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Starting Bashar Kokash YouTube channel in 2021
In late 2020, I decided to start the Bashar Kokash YouTube channel as a side hustle. Especially with the Work From Home new norm. It will cover technology in general and some more advanced topics like cloud computing, the internet of things, security, and much other interesting stuff.

Out-of-question software deliverables
Any software/product development team should deliver security, UX and performance

Assembling a budget gaming PC challenge… with no previous technical experience?
Assembling a budget gaming PC challenge… with no previous technical experience?

Are algorithms discovered or created?
In a recent article, I discussed how to convert a static algorithm into a dynamic one. This is a theoretical question on a very practical subject. This article attempts to shed the light on a simple definition of algorithms in the computer science field, demonstrates examples of common ones that we use every day, and …

The importance of proper communications in Software Development
This post explains the importance of proper communications in Software Development, how to master it and how to avoid its disasters. The software development life cycle goes through several distinct stages; requirements analysis, software design, coding integration, testing, delivery, and maintenance. The most common approach that many companies unconsciously follow is the old waterfall approach. …

Distributed Database Systems
This post explains the basics of distributed systems, defines what a distributed database system is, and demonstrates its three main types: mirroring, replication, and fragmentation. This post also concludes with a simple example of a real-life distributed database system that we use every day. Distributed Systems The first thing that comes to mind, when discussing …

Algorithm design, from static to dynamic.
Algorithm design is ignored by many, especially new programmers who tend to jump immediately into the code for any problem they are trying to solve without prior understand or proper analysis of the problem in hand. Regardless of its magnitude, jumping directly into “coding” is not always recommended. It is the superpower that they have …

6 key elements for successful e-learning
Using technology in education has been around for years, but it is still a major challenge to many schools, institutions, teachers, and students. That’s due to the huge resistance by some traditional communities who still prefer the face to face education. Many entities or enterprises still do not recognize online education as a formal one. …

Computer data structures: Stacks and Queues
Stacks and Queues are common computer data structures in almost all operating systems, if not all computer programs heavily rely on at least one of them. In abstract, both are a type of linked-lists; a linked list is a dynamic data structure, unlike arrays that have limited capacity and few inefficient data manipulation techniques. The linked …

The best programming language
“What’s the best programming language?” is a very common argument between developers that can go back forever. Each claim his/her programming language performs the best. For example, even though Java and C# have a lot in common; both are object-oriented languages, both are compiled to an intermediate language then interpreted with a just in time …