Scaling ML inference on skewed Databricks tables
A 420-core Databricks cluster spent 10 hours on 18 partitions because the data was skewed. Here is how salting and liquid clustering fixed the distribution, and what each one is actually good for.
Author: Ahmad Wael
I'm a WordPress and WooCommerce developer with 15+ years of experience building custom e-commerce solutions and plugins. I specialize in PHP development, following WordPress coding standards to deliver clean, maintainable code. Currently, I'm exploring AI and e-commerce by building multi-agent systems and SaaS products that integrate technologies like Google Gemini API with WordPress platforms, approaching every project with a commitment to performance, security, and exceptional user experience.
Interop 2026: why modern CSS is finally safe for WordPress
Interop 2026 is the browser pact making CSS Anchor Positioning, View Transitions, and scroll-driven animations a baseline reality. Here is what it means for WordPress developers still relying on JS hacks.
Context engineering is your only durable AI edge
Context engineering means filling an AI model’s context window with your own domain knowledge, using structured graphs, deterministic tools, and persistent memory instead of simple RAG.
Senior data scientist skills: it’s not about the code
Senior data scientist skills are often mistaken for mastery of algorithms. The real gap between junior and senior practitioners is judgment: knowing when to pause, how to frame the problem, and what actually moves the business.
The Popover API makes tooltips simpler and more accessible
The Popover API gives WordPress developers a native, declarative way to build accessible tooltips and menus, without the JavaScript libraries and manual ARIA syncing tooltips used to require.
Machine learning engineering lessons from a short February
February was short but it made a few things obvious: solo work stalls ML projects, code is not documentation, and an MLOps stack that ignores the deployment environment never ships. Notes from a month of ML and backend work.
Coding Pong in Python: why OOP beats vibe coding
Coding Pong in Python is a solid way to practice OOP: inheritance for the ball, a compound check instead of distance() for paddle collisions, and a scoreboard class kept separate from the game logic.
WooCommerce 10.5.3 patches a critical Store API bug
WooCommerce 10.5.3 patches a path validation bug in the Store API batch endpoint that let attackers skip nonce checks and gain admin access via CSRF. Don’t roll back to 10.5.2; update now and test your checkout.
DAX Filtering is killing your Power BI performance
Ahmad Wael breaks down why overusing FILTER() in DAX forces work into Power BI’s slow, single-threaded Formula Engine, and how a simple predicate lets the Storage Engine (VertiPaq) handle it instead.
CSS exploit in Chrome: how CVE-2026-2441 actually works
Ahmad Wael explains CVE-2026-2441, a Use-After-Free bug in Chrome’s Blink CSS engine triggered through @font-feature-values. It’s not literal code execution via CSS, but it’s a real reason to update your browser now.