Ahmed M. Atia
ahmedatia.bsky.social
Ahmed M. Atia
@ahmedatia.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Software Craftsman.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.

I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Quality is never an accident.
April 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler.

nerdy.dev/ex-googler
G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler. · April 10, 2025
My role at Google was eliminated.
nerdy.dev
April 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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eyyyy 34 gazillion
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Holy smokes, Balancing Text in CSS by @ishadeed.com is a phenomenal deep dive into a thorny subject. Definitely worth a read: ishadeed.com/article/bala...

#css
Balancing Text In CSS
Make text look more balanced with text-wrap in CSS.
ishadeed.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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It's Release Candidate time! #ILSpy 9 is on the home stretch, grab the latest bits at github.com/icsharpcode/.... One big new feature made it into the RC - diagramming github.com/icsharpcode/...
January 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Just because you are a billionaire doesn’t mean you are smart. This is your daily reminder
January 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Hey #dotnet folks if you’re using a CI/CD double check your resource URLs. A CDN has gone bankrupt and may cease operations in the next month. We are working to make transparent fixes but you can be proactive github.com/dotnet/core/...
Critical: .NET install domains and URLs are changing · Issue #9671 · dotnet/core
Some .NET binaries and installers are hosted on Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) domains that end in .azureedge.net. These domains are hosted by edg.io, which will soon cease operations due to ...
github.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:16 AM
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I'm doing a lot of technical analysis these days and nothing raises red flags higher than the overuse of buzzwords to explain commodity technologies.

Boring technologies that just work are exciting. It means your customers can buy your product and move on to something else. Focus on that.
December 23, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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And here is the link to the survey results if you want to check it out: 2024.stateofjs.com
State of JavaScript 2024
The 2024 edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the JavaScript ecosystem.
2024.stateofjs.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Central Package Management (CPM) learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/...
December 17, 2024 at 6:29 AM
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🤓 I recently learned that @VisualStudio supports a new Upgrade mode, where you can opt-in to Central Package Management (CPM). This is a lot cleaner in my opinion in terms of version management, and it's now easy to upgrade:

#dotnet #nuget
December 17, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Convert files and office documents to Markdown github.com/microsoft/ma...
GitHub - microsoft/markitdown: Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown.
Python tool for converting files and office documents to Markdown. - microsoft/markitdown
github.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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@scott.hanselman.com setting up oh my post... is this a good config to use: gist.github.com/shanselman/1... ?
ohmyposhv3-v2
ohmyposhv3-v2. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Napping can be a great debugging tool. Just saying.
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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In case you missed it: Bluesky runs on-prem. They migrated off of AWS months back.

So yeah, they DO need to put orders in for servers! (Good luck to the dev team!)

More on their architecture: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 PM