How I Hand Off WordPress Sites (And the Client Who Ghosted Me)
The ‘Launch’ of a website is not the end of a project; it is the beginning of a client’s relationship with their primary business asset....
Category Tools & Stack
Practical tooling, local development setups, automation scripts, and AI-assisted workflows used by Nassim Studio.
Python Scripts for Web Devs: Automating the Boring Stuff
How learning a little bit of Python can save you hundreds of hours by automating image optimization and WordPress publishing.
The Reality of Local AI for Devs: Why I’m Sticking to Subscriptions
The hype vs. reality of local LLMs. Why running Qwen 2.5 locally was slow, and why a cloud AI subscription is better ROI for developers.
The Independent Developer’s Stack 2026: Go, Laravel, Vue, and WordPress
The Independent Developer’s Stack 2026: Go, Laravel, Vue, and WordPress I build for a market where the hosting budget is $5 a month, the currency is weak, and every kilobyte matters. That reality shaped my stack more than any tech…
How I Price Web Projects in Algeria: From 30k DA Static Sites to Value-Based Blueprints
Hourly billing is a trap for the high-level engineer. It creates a perverse incentive where the faster and more efficient you become at your craft, the le...
Fired for Freelancing: What Happens When You Outgrow the Template Shop
In the traditional corporate architecture of the Maghreb tech scene, growth is often viewed with suspicion. For many mid-sized agencies and firms, a devel...
No Contract, No Pay, No Recourse: Wage Theft in the Algerian Dev Scene
Wage theft in the software industry is not always as simple as a missing paycheck. In the tech sectors of emerging economies like Algeria, it often manife...
Stop Selling Features, Start Selling Outcomes: What 8 Projects Taught Me
Most developers in the Algerian tech ecosystem are trapped in a ‘Feature-First’ mindset. They believe that their value is defined by the langu...
‘Betrayal’ Is What They Call It When You Outgrow the Agency
There is a recurring phenomenon in the Algerian and Maghreb tech workspace: the ‘Growth Backlash.’ When a high-level developer begins to outpa...
How I Started Freelancing While Working (And Got Fired For It)
The ‘9-to-5’ tech job is increasingly becoming a ‘9-to-9’ extraction of your greatest creative assets. For the ambitious developer...
