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Ahmedb

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About Ahmedb

Mobile tech lead https://ahbou.org/about

Recent public activity

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    Firefox and uBlock origin results in infinite YouTube ads

    A lot of people on reddit are reporting strange behavior when using Firefox and uBlock origin on Youtube like infinite back to back ads and failure to play videos. https://www.redd…

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    Never ever ever buy anything from HP. They will brick it with a software update. If you need a lightweight printer go with Epson. You can refill them.

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    I just wrote about how ads actually hurt my user retention. My case is particular, my app is privacy-oriented https://ahbou.org/post/696176028423487488/ads-impact-on-perc...

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    In my country we give them to people with lesser means on the streets. When the winter season gets close some people will start collecting clothes to bring them to people living in…

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    The interesting part is "Homerun made an agreement with the cyber attacker."

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    Feels like the mafia hiring a software engineer :)

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    this feels like an episode from the Silicon Valley show lol

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    Ask HN: What's your “crazy CEO” moment?

    Title says it all. Mine was a couple of years ago, I applied to an established mobile games studio and went through the steps (recruiter, technical interview, CTO). The last step w…

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    My point is: to ace the test I need to prep for the test and that time is better spent on a take-home project. Most tests I saw were between 1h30 or 2 hours.

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    Same! I applied for the Senior iOS position and I liked how the whole process was transparent and straightforward.