Raised in a bustling metropolis, I gained an early understanding of adulthood and the realities of life. From a young age, I found myself drawn to puzzles, sports, and family - interests that persist to this day.
My passion for puzzles has found a home in my web development career, where debugging and problem-solving are key. My love for sports has evolved into a commitment to bodybuilding. Family, a cornerstone of my life, is now something I cherish as a parent.
To lock a lid, you gotta twist it the wrong way first.
Alaa Haddad
Drupal Developer in Austin, Texas — Custom Development, Upgrades and Drupal 7 Migration
A Drupal developer based in Pflugerville, just north of Austin: custom module development, theming, version upgrades and Drupal 7 migration, security reviews and ongoing support — with an honest account of what being local does and does not change.
Drupal Performance Optimization: Caching, Database Queries, and Front-End Speed
Slow Drupal sites are usually slow for one or two specific reasons, and rarely the ones people start with. This page covers where the time actually goes, the cache layers and what each can and cannot help, and the fixes that reliably move the number.
Drupal Code Review Services: Security, Upgrade Readiness, and Architecture Findings
A code review answers the question a site owner cannot answer alone: is this custom code sound, and what will it cost next? This page covers what a Drupal-specific review examines, what it typically finds, and what a useful report should contain.
Drupal Consulting Services: Architecture, Content Modelling, and Second Opinions
The expensive Drupal problems are decisions, not code — a content model that made sense for the launch content, or a custom build of something contrib already did. This page covers the decisions worth deliberating over, and what good consulting output actually looks like.
Drupal Security Services: Permissions, Custom Code Audits, and Update Discipline
Most compromised Drupal sites were running a known, published, already-patched vulnerability. This page covers the security work that actually matters — update discipline, permission audits, the checks custom code skips, and what to do if you think you have been compromised.
Drupal Support and Maintenance: Security Updates, Monitoring, and Verified Backups
Most Drupal sites are built with a launch date and no plan for the three years afterwards. This page covers what ongoing support should include, the failures that produce no error page, and why a backup nobody has restored is a belief rather than a backup.
Drupal Upgrade Services: Version Migration, Deprecations, and a Rehearsed Cutover
A modern Drupal major upgrade is a dependency and deprecation exercise, not a rebuild — but only if the site has not been left to drift. This page covers the inventory that produces the estimate, what fatals rather than warns, and how to upgrade without a long code freeze.
