Welcome — What This Blog Is About
An intro to what I'll be writing here — front-end engineering, UI & UX design, and everything in between as I build, learn, and share along the way.
Hi, and welcome to my blog. I'm Mustafa — a front-end developer and UI/UX designer. This is the corner of my site where I think out loud: writing down what I'm building, what I'm learning, and the small details that make the work click.
What I'll be writing about
I work across the line between code and design, so the topics here will live on both sides of it:
- Front-end development — React, Next.js, TypeScript, and the patterns I reach for when building real interfaces.
- Programming & tech — the broader craft: tooling, workflows, and ideas worth remembering.
- UI design — layout, type, color, and the visual decisions behind a clean interface.
- UX design — research, flows, and the thinking that makes a product feel effortless to use. In short: anything in and around my field that I find useful, interesting, or worth sharing.
Why I'm writing
Writing is how I make sense of what I learn. Turning a half-formed idea into a post forces me to actually understand it — and if it helps someone else along the way, even better. Expect a mix of short notes, deeper dives, and the occasional breakdown of something I built.
More posts are on the way. This is just the start — thanks for reading the first one.
Mustafa Manhal
Frontend developer and UI/UX designer based in Iraq. Writing about Next.js, TypeScript, and building things that ship to production.