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One of the 99 names of Allah is Al-Mughni — the Enricher, the One who grants sufficiency and fulfils need. Rooted in the Arabic "gh-n-y," the name carries a meaning deeper than material wealth: it points to a state of being genuinely free from want.…

Bismillah. This is the first post. May we be on the path of guidance.

I'm in two minds about this. On the one hand, I think social platforms are terrible and we should avoid them at all costs (having been an avid user over a decade ago). And on the other hand, I feel they are a useful utility yet massively exploitive and…

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Al-Qalam - The Pen - 68:51-52 The disbelievers would almost cut you down with their eyes when they hear ˹you recite˺ the Reminder, and say, “He is certainly a madman.” But it is simply a reminder to the whole world.

The Reminder is another name for the Quran. You might see a card displaying various verses from it. Essentially it's considered a message from God, a kind of news, informing us the way life should be lived, and what's to come in the future. I wrote an app…

Lately I've been wondering if I'm the only one. The situation is as follows. I don't believe humans respect language to any meaningful degree. I understand we lie, but that's not my point. Take YouTube, for example. Most channels are using clickbait titles…

10 years ago I started work on a project called go-micro. It was an open source Go framework for distributed systems development. Something that would enable the creation of microservices on the backend to be consumed through a singular API for the frontend.…

There are a lot of lessons to learn from 41 years on this earth but they can't be summed up here. What I can say is that everything has a purpose. In Islam, life is a test. All that happened to you is a test and all that continues to happen to you is a test.…

I've been thinking about the format of Mu. It's currently a set of apps with overview cards on the home screen but a different format might be better e.g a messenger app. Feel free to discuss here or on discord.

I was thinking a lot about public profiles. It's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it feels like we should live our lives a lot more privately, on the other hand, having a public profile can be useful to share thoughts, ideas, apps, etc. Every social…

Hello Asim, saw you're a long-time contributor to go-micro repo. I've been trying to get it to work but I'm facing an issue. didn't want to make a whole issue until I've confirmed I'm doing it right. Basically, I'm calling a micro service via an api gateway…

Trying to make chat work on posts made no sense. Posts need comments. Its pretty standard stuff.

There is now an MVP mailbox feature. You'll see it in the top right. It's a way to send messages directly to people. I've decided to keep this for admins and members first. [Become a member](https://mu.xyz/membership).

News articles now have their own page which you can access through the read link. We generate summaries using AI.

Friday is a holy day in Islam, just like church on Sunday for Christians, we as Muslims go to the mosque. We go to pray and to listen to a sermon which provides a reminder for the week. Something to help keep you going, some motivation. A piece of advice. A…

You will be seeing a lot of changes here as I continue to evolve the format. It's important to get it right. We also have private messaging/email for paid members. I'm using that feature now and it's pretty good. You get username@mu.xyz email address. It's…

I've been hacking away at the mail feature. You can basically send messages to other users or via email. Not yet encrypted. But I spent a lot of time on threading logic and realised email includes the whole thread in the body for legacy reasons even though we…

Came across this article on transformers on HN. Haven't read the full thing yet but thought I needed to save/share it. https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer/

I'm reading this [article](https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer/) that showed up on HN and thinking back to scribblings in a notebook from 2018. I remember having this concept of inputs/outputs and transformers but I'm too dumb to have connected…

In the Quran, chapter 112, titled The Sincerity we hear a distinct description of God. "He is Allah, the one. The Eternal, the absolute. He did not beget, nor was he begotten. And there is none like him." Our prophet, peace be upon him, said this is equal to…

You will never find a people who ˹truly˺ believe in Allah and the Last Day loyal to those who defy Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their parents, children, siblings, or extended family. For those ˹believers˺, Allah has instilled faith in their…

Wow. Started playing with this. What a breath of fresh air. VM hosting. Check it out https://exe.dev

And ˹on Judgment Day˺ Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour upon you and your mother: how I supported you with the holy spirit so you spoke to people in ˹your˺ infancy and adulthood. How I taught you writing, wisdom, the Torah, and…

I'm rapidly iterating on the ux. You'll see there's access to a top bar on the homepage that's for an agent which can sort of use specific tools like news search and playing videos directly so you don't have to search for them. I also added notes and the…

I think part of my strategy here now is to try to eliminate things like stripe because there's too much of a reliance on these big systems to handle payments. Whereas I think something like this lends more of itself to the crypto ecosystem.

