After trying the "traditional path" (EPFL, HEIA)... I realized lectures and theory weren't my thing. So here I am at 42, learning programming the hard way: peer-to-peer, no teachers, just pure code.
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HTTP Server Built a fully functional, non-blocking HTTP/1.0 server in C++98 with a partner, following a CONTRIBUTING.md (feature branches, conventional commits, mandatory PR reviews). Managed socket multiplexing (poll) and CGI execution. Tech: C++, Sockets, HTTP Protocol, Network |
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Infrastructure & DevOps Set up a complete corporate infrastructure using Docker. Built custom images for Nginx, WordPress, and MariaDB running in a dedicated Docker network. Tech: Docker, Docker-compose, Linux, Bash |
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Roguelike Game Engine Built a Java roguelike dungeon crawler on a 2D grid engine: procedural level generation, enemies, weapons, and an encapsulated OOP architecture. Tech: Java, OOP, Game Engine, Procedural Generation |
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UNIX Shell Recreated a Bash-like shell from scratch. Built a custom lexer/parser (AST) to handle child processes, pipes, redirections (<, <<, >, >>), logical operators (&&, ||), subshells, and wildcards. Tech: C, AST, POSIX API, System Architecture |
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Concurrency & Threads Solved the dining philosophers problem. Managed concurrent threads and prevented data races and deadlocks using mutexes. Tech: C, Multithreading, Synchronization |
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Image Codec (QOI format) Built a byte-level encoder/decoder for the QOI lossless image format, working with bitwise operators, modular arithmetic, and hash tables. Tech: Java, Bitwise Operations, Hash Tables, OOP |