"Making the incredibly complex look simple. (Which is incredibly complicated.)"
asaad@github:~$ whoami
Asaad Zein · 16 · Cairo, Egypt
asaad@github:~$ cat mission.txt
Self-taught engineer targeting the Egyptian Japanese Kosen track.
Building efficient software for constrained hardware — and learning
the physics behind everything I ship.
asaad@github:~$ ls interests/
aerospace-systems/ local-ai-inference/ embedded-hardware/
procedural-shaders/ research/
mindmap
root((asaad))
Systems
Go · Lua Plugins
C/C++ · Low Level
Arch Linux
Space & Research
Aerospace Systems
Satellite Data
Physics Simulations
AI Engineering
Epyac Local LLMs
Transformers from Scratch
Quantization
Hardware
ESP32 Boards
KiCad PCB Design
3D CAD
Web & Apps
SvelteKit
FastAPI
Flutter
3D Tech Art
Blender Shaders
Procedural Generation
Three.js
| ID | OPERATION | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
BAKLAVA |
BaklavaShell — Go shell with a Lua plugin framework, ~3MB static binary | ACTIVE |
EPYAC |
Epyac AI — quantized local LLM stack engineered to run on low-spec student hardware | ACTIVE |
GEOGEMMA |
geospatial_Gemma3-4B — Gemma3 4B fine-tuned for astrophysics data & Q&A | SHIPPED |
SPACE-APPS |
Data-Wizards-Backend — NASA Space Apps · satellite air-quality prediction on FastAPI, led a 5-dev team | DEPLOYED |
| Languages | Web & Apps | 3D & Hardware | Systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python · C/C++ · Go · TypeScript · Lua · Dart | SvelteKit · React · FastAPI · Flutter · Tailwind | Blender · Three.js · KiCad · ESP32 | Arch Linux · Docker · PostgreSQL · Zed |
- The DNA of Embedded Systems — how embedded architectures actually work
- Security Geeks: Ethical Hacking — offensive security fundamentals
- The Climate Crisis: Effects and Fixes — research dive into two major effects of the climate crisis food security and extreme weather
- The Modern Developer's AI Workspace — building a terminal-driven AI dev environment
Last Updated: 2026-08-21