Stop guessing on your tech stack. In this guide, Ahmad Wael explains how to use Decision Matrices and the ‘Efficient Frontier’ to evaluate WordPress plugins, hosting, and APIs like a senior engineer. Learn to weigh trade-offs and avoid the traps of hype-driven development with a practical PHP scoring example.
Stop centralizing data and start collaborating. Senior developer Ahmad Wael explains why siloed models fail and how the Federated Learning Flower framework boosts accuracy from 65% to 96%. Learn the technical setup, from PyTorch integrations to message-based client-server coordination, and why this is the pragmatic choice for secure, scalable AI.
Vibe coding—the practice of using AI to generate code via prompts—is skyrocketing productivity. However, it often leads to a technical debt hangover where developers lose ‘implementation intimacy’ with their own projects. Ahmad Wael explores why senior developers must maintain architectural ownership and vetting processes to avoid unmanageable codebases.
The Make WordPress team has released the official WordPress AI Guidelines to combat “AI slop” and ensure core contributions remain high-quality. These guidelines focus on five core principles: human responsibility, transparency in disclosure, GPLv2 licensing compatibility, and prioritizing maintainable code over automated volume. Learn why human oversight is still non-negotiable for WordPress developers.
WordPress 6.9.1 RC1 is out to fix 49 bugs across Core and Gutenberg. From admin panel glitches to critical mail delivery failures, this maintenance release is essential for site stability. Senior developer Ahmad Wael breaks down the technical “gotchas” and shows you how to test the release safely using WP-CLI.
Ahmad Wael shares a senior developer’s perspective on using AI coding tools for developers. Learn how to map legacy codebases, modernize build stacks with Vite, and write robust tests without falling into the “slop machine” trap. Discover practical prompts and best practices for staying a responsible developer in an AI-driven world.
Stop obsessing over perfect covariate balance in your experiments. In this post, senior developer Ahmad Wael explains why randomization is the true key to validity, even when cohorts don’t look identical. Learn the technical reasons behind covariate imbalance and how to implement fast, valid randomization in your WordPress backend.
Data science is facing an identity crisis. By shifting toward an engineering-first mindset, we move from theoretical “science projects” to robust, maintainable production systems. Learn why treating Data Science as Engineering is essential for modern software development, featuring practical WordPress implementation strategies and senior-level insights.
Stop writing messy, unreadable boolean masks in Python. Senior developer Ahmad Wael shares 10 elegant ways to filter Pandas DataFrames using .query(), .isin(), and advanced string matching. Learn how to refactor your data logic for better performance and maintainability in your custom data pipelines and reporting engines today.
Vector search optimization often fails when developers embed raw JSON into their RAG systems. This senior dev breakdown explains why tokenization noise and mean pooling liabilities kill performance, and how flattening structured data into natural language prose can boost your retrieval metrics by up to 20% in AI-powered WordPress sites.