(A) About

I want to knowhow it works.Then I wantto build it.

(01) The story

I like the moment a system stops being a black box. Most of what I've done has been some version of chasing it.

That has taken me through AI research, recommendation systems, backend engineering, architecture and products of my own. From the outside those can look like separate careers. From the inside it's one habit: find a problem I don't understand yet, stay with it until I do, then try to make something that works.

A Master's in Artificial Intelligence gave that habit some rigour. It's also why I'm pursuing a PhD: I want more time with the questions underneath the tools, and I'm under no illusion that I've answered them.

Alongside that, I've taken on products. I cofounded Regard and I'm its CTO. I was part of founding Mosaheel, and I've led engineering work with other developers. Those are the places I learned what a diagram leaves out: trade-offs, deadlines, people, and software somebody needs to work the next morning.

(02) How I think

Explore without boundaries.

I learn across disciplines on purpose, and I'm comfortable being the person in the room who doesn't know yet.

Understand beyond the surface.

I try to understand a problem before reaching for a solution. A system that works and can't be explained hasn't been understood yet.

Build across dimensions.

I care about the whole path from idea to product: the direction, the architecture, the trade-offs, shipping it, and being responsible for what happens after.

(03) Milestones

In no particular order.

  1. 01 / Creation

    Cofounded Regard

    Health and safety software. I'm its CTO.

  2. 02 / Milestone

    NASA Space Apps Challenge

    2021. Top 25 world finalist.

  3. 03 / Creation

    Mosaheel

    Part of the founding team, through Itihad incubation.

  4. 04 / Milestone

    Micro Hack

    First prize.

  5. 05 / Engineering

    Originova

    Technical leadership, coordinating four frontend developers.

  6. 06 / Milestone

    Qatar Web Summit

    Founder acceptance.

  7. 07 / Engineering

    E-Logipharm

    Backend and frontend development on a platform used across more than 11,000 pharmacies.

  8. 08 / Research

    Master's in Artificial Intelligence

    Including a deep-learning recommendation system for e-reputation at USTHB.

(04) What I've built with

What I've used, not a claim to have mastered it all.

Backends

Java and Spring Boot, Node.js and NestJS, PHP and Laravel. JWT, OAuth2, Auth0, OpenID Connect.

Spring Boot on E-Logipharm and Originova. Laravel on Regard and Mosaheel.

Interfaces

Next.js, React and TypeScript are where I'm most at home. Flutter when a project needs mobile integration.

React on E-Logipharm and Blurt.

Desktop

Rust and Tauri.

Blurt's audio engine.

Intelligence

Python, machine learning and deep learning.

The e-reputation recommender at USTHB.

Data

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB and Redis.

PostgreSQL on Originova and Regard's earlier backend.

Running it

Docker, Kubernetes, Linux and VPS hosting, GitLab CI/CD, AWS and Azure, RabbitMQ and Kafka, logging and monitoring.

Docker and Kubernetes on Regard's earlier backend.

(05) Ahead

Further down from here.

I want to work on harder questions in AI, in a research lab, an R&D team or academia. I also want to keep building things, and get better at leading and mentoring the people I build them with.