Raed's blog

Sometime I write code, most times I talk about writing code.

Recent Posts

• Scrum doesn't have to suck

  Don't let dogma ruin Scrum for you !

• The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

  I used to be a big fan of Spotify. Today I cancelled my subscription.

• Predictions for the year 2023

  It is a yearly tradition to make a list of predictions for the upcoming year (2023) that will probably look redicilous in 365 days.

• The Big Elephant in the Rooms of Mastodon Moderation

  In the recent few weeks, like millions of people, I jumped on the Mastodon bandwagon. After over a decade on Twitter, I was ready for something else. And Musk’s clown-show gave me the push I needed to do a leap of faith.

• Bitwise Operations for the Average Developer

  As a web developer, I haven't thought much about binary and bitwise operations since early school days. I just didn't see a place where shifting or XOR'ing bits would fit in my CRUD apps. That was until I stumbled upon a trick that would save me a lot of headache.

• Myths Developers Believe About Hiring

  7 myths developers believe about hiring

• Dear recruiters, here is why developers don’t respond to your messages

  All developers are familiar with the typical unsolicited recruiter messages. They are generic, usually feel spammy and it gives recruiters a bad reputation. But it can be better.

• Buying a Laptop Online is a Broken Experience

  This is the story of why it took me 8 months to buy a new laptop. Along the way I learned to love my crappy old machine, because it was so god damn…

• IoT Networks: SigFox vs. LoRa

  This is the story of why it took me 8 months to buy a new laptop. Along the way I learned to love my crappy old machine, because it was so god damn…

• 5 Reasons Why Clickbaiting Is Killing You

  I have received some criticism lately about the way I title my blog posts. And I got accused of clickbaiting the readers in order to get more views. But you have to understand…