HI, IM
ZIYAD
DERFOUFI
Software Engineer
@zderfoufSoftware engineering starts at hardware for me. Memory, RAM, the stack, I think in these before I think in frameworks. From C and C++ to full-stack web apps, everything I build respects how computers actually work, down to the last cycle.
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Is It Really You?
WHOAMI
I'm Ziyad. I went to a coding school with no teachers and no lectures, because apparently I don't need either. Three years of building everything from first principles, since reading documentation felt too much like being taught. Turns out I'm a software engineer now. The deadlines didn't stand a chance.
They handed me a project, a deadline, and zero instructions. I handed back a fully functional software. Repeat that for three years and you get me: self-taught, over-confident, and annoyingly good at making softwares.
Projects
I've delivered 21+ projects, These are the ones I'm most proud of.
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Mini-shell
Unix shell from scratch in C, handling command parsing, pipes, redirections, and signal interrupts, mirroring how Bash works under the hood to explore OS level process managment.
Linux
C
Bash
Memory
Orbit
A multi-service web app deployed with Docker and Docker Compose: Nginx reverse proxy with SSL/TLS, MySQL, WordPress, network isolation, and automated init scripts.
Docker
WordPress
Nginx
SQL
HTTP Server
A multi-port HTTP/1.1 server in C++98 with a non-blocking kqueue event loop, sustaining 546 req/s across 130 concurrent clients with zero leaks. FSM request parser and streaming uploads.
C++
Sockets
Leets
A real-time social platform built on a microservices architecture, featuring secure JWT authentication, session management, and a Socket.IO-powered chat.
TypeScript
Express
Next.js
Tailwind
MongoDBWebSocketsTredel
The trading journal built in 🇲🇦 and home of the Bourse de Casablanca traders who take their edge seriously.
PostgreSQLTypeScript
Nest.jsNext.jsTailwindExperience
Where I've Been
The path so far. School, and everything that segfaulted along the way.
2023 — Present
Software Engineering Student
1337 Khouribga (42 Network)
Peer-to-peer, project-based curriculum: C/C++ systems programming, Unix internals, networking, and full-stack web development.
Unix
Networking
Writing
Things I Wrote
Notes from the trenches. Browsers, auth, and the occasional USB stick.
Open source
GitHub Activity
Minimal yearly contribution overview focused on consistency over vanity metrics.