Archive

2025

August

Survival of the Architect

2025-08-13 — 6 min read — 1181 Words

When Friends Fade Away

2025-08-08 — 4 min read — 725 Words

The Doubtful Architect

2025-08-01 — 5 min read — 949 Words

July

Consulting Rule #2: Don’t Let Your Sarcasm Show, Unless You Should

2025-07-28 — 4 min read — 687 Words

A Good Architect Should Become Useless

2025-07-16 — 2 min read — 367 Words

June

“Errorless Architecture” Is a Myth

2025-06-06 — 3 min read — 628 Words

April

20 years of blogging

2025-04-18 — 9 min read — 1728 Words

March

Proud European

2025-03-07 — 4 min read — 688 Words

February

Why Architects Won’t Be Replaced by AI Anytime Soon

2025-02-13 — 2 min read — 349 Words

When a clueless Salesperson got me into computers, Inadvertently

2025-02-12 — 4 min read — 751 Words

January

What great leaders don’t do after you resign

2025-01-12 — 2 min read — 293 Words

Architects Are Useless… Until They’re Not

2025-01-09 — 13 min read — 2558 Words

2024

December

When Jeremy Clarkson Explains My SaaS Nightmare

2024-12-09 — 4 min read — 738 Words

Layerd Confusion

2024-12-05 — 1 min read — 20 Words

November

I hate “Quick Wins”

2024-11-20 — 11 min read — 2206 Words

October

5 Behaviors of Top Architects

2024-10-28 — 16 min read — 3218 Words

September

Architects Aren’t Made in Classrooms: The Real Way to Learn the Craft

2024-09-25 — 7 min read — 1402 Words

August

Am I a Senior or an Obsolete Architect?

2024-08-20 — 6 min read — 1194 Words

July

How did I evaluate my success as an architect?

2024-07-11 — 5 min read — 891 Words

2023

November

From Specialist to Polyglot: An Architect’s Journey

2023-11-07 — 8 min read — 1676 Words

2021

September

What I learned from … (other professions)

2021-09-19 — 9 min read — 1727 Words

August

Lessons Learned as/to be a Software Architect

2021-08-27 — 11 min read — 2255 Words

2015

July

the truth about best practices

2015-07-09 — 1 min read — 12 Words

2013

May

my best mistakes

2013-05-09 — 5 min read — 978 Words

questions to ask before you develop a website

2013-05-01 — 8 min read — 1532 Words

April

lessons learned from my freelance

2013-04-28 — 9 min read — 1878 Words

to stay or not to stay

2013-04-24 — 3 min read — 625 Words

8 ans … déjà

2013-04-18 — 1 min read — 116 Words

007 reporting for duty

2013-04-07 — 1 min read — 13 Words

2010

April

5 ans déjà

2010-04-19 — 1 min read — 49 Words

2009

December

everybody lies*

2009-12-08 — 1 min read — 11 Words

October

incurably himself*

2009-10-19 — 1 min read — 159 Words

2008

October

in hiatus

2008-10-20 — 1 min read — 35 Words

September

and the choice is …

2008-09-03 — 1 min read — 52 Words

moi et facebook

2008-09-03 — 1 min read — 71 Words

google chrome

2008-09-03 — 1 min read — 39 Words

June

nous, les pro …

2008-06-26 — 1 min read — 50 Words

nokia lance la symbian foundation

2008-06-24 — 1 min read — 87 Words

tom++

2008-06-20 — 1 min read — 63 Words

May

laws of computer programming

2008-05-09 — 1 min read — 116 Words

March

new job, new challanges

2008-03-03 — 1 min read — 79 Words

January

LEGO celebrates its 50th birthday today

2008-01-28 — 1 min read — 96 Words

macbook pro

2008-01-25 — 1 min read — 11 Words

Y2K38 countdown starts saturday 19.01.2008

2008-01-18 — 1 min read — 89 Words

googleTalk can be a translator too

2008-01-08 — 1 min read — 150 Words

2007

December

visite technique

2007-12-29 — 2 min read — 224 Words

it was a cold day

2007-12-19 — 1 min read — 18 Words

spirit : stallion of the cimarron

2007-12-07 — 1 min read — 152 Words

bee movie

2007-12-04 — 1 min read — 148 Words

November

tips for whiteboard modeling

2007-11-30 — 2 min read — 252 Words

blue clouds

2007-11-28 — 0 min read — 0 Words

pisseurs !

