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Building a Simple REST API with Express.js
Once I was comfortable with frontend JavaScript, I wanted to build my own backend. Express.js is the most popular framework for Node.js. It's minimalist an…
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JavaScript
Once I was comfortable with frontend JavaScript, I wanted to build my own backend. Express.js is the most popular framework for Node.js. It's minimalist an…
Web Development
Flask is a micro web framework for Python. It is lightweight and easy to get started with, making it perfect for beginners who want to build web applicatio…
Global Strategy
When you think of India, you think of heat, not ice. So why does India have a scientific base in the Arctic (Himadri)? It’s actually one of the most fasc…
Connectivity & Trade
There’s a new game in town: the Middle Corridor. It’s a trade route connecting Central Asia to Europe via the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus, bypassing R…
Backend
Creating your own API is a milestone for any web developer, and Node.js with Express makes it surprisingly approachable. Start by initializing a project wi…
Business
Fly over Dubai at night and the geometry of its ambition becomes clear. Two major airports, the world's busiest by international passenger traffic at DXB a…
Emerging Markets
When we talk about Indian geopolitics, we rarely look West—beyond the Middle East. But Latin America is becoming a crucial partner. Why? Lithium. The wor…
Geopolitics
You won’t see tanks on the border every day. But the economic war between India and China is very real. China banned hundreds of Indian apps a few years…
Tourism
Before there was a Burj Khalifa or a Palm Jumeirah, there was the Creek. This saltwater inlet from the Arabian Gulf was the reason Dubai existed at all —…
Tourism
Before there was a Burj Khalifa or a Palm Jumeirah, there was the Creek. This saltwater inlet from the Arabian Gulf was the reason Dubai existed at all —…
Technology
Using AI coding assistants often means sharing your code with third-party servers. This privacy trade-off deserves more attention. For open-source projects…
Rise of America
In July 1944, representatives of forty-four nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to design the postwar internati…
Skilled Trades
I was always told that the only way to be successful was to go to a four-year university. So I did. I graduated with a degree in philosophy and a pile of d…
Road Trips
The Midwest doesn’t always get the hype that the coasts do, but it’s actually perfect for beginner road trippers. The roads are flat, the distances are…
AWS
Route 53 is Amazon's scalable domain name system service. It routes end users to your applications. I used it to register my first domain and point it to a…
Tourism
Dubai's transport network is better than its reputation among first-time visitors suggests, though it has real limitations that shape how the city is navig…
Environment
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and AI is emerging as a powerful tool to help us understand, mitigate, and adapt to its effects. One…
Animals
Elephants are often described as the emotional giants of the animal kingdom. They are one of the few species known to have funeral-like rituals, showing in…
React
Next.js has become the go-to framework for React developers, and for good reason. It solves problems that React alone doesn't address: routing, server-side…
DevOps
Feature flags (also called feature toggles) separate deployment from release, enabling continuous delivery with reduced risk. Instead of merging code then…
Business
Dubai has spent two decades building one of the most business-friendly regulatory environments anywhere in the world, and the results are visible. Hundreds…
Rise of America
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the most powerful country in the world — the sole superpower of the unipolar moment, the country that had just won…
Economy & Security
We often think geopolitics happens in faraway places, far away from our dinner tables. But the recent Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea?…
Technology
One feature that sets Grok apart is its integration with X for real-time information. When news breaks or trends emerge, Grok can access and summarize curr…
Neighborhood
If you look at India’s neighborhood, Bangladesh is often called the ‘best neighbor.’ We solved the land border demarcation (a 40-year-old issue), and…
Rise of America
The United States is, by any historical measure, an extraordinarily successful political experiment. A republic founded in 1776 with a population of around…
Business
The UAE has one of the highest e-commerce penetration rates in the world relative to population, driven by a combination of high smartphone ownership, exce…
Foreign Policy
The shift from ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’ was more than just a name change. In the 90s, ‘Look East’ was about simply opening up to Southeast Asi…
Business
Dubai has spent two decades building one of the most business-friendly regulatory environments anywhere in the world, and the results are visible. Hundreds…
Advanced Java
The biggest criticism of Java in the serverless world has been startup time. A cold start of a Spring Boot app can take 20-30 seconds. GraalVM changes that…
How Claude Works
The ability to reason through complex, multi-step problems is what separates truly useful AI from simple text generators. Claude's reasoning capabilities a…
How Claude Works
One of the technical features that comes up often in discussions about Claude is its context window. If you've ever had an AI assistant forget what you wer…
Business
Dubai is a city where people come to build — careers, businesses, legacies — and the personal brand you construct matters in direct commercial terms. T…
Introduction to Claude
Most AI assistants compete on capability. Claude competes on something broader — a bet that being genuinely helpful, honest, and safe are not just featur…
Technology
While blockchain technology is best known for powering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, its potential applications extend far beyond digital money. At its co…
Environment
We talk a lot about how cool AI is, but rarely about the energy it consumes. Running large language models and AI agents takes massive data centers that gu…
Database
Choosing the right database is one of the most important decisions in web development. SQL databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL store data in structured tab…
Architecture
As frontend applications grow beyond what a single team can manage, micro frontends offer an architectural solution. The idea is simple: break your monolit…
Tools
The build tool landscape has evolved dramatically, and the choice between Webpack and Vite can significantly impact your development experience. Webpack ha…
Bilateral Relations
If there’s one relationship in Indian geopolitics that defies logic, it’s this one. On one hand, you have the border firing and the constant rhetoric a…
CMS
The headless CMS architecture decouples content management from content presentation, giving developers flexibility to use any frontend technology while le…
DevOps
As web projects grow, managing multiple packages, applications, and shared code becomes a significant challenge. Monorepos—single repositories containing…
Real-Time
Building real-time collaborative features like those in Google Docs or Figma requires handling concurrent edits without conflicts. Operational Transformati…
Desktop Development
For years, Electron has been the go-to for building desktop apps with web technologies. But Tauri has emerged as a compelling alternative with fundamentall…
Privacy
WhatsApp says messages are end-to-end encrypted. That means only you and the recipient can read them. That is true. But metadata is not encrypted. Who you…
Economy
I’ve been following economic news for years, and one thing is clear: the China dream is facing a reality check. Real estate crisis. Youth unemployment…