS, servers and HTTP.Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTnetworkingbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/big-o-notation-and-time-complexity-explained/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/big-o-notation-and-time-complexity-explained/I explain in this article what is the Big-O Notation, why it is important for engineers and the estimation of some common logic.Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTalgorithmsbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/css-class-vs-id-selectors/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/css-class-vs-id-selectors/In this article I break down two CSS selectors, classes and ids, how to use them to select HTML elements as well the difference between them.Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTcssweb-developmentbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/difference-between-var-and-let-in-js/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/difference-between-var-and-let-in-js/In this article I explain two binding keywords in JavaScript that are used to declare variables: var and let, what is the difference between them and which one to use.Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTjavascriptweb-developmentbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/finding-a-way-to-keep-up-with-my-ever-growing-newsletter-inbox/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/finding-a-way-to-keep-up-with-my-ever-growing-newsletter-inbox/One Friday morning, I decided to put an end to the chaos of my growing newsletter inbox with thousands of unread emails. Here's how I planned to tackle the overwhelm and set realistic reading goals.Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTpersonallearninghttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/helping-older-browsers-understand-html5/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/helping-older-browsers-understand-html5/In this blog article I explain how older verions of web browsers interpret unknown HTML5 elements, how to help them with that, and the recommended approach to that.Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThtmlbrowser-compatibilityweb-developmenthttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/how-chatgpt-can-hurt-your-problem-solving-skills-anecdote/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/how-chatgpt-can-hurt-your-problem-solving-skills-anecdote/An anecdote on how my reliance on ChatGPT has lead my problem solving skills to get worse, and how I am getting over it by changing the way I use the tool.Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTllmsaihttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/how-to-deploy-nextjs-application-to-vps-using-nginx-and-pm2/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/how-to-deploy-nextjs-application-to-vps-using-nginx-and-pm2/In this guide we'll go through deploying and self-hosting a Next.js application using Pages Router to a VPS with NGINX and PM2.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTnextjsdevopsweb-developmenthttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/lets-understand-css-inheritance/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/lets-understand-css-inheritance/Most CSS bugs come from conflicting styles. Understanding how CSS deals with them can help you avoid them. In this article, I explain one of the fundamental concepts for resolving them: inheritance.Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTcssweb-developmentbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/linux-fundamentals-explaining-the-ls-command-and-beyond/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/linux-fundamentals-explaining-the-ls-command-and-beyond/Explaining the different outputs of the ls commands, how to use them to understand concepts like file permissions, as well as how to use the built in terminal manual.Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTlinuxbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/linux-fundamentals-file-permissions-and-ownership/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/linux-fundamentals-file-permissions-and-ownership/Explaining Linux fundamental concepts: file permissions, ownership and the chmod command to change the permissions of a file in the two different syntaxes, octal and symbolic.Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTlinuxbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/my-first-experience-giving-a-talk-at-devfest-el-bayadh-2023/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/my-first-experience-giving-a-talk-at-devfest-el-bayadh-2023/I take you through my thought process as I was preparing for my first talk and sharing my experience. This is a personal piece, so you might not get any value from reading this.Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTpersonalhttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/my-first-experience-in-google-hashcode/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/my-first-experience-in-google-hashcode/I share in this article the story of my first experience in the Google Hash Code competition and how I got obliterated.Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTpersonalhttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/primitive-types-in-java/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/primitive-types-in-java/I explain in this article what are primitives in Java with a mental model of memory as well as the different primitive types Java offers.Wed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 GMTjavabasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/the-migration-adventure-cra-to-vite-and-npm-to-pnpm/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/the-migration-adventure-cra-to-vite-and-npm-to-pnpm/A little snippet about my journey of migrating a project from create-react-app to Vite and from npm to pnpm and the challenges of making these changes at once.Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTmiscellaneoushttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/underscores-and-naming-conventions-in-python/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/underscores-and-naming-conventions-in-python/I explain in this blog post what PEP8 is and the general style guidelines it offers for Python for the different use-cases.Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTpythonhttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/understanding-the-box-model-in-css/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/understanding-the-box-model-in-css/I explain in this article on of the fundamental concepts in CSS, the box model. What are the different types of boxes as well as the box sizing behavior.Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTcssweb-developmentbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-are-algorithms-and-data-structures/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-are-algorithms-and-data-structures/I briefly explain in this article what algorithms and data structures are with some real world examples.Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTalgorithmsdata-structuresbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-is-css/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-is-css/I briefly explain in this article what CSS is showcasing its presentational part for web pages with a code snippet.Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTcssweb-developmentbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-is-html/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-is-html/I briefly introduce in this article what HTML is and the role it plays in web pages with some code snippet examples.Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThtmlweb-developmentbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-is-programming/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/what-is-programming/My first blog article where I introduce what programming is in practical terms as well as some valuable tips.Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTbasicshttps://mohamedyamani.com/blog/your-best-friend-before-google-in-python/https://mohamedyamani.com/blog/your-best-friend-before-google-in-python/I share in this article the first source you should refer to before Google when it comes to Python, it is the built in manual.Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTpythontips-and-tricks