Hi, I'm Aimen

I build things
for the web.

Developer, tinkerer, and occasional writer. I document what I learn and build in public. This site is one of those projects.

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who

Developer, builder, perpetual learner. I write about things I'm actively working through — not the things I've already mastered.

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Currently building with:

Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLPrismaTailwindVercel
Recent WritingAll posts →
learningApr 14, 2026
Learning New Dev Skills While Raising Two Kids Under 5
I used to think learning new dev skills required a quiet desk, long uninterrupted blocks, and a brain that was not busy tracking who just asked for water again. Then I became a parent to two kids under 5. The calendar did not clear. The house did not get quieter. The desire to learn stuck around.
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deep diveApr 13, 2026
How aimen.dev Actually Works (Explained Simply)
What does "fullstack" actually mean? What is a database? What does an API do? I built aimen.dev and I'm going to explain how every piece works in plain language.
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fullstackApr 13, 2026
Building aimen.dev: A Full-Stack Blog Platform
aimen.dev a production fullstack blog I built from scratch — Next.js, PostgreSQL, auth, reactions, comments, search, and a custom domain. Here's an honest account of what went into it and how I got there.
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~ aimen.dev/whoami

// quick summary


cat whoami.json


{

  "name": "Aimen Aberra",

  "role": "support engineer → enterprise analyst → SRE (in progress)",

  "currently_learning": ["Go", "Docker", "AWS", "CI/CD"],

  "blog_purpose": "document the journey, not just the destination",

  "uses_ai": true, // openly and honestly

  "posts_published": 3

}