https://aymenchikeb.io/ Software engineering, DevOps, and systems writing by Aymen Chikeb. en-us https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/everything-is-file-in-linux/ https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/everything-is-file-in-linux/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT This is a common principle for Linux people, which is why I want to share it with people who don't know it. The idea of "everything is a file" comes from early Unix and makes Linux powerful in automation, debugging, and observability. https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/why-youll-end-up-learning-linux/ https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/why-youll-end-up-learning-linux/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT A quick explanation of why learning Linux isn’t optional anymore whether you’re a developer, DevOps engineer, or anyone working with modern software. https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/the-art-of-self-code-review/ https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/the-art-of-self-code-review/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT When working in small teams, you often don’t have enough people for full peer reviews. That’s when self-review critically evaluating your own code before anyone else sees it becomes a vital skill. https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/understanding-system-thinking/ https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/understanding-system-thinking/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT The system thinking is the ability to understand how systems interact and how a change in one part can change everything or impact different parts in the system. https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/how-to-debug-production-issues-without-losing-your-mind/ https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/how-to-debug-production-issues-without-losing-your-mind/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Production issues happen. When they do, panic is your worst enemy. Here's a practical guide to debugging production problems systematically, from logging strategies to incident response, so you can fix issues faster and keep your sanity intact. https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/webhooks-from-surface-to-wire-github-and-ci/ https://aymenchikeb.io/blogs/webhooks-from-surface-to-wire-github-and-ci/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT From the sentence you’d use in a design review down to TLS, signatures, and retries—then GitHub firing CircleCI and CircleCI talking back to GitHub, as two different kinds of integration, grounded in a workshop you can code along with.