Ramblings of a self-taught software engineer

Bassem Dghaidi

Sr. SWE @ GitHub

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How Model Context Protocol (MCP) Works
Apr 12, 2025
- mcp
- model-context-protocol
- programming
- llm
- ai
Rethinking Technical Meetings: Beyond Slide Decks
Mar 8, 2024
- tech
- meetings
- productivity
- software-engineering
- management
- system-design
Navigating startup choices: my top 10 evaluation tips
Jan 18, 2024
- startups
- evaluation
- tips
- engineering
- culture
Universities don't prepare for the job market
May 10, 2023
- academia
- education
- tech
- software
- engineering
- computer
- science
How much can you really earn creating content on Youtube!
May 6, 2023
- content-creation
- youtube
- experience
- growth
- monetization
- income
- revenue
Understanding and utilizing team dynamics for success
Dec 30, 2022
- leadership
- team-dynamics
- roles
- collaboration
- growth
Sometimes, you have to watch an organisation burn to progress
Jan 18, 2022
- enterprise
- startups
- lessons
- management
Setting up podman and docker-compose on MacOS
Nov 6, 2021
- containers
- oci
- docker
- podman
- docker-compose
Using GitHub Apps to call the APIs
Jul 7, 2021
- github
- github-apps
- api
- rest
- graphql
- jwt
Adopting the command design pattern for GitHub Actions
Apr 5, 2021
- github
- actions
- design-patterns
- command
- best-practices
Automating Backups on macOS with Dropbox fish and launchd
Jul 25, 2020
- macos
- utilities
- backup
- fish
- launchd
- dropbox
Fixing AWS API Gateway CORS problems with Terraform
Jun 10, 2020
- aws
- architecture
- microservices
- api
- terraform
Planning on using AWS Step Functions? Think again
Jun 8, 2020
- aws
- architecture
- microservices
- patterns
Auth0 Roles Management for GitHub Enterprise Server
Jun 2, 2020
- ghes
- saml
- enterprise
- auth0

Bassem Dghaidi

posts

How Model Context Protocol (MCP) Works

Rethinking Technical Meetings: Beyond Slide Decks

Navigating startup choices: my top 10 evaluation tips

Universities don't prepare for the job market

How much can you really earn creating content on Youtube!

Understanding and utilizing team dynamics for success

Sometimes, you have to watch an organisation burn to progress

Setting up podman and docker-compose on MacOS

Using GitHub Apps to call the APIs

Adopting the command design pattern for GitHub Actions

Automating Backups on macOS with Dropbox fish and launchd

Fixing AWS API Gateway CORS problems with Terraform

Planning on using AWS Step Functions? Think again

Auth0 Roles Management for GitHub Enterprise Server