2007-11-18 — 1 min read — 89 Words

ESPRITlibre : mandrivia install fest

2007-11-17 — 1 min read — 74 Words

peugeot 403

2007-11-15 — 1 min read — 129 Words

junior web developer, freelancer

2007-11-14 — 1 min read — 54 Words

pas de photos

2007-11-06 — 1 min read — 206 Words

combat de chiens

2007-11-01 — 1 min read — 157 Words

October

SFD ’07

2007-10-29 — 1 min read — 154 Words

et, deux de moins !

2007-10-24 — 1 min read — 65 Words

web 2.0 : how-to design guide

2007-10-23 — 1 min read — 75 Words

demain… j’ai pas d’argents

2007-10-23 — 1 min read — 60 Words

ipod touch

2007-10-22 — 1 min read — 25 Words

holy home

2007-10-15 — 0 min read — 0 Words

guillaume musso – et apres…

2007-10-09 — 1 min read — 92 Words

lovely moon

2007-10-04 — 0 min read — 0 Words

a soldier from the past

2007-10-04 — 1 min read — 9 Words

steve ballmer in tunisia

2007-10-03 — 2 min read — 228 Words

September

11 tips for beginner photographers

2007-09-24 — 3 min read — 606 Words

css3

2007-09-11 — 1 min read — 117 Words

motocross

2007-09-11 — 1 min read — 4 Words

arrets de bus

2007-09-11 — 1 min read — 50 Words

le souhait d’une machine

2007-09-07 — 1 min read — 23 Words

marre d’etre competent

2007-09-07 — 1 min read — 141 Words

انها تونس

2007-09-03 — 1 min read — 144 Words

insulte intelligente.

2007-09-03 — 1 min read — 28 Words

August

hawariya II

2007-08-30 — 0 min read — 0 Words

GPL violations on windows

2007-08-30 — 1 min read — 175 Words

singing my life #12

2007-08-24 — 1 min read — 183 Words

loi de l’emmerdement maximum

2007-08-03 — 2 min read — 279 Words

my new nikon d70

2007-08-01 — 1 min read — 46 Words

July

15 years of the sms

2007-07-23 — 1 min read — 183 Words

le caddy

2007-07-13 — 1 min read — 89 Words

June

30 ans deja !

2007-06-27 — 2 min read — 337 Words

mabrouk toto

2007-06-22 — 1 min read — 39 Words

May

open source & NTIC

2007-05-10 — 1 min read — 130 Words

sunset

2007-05-07 — 0 min read — 0 Words

bande d’imbeciles

2007-05-07 — 1 min read — 164 Words

talk to me, baby

2007-05-07 — 0 min read — 0 Words

kantaoui port

2007-05-07 — 0 min read — 0 Words

April

le chat publicitaire

2007-04-27 — 1 min read — 17 Words

a town with your name

2007-04-10 — 1 min read — 28 Words

your mobile = your personnality !

2007-04-02 — 1 min read — 99 Words

March

unfaithful

2007-03-14 — 1 min read — 94 Words

looking for voices

2007-03-07 — 0 min read — 0 Words

music de fond

2007-03-07 — 1 min read — 56 Words

February

pas touche …

2007-02-21 — 1 min read — 109 Words

les belles jambes …

2007-02-15 — 1 min read — 74 Words

benediction

2007-02-15 — 0 min read — 0 Words

stairway to heaven

2007-02-15 — 0 min read — 0 Words

{pre, post} paid

2007-02-12 — 1 min read — 95 Words

je suis une demoiselle

2007-02-12 — 1 min read — 128 Words

an inconvient truth

2007-02-12 — 1 min read — 155 Words

gTalk shortcuts

2007-02-08 — 1 min read — 62 Words

2006

December

2006 : bilan

2006-12-27 — 0 min read — 0 Words

La télé arrive - التلفزة جاية

2006-12-20 — 1 min read — 173 Words

marc levy – vous revoir

2006-12-20 — 1 min read — 105 Words

nailhead

2006-12-07 — 1 min read — 36 Words

comparing programming languages in real life

2006-12-05 — 7 min read — 1440 Words

iNews

2006-12-01 — 1 min read — 78 Words

November

tom.getDefinition()

2006-11-28 — 1 min read — 37 Words

iPod shuffle reset utility

2006-11-27 — 1 min read — 49 Words

ton signe astrologique ?

