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Thoughts on engineering, career, AI, and building software that lasts. Shorter form than articles — more personal, more frequent.

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I Launched Picstea, an Image Editor That Runs in Your Browser

Picstea is a free, layer-based image editor in the spirit of Photoshop and GIMP. It runs entirely in your browser, and your images never leave your device.

October 9, 2026·3 min read
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Meet Sia Barry, My English Channel

SiaExplains is in Persian. Sia Barry is its English sibling: startup tech stacks, AI tools and life as a software engineer in Germany.

October 1, 2026·1 min read
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FocusCrew Is Becoming My All-in-One Productivity Tool

Why I built FocusCrew to bring planning, habits, focus sessions, body doubling, and productivity tracking into one connected workspace.

September 30, 2026·6 min read
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The Site Is Now Available in Farsi and German

SiaExplains.com now speaks three languages — English, فارسی, and Deutsch. Here's why I added i18n and how it works.

May 24, 2026·3 min read
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My YouTube Channel: What I Actually Make Videos About

The SiaExplains channel is in Persian — here's what I cover, why I started it, and the most-watched videos so far.

May 23, 2026·3 min read
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I Launched a Tech Media Site. Here's Why — And What I Learned.

WikiDigit is my attempt at a tech news site that actually respects your intelligence. Here's the story of why I built it, how it runs, and what launching a media brand taught me in 2026.

May 18, 2026·4 min read
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I Built a Thing Called Emojar — With Zero Lines of Code

I shipped a complete web product — frontend, backend, SEO, content, deployment — without writing a single line of code myself. Here's what that experience taught me about AI in 2026.

May 14, 2026·4 min read
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Hello World — Why I Started SiaExplains

The story behind SiaExplains: why I started a YouTube channel, what I want to share, and where this is all going.

April 20, 2026·2 min read
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