SVG symbols are powerful for performance, but the Shadow DOM often blocks standard CSS animations. Ahmad Wael explains how to use SVG CSS Custom Properties as a bridge to animate reusable symbols independently. Learn to build lightweight, maintainable graphics without duplicating code or bloating your WordPress site’s DOM.
When a client wants to add “holiday magic” with high-res winter desktop wallpapers, it often turns into a performance nightmare. Senior developer Ahmad Wael shares his trenches-tested approach to optimizing seasonal site assets without destroying your Core Web Vitals or LCP scores. Learn why 4K PNGs are the enemy of fast sites.
Real-time dashboards often confuse activity with productivity. Master them by moving beyond high-speed polling to strategic UX patterns like delta indicators, sparklines, and skeleton UIs. Reduce cognitive load and build trust in high-stakes environments using proven accessibility and reliability strategies.
Reducing your website’s carbon footprint isn’t just about the planet—it’s about performance. Senior dev Ahmad Wael explains why minimizing page weights and stripping bloat is the ultimate win-win for users and the environment. Learn the 5-step masterplan to decarbonize your user journeys and write leaner, greener WordPress code today.
WordPress Data Processing can be a total nightmare when dealing with large datasets and external APIs. Drawing from lessons learned in the Advent of Code, senior developer Ahmad Wael explains why sketching your logic, validating your input data, and iterating for scale are the keys to building robust, high-performance WordPress systems.
Stop relying on automated overlays and phone-only support. Senior developer Ahmad Wael explains why true deaf-friendly design requires a pragmatic approach to communication, haptics, and visual cues. Learn how to fix common WooCommerce accessibility blunders and build trust with a wider audience through authentic, inclusive web architecture.
Stop the nightmare of misleading model metrics. Accuracy isn’t everything. In this guide, Ahmad Wael explains how to calculate Machine Learning AUC in Excel using the trapezoidal rule. Learn why ranking quality matters more than a single threshold and how to validate your WooCommerce recommendation engines without complex Python setups.
Basic gradient descent often fails in complex WordPress environments, leading to server timeouts and oscillating models. Learn how to implement advanced Gradient Descent Variants like Adam and Momentum to stabilize training and accelerate convergence. Stop relying on basic updates for production AI and start building robust, efficient machine learning systems.
Stop fighting with rigid vector graphics. Ahmad Wael explains how to use SVG symbols and CSS media queries to build high-performance, Adaptive SVGs that look perfect on any screen. Learn the senior-level trick for managing complex illustrations without the performance bloat of duplicated assets or heavy JavaScript swaps.
Inheriting a messy CSS project with specificity issues is a developer’s nightmare. Ahmad Wael explains how to pragmatically integrate CSS Cascade Layers to de-tangle legacy code, handle !important inversions, and build a maintainable style architecture that stops the specificity wars once and for all.