2006-11-22 — 1 min read — 34 Words

le fils de l’homme

2006-11-14 — 1 min read — 152 Words

Mitch Albom – Les cinq personnes que j’ai rencontrées la-haut

2006-11-13 — 1 min read — 91 Words

fight club

2006-11-13 — 1 min read — 91 Words

welcome nejma

2006-11-11 — 0 min read — 0 Words

the departed

2006-11-09 — 1 min read — 158 Words

you [will] have a mail

2006-11-07 — 1 min read — 9 Words

8 simple rules for developing secure source code

2006-11-03 — 1 min read — 121 Words

الحديقة العربية

2006-11-02 — 1 min read — 4 Words

October

education

2006-10-31 — 2 min read — 280 Words

je desire …

2006-10-31 — 1 min read — 55 Words

no man’s land

2006-10-19 — 0 min read — 0 Words

gone away

2006-10-19 — 0 min read — 0 Words

human quarks

2006-10-19 — 0 min read — 0 Words

tunisian comfort

2006-10-18 — 1 min read — 102 Words

solving classic problems using SOA

2006-10-16 — 1 min read — 137 Words

mes demons

2006-10-16 — 2 min read — 303 Words

unicef

2006-10-13 — 1 min read — 14 Words

House M.D.

2006-10-13 — 2 min read — 263 Words

tu veux un cafe ?

2006-10-13 — 1 min read — 77 Words

September

عمارة يعقوبيان

2006-09-26 — 2 min read — 349 Words

number #10

2006-09-21 — 0 min read — 0 Words

amine maalouf – jardins de lumiere

2006-09-21 — 1 min read — 102 Words

close me …

2006-09-21 — 1 min read — 79 Words

Everybody Lies

2006-09-21 — 2 min read — 328 Words

satisfied or reimbursed

2006-09-04 — 1 min read — 38 Words

Everything you know, I knew yesterday

2006-09-01 — 1 min read — 79 Words

August

happy birthday gTalk

2006-08-23 — 1 min read — 59 Words

tom.hibernate()

2006-08-07 — 1 min read — 54 Words

July

compagnon

2006-07-31 — 0 min read — 0 Words

let’s climb

2006-07-31 — 0 min read — 0 Words

divinity’s light

2006-07-31 — 0 min read — 0 Words

questions …

2006-07-31 — 2 min read — 402 Words

“bagla liha”-ism

2006-07-31 — 1 min read — 87 Words

المناقضات

2006-07-22 — 2 min read — 234 Words

j.e. cherche j.f.*

2006-07-19 — 1 min read — 145 Words

bindows™

2006-07-18 — 1 min read — 90 Words

singin’ my life #11

2006-07-17 — 1 min read — 140 Words

Syriana

2006-07-16 — 1 min read — 162 Words

Lebanon … what can i say ?

2006-07-16 — 2 min read — 302 Words

The wall*

2006-07-05 — 1 min read — 110 Words

need an answer …

2006-07-05 — 1 min read — 200 Words

singin’ my life #10

2006-07-05 — 1 min read — 161 Words

June

l’invasion

2006-06-30 — 1 min read — 124 Words

i mania

2006-06-27 — 1 min read — 56 Words

the next meetup

2006-06-26 — 1 min read — 82 Words

mabrouk rj

2006-06-26 — 1 min read — 38 Words

maman, jouons … !

