SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER & PHOTOGRAPHER
Abdel Rahman
I'm a software engineer, and I take photographs. This is where I keep my work, my writing, and the things I'm still trying to understand.
Now · Putting together the first set of work, notes, and photographs to share here.START HERE · CURATED TRAIL
Start with the System
A guided path through the structure of AR/146, the value of boundaries, and the checks that keep publishing honest.
- 01Building AR/146 as a Static Personal Indexwork
- 02Boundaries Make Software Cleareressay
- 03Designing a Truthful Content Systemwork
IN FOCUS
A few places to start
A small handful of pieces from across the site.
- 01Current DirectionReviewing the first public corpus and strengthening the connections between records.Learning · Visual Attention · Software Craft
- 02The First Populated PassThe empty architecture of AR/146 now has its first connected set of work records, essays, notes, topics, trails, and visual studies.Software Craft · Systems Thinking · Learning
- 03Learning to SeeA visual trail about framing, distance, movement, reflected light, and the patience to notice a small change.Visual Attention · Learning
- 04How I LearnA sequence about questions, foundations, clear explanation, historical context, and conclusions that remain open to evidence.Learning · History and Context
- 05Start with the SystemA guided path through the structure of AR/146, the value of boundaries, and the checks that keep publishing honest.Systems Thinking · Software Craft
- 06After the RainAn AI-generated test sequence moving from water held on leaves to a reflected sky and then toward an open path through wet trees.Visual Attention · Learning
TOPICS
Questions I keep coming back to
Threads that run across the work, the writing, and the photographs.
Software CraftPractical notes on building software that is clear, reliable, maintainable, and honest about its limits.now · trail · note · essay · work · topicSystems ThinkingLooking at boundaries, relationships, feedback, and constraints before treating one part as the whole problem.now · trail · photography · note · essay · work · topicLearningWays to turn curiosity into durable understanding through questions, practice, reflection, and revision.now · trail · photography · note · essay · topicVisual AttentionStudies in framing, sequence, patience, and the small details that change how a scene is understood.now · trail · photography · note · topic
WHAT I DO
What I work on
I'm a senior software engineer with around nine years building systems that have to stay reliable at scale. Most of that work has been in realtime communication, payments, fintech, and e-commerce — designing distributed backends and owning them from the first decision to production.
- Realtime communication (WebRTC, E2EE)
- Distributed systems and backend architecture
- Payments, fintech, and e-commerce
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