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Hesham Sallam the Egyptian paleontologist and the founder of MUVP-C
Hesham Sallam is an Egyptian paleontologist and the founder of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP-C), the first vertebrate paleontology program in the Middle East. He works …
Diébédo Francis Kéré: An Architect of Community and Sustainability from Burkina Faso
Diébédo Francis Kéré, born in Gando, Burkina Faso in 1965, is a Burkinabé-German architect known for his innovative and sustainable designs. He was the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker …
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Choosing the Best Linux Distribution for Gaming on Laptops or Desktop PCs in 2026
Linux gaming has exploded in popularity by 2026, driven by advancements in compatibility layers like Proton, better GPU drivers, and hardware like the Steam Deck. According to Steam’s Hardware …
Accelerating Innovation: The Rise of Faster Update Cycles in Tech
In the ever-evolving world of technology, companies are increasingly shifting toward faster-paced update schedules with predictable timelines. This trend allows for quicker delivery of features, …
How to optimize site content for LLM search ?
Getting your business recommended in LLM answers is about becoming the “obvious” and low‑ambiguity option for specific questions buyers ask AI tools. This blog post walks you through the whole …
Vote With Your Money
The idea of voting with your money is often called “dollar voting” and Wikipedia defines it as follows: Dollar voting is an analogy that refers to the theoretical impact of consumer choice …
Why spam is banned online ?
What is spam ? 🔗 Spamming is doing the same thing too many times. For example, publishing the same comment 10 times on the same post. Another popular example is to send the same e-mail message to 100 …
How I improved Kartbusiness.com page loading speed from 52 to 94
I used PageSpeed Insights , to detect the performance bottlenicks so I can analyze and fix the performance issues. Here are all optimizations I did on KartBusiness.com to improve the PageSpeed …
Payment Gateways Egypt - the best, worst, and ugly
There are too many payment gateways in Egypt. Here is a non-extensive list of them. Fawry Pay Paymob PaySky Vapulus Kashier Easykash Cowpay Click2Shop OPay Tap Fawaterk PayTabs Amazon Payment Services …
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What I actually installed on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
I talked previously about what I do after installing Ubuntu as a SWE . Here is what I actually did after the installation of the new Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. As you might know from the previous post, I am a …
Gitea's Container Registry Just Got More Reliable: Fixing Data Races in Concurrent Blob Uploads (PR #36524 + Backport #36526)
TL;DR When you build multiple Docker/OCI images that share the same base layers (super common with BuildKit), Gitea’s container registry used to hit intermittent failures — 400 Bad Request errors, …
Securing Gitea Repository Templates: A Deep Dive into PR #36734 & #36746
Fixing path traversal vulnerabilities with safe file handling 🔗 TL;DR (for the hurried reader) Problem: Gitea’s repository template system (.gitea/template) could be tricked by symlinks into …
Fixing a Sneaky Security Bug in Gitea: Users Could No Longer Change Someone Else’s Primary Email
How two quick pull requests ( #36586 + #36607 ) closed an authorization hole in the account settings 🔗 TL;DR A logged-in user could tamper with a form and change another user’s primary email address. …
Gitea Just Got More Secure: Fixing OAuth2 Authorization Code Expiry and Reuse
TL;DR (for skimmers) 🔗 Problem: Gitea’s OAuth2 “authorization codes” never expired and could be reused in race conditions → potential security risk. Fix: Two tiny, targeted pull requests now enforce …
Linux 7.0: The Latest Kernel Upgrade That’s All About Smart, Steady Progress
Released April 12, 2026 – Just two days ago! Linux kernel 7.0 is here, and it’s exactly what fans love about Linux: no massive revolution, just a ton of smart, practical upgrades that make everyday …
Fixing URL Prefix Stripping in Traefik: Inside Pull Request #12863
If you run Traefik as your reverse proxy (and millions of developers do), you’ve probably used the StripPrefix or StripPrefixRegex middleware. These handy tools let you clean up URLs before they reach …
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