2006-06-26 — 2 min read — 306 Words

i hate summer

2006-06-20 — 1 min read — 151 Words

inside man

2006-06-16 — 1 min read — 144 Words

dr. phil jr

2006-06-14 — 1 min read — 96 Words

hmm …

2006-06-12 — 2 min read — 221 Words

Tune your MySQL

2006-06-03 — 4 min read — 643 Words

singin’ my life #9

2006-06-03 — 1 min read — 133 Words

brainmania

2006-06-03 — 1 min read — 41 Words

May

la democratie de G. Bush

2006-05-29 — 1 min read — 39 Words

خاطرة

2006-05-26 — 1 min read — 15 Words

je ecrire mauvais

2006-05-26 — 1 min read — 95 Words

fight addicted

2006-05-26 — 1 min read — 45 Words

المنبت

2006-05-22 — 1 min read — 152 Words

tom.getDefinition()

2006-05-22 — 1 min read — 72 Words

la verite est ailleurs

2006-05-15 — 1 min read — 141 Words

flashbaks…

2006-05-15 — 3 min read — 472 Words

comment conduire … ?

2006-05-08 — 1 min read — 118 Words

ketingmar*

2006-05-08 — 2 min read — 303 Words

el rassmi …

2006-05-03 — 2 min read — 255 Words

karting

2006-05-03 — 1 min read — 125 Words

April

amelie nothomb – sabotage amoureux

2006-04-28 — 1 min read — 139 Words

papa

2006-04-28 — 1 min read — 152 Words

le vertige d’une femme … de menage !

2006-04-28 — 1 min read — 86 Words

j’ai peur de moi

2006-04-27 — 2 min read — 410 Words

dans la merde

2006-04-27 — 1 min read — 38 Words

zaghouan meetup

2006-04-24 — 2 min read — 378 Words

PHPmagazine’s new look

2006-04-21 — 1 min read — 102 Words

Zaghouan Meetup

2006-04-19 — 1 min read — 162 Words

singin’ my life #8

2006-04-17 — 1 min read — 172 Words

12th meetup

2006-04-17 — 1 min read — 24 Words

tunisian P2P technology

2006-04-14 — 1 min read — 13 Words

les poupees russes

2006-04-14 — 1 min read — 172 Words

goodbye my friends !

2006-04-14 — 3 min read — 510 Words

bye bye my 927 !

2006-04-05 — 1 min read — 55 Words

le bac … avant, apres

2006-04-01 — 1 min read — 46 Words

March

la cigarette … ca tue

2006-03-30 — 1 min read — 146 Words

ttcom, tecom & tom …

2006-03-30 — 1 min read — 213 Words

for brain …

2006-03-22 — 1 min read — 20 Words

tunisien, et fier de l’etre …

2006-03-22 — 0 min read — 0 Words

tom.hibernate()

2006-03-17 — 1 min read — 16 Words

J2L a l’ISI

2006-03-08 — 1 min read — 185 Words

youpiiii

2006-03-07 — 1 min read — 7 Words

{blogo,…}sphere

2006-03-07 — 1 min read — 85 Words

11th meetup

2006-03-06 — 2 min read — 272 Words

kgb : new compression tool

2006-03-03 — 1 min read — 66 Words

hrissa & bird flu …

2006-03-01 — 1 min read — 11 Words

the next 11th meetup !

2006-03-01 — 1 min read — 87 Words

February

bizerte trip

2006-02-27 — 1 min read — 95 Words

10/20

2006-02-27 — 1 min read — 67 Words

blogging conference

2006-02-27 — 1 min read — 199 Words

hope springs

2006-02-21 — 1 min read — 96 Words

Taher Fazaa – journal d’un imbecile heureux

2006-02-21 — 1 min read — 79 Words

singin’ my life #7

2006-02-15 — 1 min read — 148 Words

au prochain top, il sera …

2006-02-10 — 1 min read — 20 Words

who are we ?

2006-02-09 — 3 min read — 469 Words

vue de haut …

2006-02-06 — 1 min read — 144 Words

singin’ my life #6

2006-02-02 — 2 min read — 240 Words

facts about me

2006-02-02 — 1 min read — 103 Words

happy new hijri year

2006-02-01 — 1 min read — 15 Words

January

Marc Levy – Et si c’était vrai

2006-01-30 — 1 min read — 192 Words

tom.getStatus() returns “very happy”

2006-01-26 — 1 min read — 52 Words

new IT certification ….

