Author Archives: khelll

Joining N2V

Posted on May 30, 2011 by khelll

Hello Dear Readers, It’s my pleasure to announce that I have joined the marketing team of National Net Ventures — N2V , Amman branch. Therefore, I’ll relocate to Amman as well. I’m excited to work with such a giant company … Continue reading →

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Installing CoffeeScript on Ubuntu

Posted on May 15, 2011 by khelll

Unfortunately the current CoffeeScript package is for an old version. Thus, some manual work is needed to get the latest version working for you on Ubuntu. Here are the steps, we need to install Git, node.js, npm and finally CoffeeScript: … Continue reading →

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3 Factors for a Successful Startup

Posted on April 6, 2011 by khelll

Startups, like everything in life, have some key elements for success. I’m listing here what I think are the most important factors to help you moving your idea to a successful startup. ((The order here is irrelevant and all have … Continue reading →

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Google App Engine, JRuby, Sinatra and some fun!

Posted on March 6, 2011 by khelll

Yesterday I was experimenting with Google App Engine for a little project that I was working on. I literally started from ground zero and could do my thing after a long night. I’m blogging about it to share you the … Continue reading →

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Test or Regret!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by khelll

Yes, for god sake test! Whoever you are, a web/desktop/mobile developer please add automated tests to your work. If you don’t then your works is questionable. Why? That’s what I’m going to answer in the next few lines. Specs Were … Continue reading →

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2011 and I’m back!

Posted on January 31, 2011 by khelll

Hey, It has been long time since I opened this page to write something. Actually 2010 was a very busy year. I left ArabCrunch team to join Inquiro, a cool startup focusing on SEO/SEM optimization, where my work completely took … Continue reading →

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StackOverflow cool Ruby questions 4

Posted on March 16, 2010 by khelll

Welcome to the fourth post of this series. Just before proceeding to the questions, I would like to mention the great Metaprogramming Ruby: Program Like the Ruby Pros book by Paolo Perrotta, a very good book that explains the metaprogramming … Continue reading →

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StackOverflow cool Ruby questions 3

Posted on January 29, 2010 by khelll

Welcome to the third post of this

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StackOverflow cool Ruby questions 2

Posted on October 17, 2009 by khelll

Welcome in this second post of this series. Just before I list the questions of this one, I want to mention 2 things: You can follow StackOverflow tagged Ruby questions on twitter using the user: sof_ruby Some ppl feel shy … Continue reading →

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StackOverflow cool Ruby questions

Posted on September 29, 2009 by khelll

I have participated heavily during the last 2 weeks in answering Ruby tagged questions on stackoverflow. That took place mainly after Ryan Bates tweet wishing to see more Ruby developers on stackoverflow. Since then I have enjoyed reading various kinds … Continue reading →

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