I was scrolling through some blogs the other day and kept seeing folks mention Abdullah Hatems’ articles, but nobody ever said where you can actually read them for free. Got curious myself, so I decided to hunt ’em down properly. Here’s how I went about it step by step.
Starting the search
First thing I did was just type his name into that big search engine everyone uses. Big mistake – got flooded with profiles on professional networks and book listings asking for money. Felt like hitting a brick wall immediately.
Getting smarter with it
Then I remembered how some bloggers put free stuff on document sharing sites. Tried searching “Abdullah Hatems” plus words like “paper” or “research” but specified it should be PDF files. Boom – way better results! Found:
- Several unpublished articles about cloud computing patterns
- Conference slides from tech talks he gave
- Technical write-ups that got dumped when blogs shut down
The community trick
Hit another dead end when I wanted his newer stuff, so I joined some developer forums. Asked in five different tech groups where people share resources. Two days later, got DMs from members pointing me to:
- Archived blog content saved by readers before sites disappeared
- Code repository wikis where he’d left detailed notes
- University course pages that hosted his guest lectures as readings
Putting it all together
Took me three evenings clicking around different platforms, but now I’ve got folders sorted by topic on my desktop. Most useful finds were his systems design breakdowns – turns out tons of people had saved them independently when they went offline. Funny how scattered yet available everything is when you dig past surface searches.
Final thought? Never pay for what the internet’s already archived if you’re stubborn enough to look properly. Half this stuff is sitting in dusty corners of sites we all use daily.
