About
About The Builder Notebook.
This publication exists because the best engineering lessons get learned in production — and disappear into Slack threads.
I write here once a month with a deep-dive on something I actually shipped, broke, or rebuilt. Plus shorter notes between.
About the writer
This publication is written by Ahmed Kammorah — Senior SWE at Amazon, 16-year builder. I've spent the last decade-plus shipping systems across Big Tech and seven ventures spanning fintech, AI, clean energy, healthtech, logistics, and intelligence.
I've designed and architected core systems for platforms like Waffy (MENA's first digital escrow platform serving C2C, B2B, and B2B2C), Signalia (AI news intelligence for VC), ReUp.Energy (clean energy), NovaDentX (dental healthtech), delivery systems, and founder operating-stack platforms.
This blog is where I write down what I'm learning while building all of that.
- → More about me: ahmedkammorah.com
- → Connect with me: ahmedkammorah.com/connect
What you'll find here
- 🛠 Build Notes — architectures and decisions from real ventures
- 🧠 Playbook — CTO and engineering leadership lessons
- 🤖 AI in Production — what actually works at fintech and data scale
- 🌍 From MENA — building from Cairo to Madrid to the world
- 📝 Notes — short lessons between the deep dives
The contract
One deep-dive a month. Shorter notes between. Real numbers when I can share them, honest placeholders when I can't. No growth-hacking, no "10 ways to X", no listicles.
If you read something and it changes how you build, that's the point. If you read something and disagree, write back — replies to the newsletter come straight to me.