<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://ammarrica.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://ammarrica.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-03-31T04:07:57+00:00</updated><id>https://ammarrica.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Ammar Rica</title><subtitle>Personal site of Ammar Rica — developer, tinkerer, and lifelong learner.</subtitle><author><name>Ammar Rica</name><email>ammar@example.com</email></author><entry><title type="html">Hello World — Welcome to My Blog</title><link href="https://ammarrica.github.io/blog/2026/03/20/hello-world/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Hello World — Welcome to My Blog" /><published>2026-03-20T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-20T09:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://ammarrica.github.io/blog/2026/03/20/hello-world</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://ammarrica.github.io/blog/2026/03/20/hello-world/"><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to my personal site! 🎉</p>

<p>This is the first post on my new Jekyll-powered blog. I built this site to have a place to share my thoughts, document things I’m learning, and work through ideas in public.</p>

<h2 id="what-to-expect-here">What to expect here</h2>

<p>I plan to write about:</p>

<ul>
  <li><strong>Software development</strong> — tips, tricks, deep dives into languages and frameworks I’m using.</li>
  <li><strong>Projects</strong> — what I’m building and what I’ve learned along the way.</li>
  <li><strong>Career &amp; learning</strong> — reflections on growing as a developer.</li>
  <li><strong>Things I find interesting</strong> — technology, tools, and the occasional rabbit hole.</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="why-jekyll">Why Jekyll?</h2>

<p>I chose <a href="https://jekyllrb.com">Jekyll</a> for a few simple reasons:</p>

<ol>
  <li><strong>Speed</strong> — static sites are fast.</li>
  <li><strong>Simplicity</strong> — Markdown + Liquid templates are easy to reason about.</li>
  <li><strong>GitHub Pages</strong> — free hosting, zero config deploys.</li>
</ol>

<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1"># It's really this simple</span>
<span class="n">jekyll</span> <span class="n">new</span> <span class="n">my</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">site</span>
<span class="n">cd</span> <span class="n">my</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">site</span>
<span class="n">bundle</span> <span class="nb">exec</span> <span class="n">jekyll</span> <span class="n">serve</span>
</code></pre></div></div>

<h2 id="whats-next">What’s next</h2>

<p>I’m going to keep tweaking the design and filling in the content. If you have suggestions or spot something broken, feel free to <a href="https://github.com/AmmarRica/AmmarRica.github.io/issues">open an issue</a> on GitHub.</p>

<p>Thanks for stopping by — I hope you’ll come back! 👋</p>]]></content><author><name>Ammar Rica</name><email>ammar@example.com</email></author><category term="general" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to my personal site! 🎉]]></summary></entry></feed>