2006-01-26 — 1 min read — 36 Words

Marié malgré lui

2006-01-26 — 1 min read — 117 Words

invasion neuronale

2006-01-25 — 1 min read — 148 Words

fifty fifty

2006-01-24 — 1 min read — 4 Words

singin’ my life #5

2006-01-18 — 2 min read — 256 Words

Je suis ton boss, et tu fermes ta gueule …

2006-01-18 — 1 min read — 151 Words

in her shoes

2006-01-17 — 1 min read — 106 Words

jerry seinfeld

2006-01-16 — 1 min read — 76 Words

super tom…

2006-01-14 — 1 min read — 41 Words

l’associe du diable

2006-01-13 — 1 min read — 99 Words

كيف تصبح هاكر

2006-01-13 — 1 min read — 11 Words

l’homme est egoiste de nature …

2006-01-12 — 1 min read — 112 Words

عيد إضحى مبارك

2006-01-07 — 1 min read — 12 Words

Marc Levy : où es tu ?

2006-01-07 — 1 min read — 126 Words

tom.activity.log

2006-01-04 — 1 min read — 128 Words

dommar

2006-01-04 — 1 min read — 117 Words

2005

December

el teatro : etat civil

2005-12-30 — 2 min read — 215 Words

IT skills in demand for 2006

2005-12-29 — 1 min read — 95 Words

celibataire ?

2005-12-29 — 1 min read — 193 Words

2006 … Day -2

2005-12-28 — 1 min read — 76 Words

stupidon

2005-12-28 — 1 min read — 3 Words

féChier

2005-12-27 — 2 min read — 241 Words

et si j’etais …

2005-12-26 — 1 min read — 186 Words

singing my life #4 : R.Williams – Tripping

2005-12-26 — 1 min read — 189 Words

lord of war

2005-12-22 — 1 min read — 177 Words

Gppgle.com

2005-12-20 — 1 min read — 51 Words

a history of violence

2005-12-20 — 1 min read — 157 Words

i hate them …

2005-12-19 — 1 min read — 90 Words

Elizabethtown

2005-12-19 — 1 min read — 112 Words

Werther’s original

2005-12-18 — 1 min read — 15 Words

5 things

2005-12-18 — 2 min read — 248 Words

Tom … the return

2005-12-17 — 1 min read — 189 Words

Open Source : Integration & Migration [Part 2]

2005-12-08 — 2 min read — 231 Words

Open Source : Integration & Migration [Part 1]

2005-12-05 — 1 min read — 130 Words

la poisse

2005-12-05 — 2 min read — 351 Words

singing my life #3 : قصيدة الحزن

2005-12-02 — 2 min read — 216 Words

tom.setWeight() ++

2005-12-01 — 1 min read — 73 Words

November

i’m lost … #2

2005-11-29 — 1 min read — 51 Words

RedHat Fedora Core 5

2005-11-25 — 1 min read — 145 Words

i’m lost …

2005-11-22 — 1 min read — 19 Words

Richard Stallman and me … #2

2005-11-22 — 1 min read — 206 Words

Mantis, RSS & Klipfolio

2005-11-22 — 1 min read — 181 Words

money …

2005-11-21 — 1 min read — 42 Words

Et un autre lundi …

2005-11-21 — 1 min read — 100 Words

Richard Stallman and me

2005-11-17 — 3 min read — 543 Words

wes …

2005-11-17 — 1 min read — 80 Words

Alex & Emma

2005-11-16 — 1 min read — 163 Words

sining my life #2

2005-11-15 — 1 min read — 163 Words

tom.getStatus() returns “feel same”

2005-11-11 — 1 min read — 28 Words

singing my life

2005-11-11 — 1 min read — 130 Words

monsieur, un brouillon!

2005-11-09 — 2 min read — 267 Words

October

sncft … et apres!

2005-10-31 — 1 min read — 43 Words

Mignart : the return

2005-10-24 — 1 min read — 161 Words

How does a unix guru make love?

