Crafting Resilient Software From First Principles.
I am Alif Akbar, a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer and independent product engineer based in Medan, Indonesia. I specialize in building high-throughput backend services, rescuing legacy enterprise codebases, and designing seamless user experiences.
The Journey & Mindset.
My path in software engineering started with curiosity for how high-concurrency platforms survive under peak user traffic. Over the past 4+ years, I transitioned from crafting standalone web tools to architecting multi-region backend microservices and complex enterprise Laravel systems.
As a sole engineer on several mission-critical platforms, I manage every layer of the product lifecycle: database schema normalization, Go API proxies, Inertia/Vue frontend state pipelines, and containerized Docker edge deployments.
Boring Reliable Tech
I pick battle-tested tools like Go, PostgreSQL, and Laravel over unproven trends to guarantee 99.99% uptime.
Test-Driven Discipline
Wrapping complex business logic in automated Pest/PHPUnit and Go test suites before modifying legacy code.
First Principles Debugging
Tracing memory allocations, OS locks, and network packets instead of pasting trial-and-error StackOverflow fixes.
Fun Facts & Workspace Philosophy
Sole engineer maintaining multiple high-concurrency production systems simultaneously.
Big listener of 90s/2000s Pop Punk & Alternative Rock while coding (blink-182 enthusiast).
Prefers boring, highly reliable tech over short-lived flashy frameworks.
Driven by first-principles problem solving and strict zero-downtime principles.