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.

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
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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.
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.
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.
~ 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

}