Personal blog about software engineering, AI, and more.https://ammar-najjar.com/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/every-camera-tells-a-story/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/every-camera-tells-a-story/A reflection on the cameras I have owned, what each one taught me about photography, and how the tool shapes the story.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/github-pages-to-cloudflare/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/github-pages-to-cloudflare/After nine years hosting my personal site on GitHub Pages, I moved to Cloudflare Pages. This post explains why: not because GitHub Pages stopped working, but because my goals changed.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/local-ai-setup/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/local-ai-setup/How to run AI coding assistants locally on a 16 GB MacBook Pro M1: what models fit in memory, which tools actually work, and what to skip.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/essential-dev-tools/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/essential-dev-tools/A software engineer's curated Brewfile: the macOS development tools worth installing, from terminal utilities to editors, explained with daily-use context.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/portfolio/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/portfolio/Design and implementation of a browser-first investment portfolio tracker built with React, TypeScript, and Vite: state handling, caching, and chart interaction explained.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:10:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/mastering-git/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/mastering-git/A practical guide to essential Git commands: configuration, branching, merging, rebasing, stashing, and more, with examples for everyday developer workflows.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:05:50 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/angular-content-projection/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/angular-content-projection/A guide to Angular content projection: the different types (single-slot, multi-slot, conditional), when to use each, and how to build flexible, reusable components.Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:05:50 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/arrays-in-jsx/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/arrays-in-jsx/How to correctly render arrays in React JSX: why repeating elements is a problem, and how to use map() with keys to build lists cleanly.Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:03:52 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/fetch-with-gitlab-api/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/fetch-with-gitlab-api/How to use the GitLab API with Python to fetch repository data, automate git operations, and integrate GitLab into your development workflow.Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:34:35 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/pyconde-pydata-2019/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/pyconde-pydata-2019/Personal notes from attending PyConDe and PyData Berlin 2019: talks, workshops, and highlights from the Python and data science community conference.Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/rxjs-observables/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/rxjs-observables/An introduction to RxJS Observables: what they are, how they differ from Promises, and how to use them for reactive programming in JavaScript and Angular.Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/custom-selenium-webdrivers/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/custom-selenium-webdrivers/How to dynamically create custom Selenium WebDriver classes with a parametrized browser binary path using Python decorators.Sun, 09 Apr 2017 05:33:18 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/fedora23-upgrade/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/fedora23-upgrade/How to fix the unlabeled home directory issue encountered when upgrading from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24, with the exact SELinux relabeling steps.Sun, 03 Jul 2016 15:07:02 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/build-vim-from-source/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/build-vim-from-source/Step-by-step guide to compiling Vim from source on Linux to enable Python support, client-server mode, and other features missing from distribution packages.Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:22:02 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/lwa4p-robot/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/lwa4p-robot/How to set up the Schunk Powerball LWA4P robot arm with MoveIt and ROS: the steps, pitfalls, and a complete install script from real lab experiments.Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:43:32 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/vimrc-adventure/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/vimrc-adventure/A guided tour through a Vim and Neovim configuration: plugins, key mappings, and settings accumulated over years of daily use, with explanations for each choice.Sun, 19 Jun 2016 06:38:02 GMThttps://ammar-najjar.com/blog/opencv-on-openshift/https://ammar-najjar.com/blog/opencv-on-openshift/How to install OpenCV on a Python 2.7 OpenShift cartridge while staying within the 1 GB quota limit, with a complete bash script for the setup.Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:02:02 GMT