Hamza's Blog

Hello! I'm a software developer living in Vancouver, Canada. I'll be using this blog to write about concepts in software development that I find interesting. Besides coding, I'm a lover of depressing Russian literature, MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, lifting weights and (albeit begrudgingly) fried chicken.

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Book Notes: A philosophy of software design

A Philosophy Of Software Design is a fantastic book written by John Ousterhout. In this article I jot down ideas from the book that I find helpful/interesting.

Jul 17th 2022

JavaScript under the hood - Promises

This article is a deep-dive into how promises work under the hood in JavaScript. We look at the Event Loop, Callback Queue and the Microtask Queue and the interplay between these processes.

May 7th 2022

Five Lessons I learnt from actually studying TypeScript

In this article I talk about the most important lessons I've learnt from conducting a structured study of TypeScript which have helped me in everyday use.

Jan 30th 2022

JavaScript under the hood: Prototype Chain

The prototype mechanism is JavaScript's way of sharing properties and methods across objects. Mastering this concept will enable developers to write more elegant, efficient and maintainable code.

Dec 3rd 2021

JavaScript under the hood - Scoping (part 2)

This article explores how the scoping mechanism works under the hood in JavaScript. Mastering scope is imperative to fully understand more advanced concepts such as closures and callback functions.

Nov 14th 2021

JavaScript under the hood - Scoping (part 1)

This article explores the scoping mechanism in JS. Mastering scope is really important to fully understand higher level concepts in JS, such as closures and callback functions.

Nov 2nd 2021