Web engineering, performance, and accessibility
When jQuery is still a reasonable choice
Practical criteria for choosing jQuery or native JavaScript, with notes on legacy maintenance and upgrading to jQuery 4.
From the workbench
What building real products has taught me | Page 4
Decisions, mistakes, and practical lessons from apps, business systems, Arabic interfaces, WordPress, and Odoo.
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React Native Arabic guide 2: RTL layouts without duplication
Use one direction source and logical layout properties for Arabic and English React Native screens.
React Native Arabic guide 3: fonts across iOS and Android
Choose, bundle, and test Arabic fonts, weights, line height, and text scaling in React Native.
React Native Arabic guide 4: lists, navigation, and libraries
Handle FlatList, navigation, drawers, carousels, and third-party components without double mirroring.
Odoo engineering and integrations
React Native Arabic guide 5: language, numbers, and API pitfalls
Handle language switching, Arabic numerals, server errors, storage, and tests without unsafe assumptions.
WordPress themes, plugins, and operations
WordPress security beyond installing another plugin
A layered WordPress security plan covering updates, accounts, backups, permissions, rate limiting, XML-RPC, monitoring, and recovery tests.
React Native Arabic guide 1: translation and direction setup
Set up i18next and React Native direction as separate, testable concerns.