I used to say if I don't write the code no one will write the code. This was at a time time when I was trying to raise venture capital to build a team and a product. Much like this one. Now less than 10 years later agents write the code. What does one even…

As much as I can make use of agents with copilot, anthropic and exe.dev I've found trying to add something here is a distraction. It does not yet serve a purpose. For now we have a simple set of apps that do something well. In future we may add more but not…

As a bit of a side, watching how things are unfolding in the UK government it's pretty sad to see. The obvious dishonesty and lack of trust is one thing but what's despicable is really how each side attacks each other in these moments. Rather than helping…

Mu is an app platform without ads, algorithms or tracking. It attempts to remove the addictive behaviours or intrusive usury of advertising found in many products today. It was something I had really battled with for a long time. Like most people born into…

It's that time of year again. Fasting (sawm) is a big part of most religions. Something that brings us back to the true way of living and the ancient ways of life. Before machines and agriculture we were hunter gatherers and life was very different in a…

Mu is built almost entirely by Claude. Not as a gimmick or a demo — as the actual development process. Every feature you see on this site, from the blog you're reading to the chat rooms, the news feeds, the weather forecasts, the wallet system — Claude…

The daily news cycle has been dominated by a range of political, economic, and religious developments around the world. From geopolitical tensions in the Middle East to market fluctuations and religious reflections, this digest aims to provide a comprehensive…

Today's digest is dominated by escalating geopolitical tensions and their ripple effects across global markets, while tech and crypto sectors navigate regulatory challenges and institutional headwinds. **News** - Iran's UN ambassador condemned the US-Israeli…

Geopolitical tensions dominated global markets and headlines as the Iran-US-Israel conflict entered day eight, creating significant impacts across energy markets and raising questions about economic stability and political ramifications ahead. **News** -…

Major geopolitical developments in the Middle East are driving significant market volatility today, with oil prices surging dramatically and leadership changes in Iran adding to regional uncertainty amid ongoing conflicts. ## News - **Iran announces new…

Global markets experienced significant volatility amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, with oil prices initially spiking to $120 per barrel before retreating as President Trump suggested the conflict could end "very soon." Meanwhile, the tech…

Market volatility and geopolitical tensions shaped today's headlines, as Middle East conflicts intensified while technology sectors navigated AI integration challenges and regulatory changes across multiple jurisdictions. **News** - Aave protocol suffered $27…

Iran's escalating conflict with the US dominated markets today as oil surged 1.5% to $97 amid fears over the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping route. US Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed the Navy will escort tankers through the strait "when militarily…

Escalating tensions across the Middle East dominated markets today as Israel's military campaign reached what analysts call a "devastating new phase" in Lebanon, while Muslim worshippers were forced to pray outside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound amid Israeli…

Oil markets surged over 3% to nearly $99 per barrel as tensions escalated dramatically in the Gulf region, with Iran threatening retaliation against neighboring countries and President Trump calling on allies to deploy warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz…

Oil markets surged past $100 as escalating tensions between the US and Iran dominated global sentiment, with the Trump administration reportedly weighing strikes on Iranian crude export facilities. The threat to one of the world's most critical energy…

Energy markets dominated global attention as tensions escalated around the Strait of Hormuz, with oil falling 2.8% to $96 despite geopolitical uncertainty. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that Iranian tankers are being allowed through the…

While markets dumped last week on Iran tensions, crypto just staged a remarkable comeback. Ethereum jumped 8.8% today, leading a broader crypto rally even as oil hovers near $95. This disconnect isn't coincidence — it reveals how differently these markets…

The story everyone missed this week wasn't bitcoin's predictable pump during Iranian tensions — it was Circle's 100% surge in a single month. While crypto Twitter obsessed over whether digital gold would save portfolios from oil price spikes, the most…

Meta's sudden "renewed commitment" to jemalloc tells a story the tech press won't. After years of neglecting the open-source memory allocator that powers their infrastructure, they're scrambling back because their shortcuts created "technical debt that slowed…

Jensen Huang's latest pronouncement at GTC 2026 — that Nvidia sees a trillion dollars in chip orders through 2027 — should make every investor pause. This isn't just another bullish tech prediction. It's a window into how detached Silicon Valley has…

A British woman allegedly used CCTV cameras to watch her husband enter his hardware wallet seed phrase, then stole $172 million worth of bitcoin while they were divorcing. The case has reached the High Court, and it perfectly captures everything wrong with…

The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to make quarterly earnings reports optional, allowing companies to report just twice yearly instead. Wall Street is framing this as "reducing short-term pressure on management." But this misses the real…

The Reserve Bank of Australia just raised rates to 4.1% — their highest level in nearly a year — while central banks across the developed world are either cutting or sitting still. This isn't just another routine policy divergence. Australia is…