Ali Afana

Building AI products from Gaza. Cybersec student turned AI builder. Creating Provia — an AI sales platform. I document every bug, fix, and lesson. The journey is the content. Follow along.

Gaza Joined on Apr 8, 2026 ali.afanatv@gmail.com https://provia-saas.vercel.app/about

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Information Security / Cybersecurity

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Founder at Provia | Cybersecurity Student

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Gemma 4 Challenge: Write about Gemma 4 Submission

Ali Afana

May 16

I Added Three Rules to Gemma 4. The MoE Searched. The Dense Model Refused.

#ai #llm #opensource #gemmachallenge

11 min read

Marketing copy mistaken for product catalogs

Ali Afana

May 11

I Was About to Rewrite My Chat Router. The Bug Was Two Lines in a Prompt.

#ai #llm #debugging #webdev

7 min read

Identifies 100x cost gaps between features

Ali Afana

Apr 30

OpenAI Tells You What You Spent. Not Where. So I Built a Dashboard.

#ai #webdev #openai #monitoring

8 min read

The Two-Context Architecture design pattern

Ali Afana

Apr 25

I Fixed 5 Chained AI Bugs in My Sales Chatbot — Each Solution Revealed the Next Problem

#ai #webdev #javascript #architecture

9 min read

Ali Afana

Apr 18

How I Cut My AI Chatbot Costs by 55% With One Architecture Change

#ai #webdev #saas #architecture

8 min read

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Gemma 4 Challenge: Write about Gemma 4 Submission

Ali Afana

May 21

I Raised Gemma 4's Token Cap. The Dense Model Stopped Refusing.

#ai #llm #opensource #gemmachallenge

7 min read

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78% index disk waste revealed by custom tools

Ali Afana

May 9

How to Find the Postgres Indexes Your Planner Never Picks (I Found 20 of 51)

#postgres #database #performance #sql

10 min read

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Ali Afana

Apr 20

A Stranger Audited My AI Product for Free. Here's What They Found.

#a11y #webdev #ai #buildinpublic

5 min read

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Ali Afana

Apr 13

Every API Route in My App Was Wide Open — Here's What I Found When I Finally Checked

#security #webdev #javascript #ai

7 min read

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Ali Afana

Apr 12

I Asked My AI 'That's Sold Out, Right?' — It Had 5 in Stock and Still Said Yes

#ai #webdev #javascript #programming

5 min read

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Ali Afana

Apr 11

Why Your AI Is Lying to Your Customers ?(Prompt Engineering Won't Fix It)

#ai #webdev #javascript #beginners

11 min read

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Ali Afana

Apr 8

My AI Kept Recommending Pajamas for Date Night — Here's Why

#ai #webdev #javascript #beginners

6 min read

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I Added Three Rules to Gemma 4. The MoE Searched. The Dense Model Refused.

I Was About to Rewrite My Chat Router. The Bug Was Two Lines in a Prompt.

OpenAI Tells You What You Spent. Not Where. So I Built a Dashboard.

I Fixed 5 Chained AI Bugs in My Sales Chatbot — Each Solution Revealed the Next Problem

How I Cut My AI Chatbot Costs by 55% With One Architecture Change

I Raised Gemma 4's Token Cap. The Dense Model Stopped Refusing.

Want to connect with Ali Afana ?

How to Find the Postgres Indexes Your Planner Never Picks (I Found 20 of 51)

A Stranger Audited My AI Product for Free. Here's What They Found.

Every API Route in My App Was Wide Open — Here's What I Found When I Finally Checked

I Asked My AI 'That's Sold Out, Right?' — It Had 5 in Stock and Still Said Yes

Why Your AI Is Lying to Your Customers ?(Prompt Engineering Won't Fix It)

My AI Kept Recommending Pajamas for Date Night — Here's Why