2005-10-22 — 1 min read — 20 Words

[scrubs]

2005-10-21 — 1 min read — 22 Words

7th tn.blog.meetup : ramadhan edition

2005-10-17 — 2 min read — 326 Words

tom.getDefinition()

2005-10-14 — 1 min read — 23 Words

past time paradise

2005-10-10 — 1 min read — 4 Words

IT Project Developement

2005-10-05 — 1 min read — 22 Words

Solar Ecplise

2005-10-03 — 1 min read — 39 Words

September

Last AJAX Office Applications

2005-09-29 — 1 min read — 92 Words

Amelie Nothomb – Metaphysique des tubes

2005-09-23 — 1 min read — 68 Words

The 40 year old virgin

2005-09-23 — 2 min read — 225 Words

Che gevara est un informaticien!

2005-09-19 — 1 min read — 38 Words

Computers …

2005-09-19 — 1 min read — 16 Words

il est fou le mIRC

2005-09-09 — 1 min read — 88 Words

my new iPaq

2005-09-09 — 1 min read — 40 Words

Amitie …

2005-09-08 — 1 min read — 70 Words

Latte Art

2005-09-07 — 1 min read — 18 Words

Dan Brown – Da Vinci Code

2005-09-06 — 1 min read — 134 Words

August

le politiquement correct !

2005-08-22 — 1 min read — 27 Words

trip to Djerba Island

2005-08-20 — 1 min read — 168 Words

tom.getStatus() returns “Disappointed”

2005-08-16 — 1 min read — 42 Words

Soldat … Repos!

2005-08-12 — 1 min read — 64 Words

Tazarka’s Trip

2005-08-08 — 1 min read — 162 Words

tom.getStatus() returns “Happy”

2005-08-06 — 1 min read — 21 Words

imbayyel – summery of the week

2005-08-06 — 5 min read — 928 Words

July

4th tn.blogs.meetup

2005-07-30 — 1 min read — 192 Words

A Meme on Love, Marriage & More

2005-07-26 — 2 min read — 384 Words

Youppi !

2005-07-22 — 1 min read — 6 Words

temchi bel salama …

2005-07-18 — 2 min read — 263 Words

The musical baton

2005-07-11 — 1 min read — 144 Words

Is programming art ?

2005-07-06 — 1 min read — 86 Words

tom.getStatus() returns “Bad Mood”

2005-07-05 — 1 min read — 18 Words

Caricature du jour

2005-07-01 — 1 min read — 6 Words

June

i’m bugged

2005-06-29 — 1 min read — 150 Words

Tom Satriani vs Tom Pro

2005-06-28 — 1 min read — 180 Words

3rd tn.blog.meetup

2005-06-27 — 2 min read — 330 Words

bureaucratie

2005-06-22 — 1 min read — 5 Words

Musicomotion

2005-06-22 — 1 min read — 45 Words

Klem el lil …

2005-06-19 — 1 min read — 162 Words

Lot of laughs

2005-06-15 — 1 min read — 25 Words

Paolo Coelho – la cinquieme montagne

2005-06-14 — 1 min read — 52 Words

U2L Meeting

2005-06-13 — 1 min read — 88 Words

mon bureau, c’est un igloo

2005-06-02 — 2 min read — 236 Words

May

time machine

2005-05-30 — 1 min read — 41 Words

Tunisia.Culture.getStatus()

2005-05-30 — 2 min read — 233 Words

Can’t Stop

2005-05-26 — 1 min read — 70 Words

Linux + Nokia = Jaw

2005-05-25 — 1 min read — 94 Words

My Boss

2005-05-25 — 2 min read — 311 Words

www [no96a] tom [no96a] com

2005-05-23 — 1 min read — 167 Words

Kingdom of Heaven

2005-05-19 — 2 min read — 302 Words

QCMGen

2005-05-10 — 1 min read — 131 Words

Libération

2005-05-09 — 1 min read — 68 Words

je da5en, tu da5en, nous da5enons …

2005-05-02 — 1 min read — 181 Words

La foire de livre

2005-05-01 — 1 min read — 196 Words

April

My head …

2005-04-26 — 1 min read — 76 Words

Hello all …

2005-04-18 — 1 min read — 55 Words