Demystifying Agent Skills: Why They Work Until They Don't
Skills help agents by stabilizing action, not by injecting facts. But the same abstraction that makes them useful also creates a new failure surface. A deep dive into the Prince...
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About
About Jad - Technology Blogger from the Middle East
Learn about Jad, a technology blogger from the Middle East with a passion for AI, decolonization, and the human impact of technology. Exploring the intersection of tech and society since the early 2000s.
Base Middle East
Focus Technology, culture, open systems
Format Essays, field notes, archives
Editorial Note
Welcome to jadmadi.net! I’m Jad, a blogger from the Middle East with a lifelong fascination for technology and its impact on our lives. My journey in the digital world began in the early 2000s, those halcyon days of dial-up connections, GeoCities, Mandrake Linux, Tcl, and Blogspot.
Back then, blogging was more than just a trend; it was a personal exploration, a space to share experiences, insights, and a passion for the emerging world of open-source software and Linux.
After a long hiatus, I’m returning to the blogging scene with renewed zeal. I want to engage in meaningful conversations about the profound changes reshaping our world.
While I’ve always been fascinated by technology, I’m also deeply aware of its potential for both good and harm. I’m committed to using my voice to advocate for a more just, inclusive, and equitable world where technology serves humanity.
Join me on this journey as we explore the intersection of technology, decolonization, and the human journey.
I’m always eager to hear from you! Feel free to leave comments, ask questions, or share your thoughts.
Archive
Recent writing
The Irony Loop and the Myth of Open AI: Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish V2
Reading Microsoft's modern stance on open weights feels surreal when you remember the 2001 WhiteHouse.gov Linux migration and the 2006 Novell deal. Here is why the modern 'open...
The Wail in the Alleyway: How We Traded Shared Terror for Silent Notifications
A memory of the 1991 Gulf War in a quiet Jabal Amman stair-alleyway, and how screens have atomized our collective response to regional crisis into solitary background noise.
Latency Is Political When You Live Far from the Center
Latency is usually described as a performance metric. From the edge of the network, it starts to feel more like a power relationship: a reminder of who gets to live close to the...
The Open Source AI Rebellion: Echoes of the Early Linux Days
From Amman, the current open-source AI wave feels uncannily familiar. The same builder energy, the same elite gatekeeping, and the same fight over who gets to shape the future o...