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Youssif
Halawche.

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Developer focused on systems programming, backend architecture, and graphics. I care deeply about what happens under the hood.

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euphrates/renderer.rs

// 3D renderer — no shortcuts
use glow::Context;

pub struct Renderer {
    gl: Context,
    scene: Scene,
    camera: Camera,
}

impl Renderer {
    pub fn draw(&mut self) {
        unsafe {
            self.gl.clear(
                COLOR_BUFFER_BIT
                    | DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT,
            );
            self.scene.render(
                &self.gl,
                &self.camera,
            );
        }
    }
}

I'm a Software Development student at SAIT graduating in 2026, focused on systems programming, backend architecture, and graphics. I'm drawn to problems that demand understanding what's happening at the machine level including memory, performance, correctness.

I built a 3D rendering engine from scratch in Rust using raw OpenGL with no game engine, no shortcuts. It taught me more about software architecture, memory management, and debugging than anything else. I also built Playport, a real-time virtual joystick system that injects controller input into the Linux kernel via Uinput over TCP/UDP, with an Android companion app written in Kotlin.

I write code I'd be comfortable maintaining two years from now. I care about correctness, scalability, and intent not just making it work.

// systems & graphics

Rust

C++

OpenGL

Linux

TCP/UDP

// backend & data

Python

PyTorch

PostgreSQL

SQL

Supabase

// frontend & mobile

TypeScript

React

React Native

Kotlin

Java

Android

// tools & environment

Git

Docker

CMake

Neovim

Bash

3+ Years coding

10+ Projects shipped

∞ Bugs debugged

2026 SAIT graduate

YYC Calgary, AB

Euphrates Engine

featured

A fully-featured 3D rendering engine built from scratch in Rust. No game engine, no shortcuts — raw OpenGL, custom scene graph, and memory-safe design. A project about understanding the machine.

RustOpenGLGLFWglow

Playport

A virtual joystick system bridging a Kotlin/Java Android app with a Rust server over TCP/UDP. The server injects analog input directly into the Linux kernel via the Uinput interface — the OS sees it as a real controller.

RustLinuxUinputKotlinAndroidTCP/UDP

SecondPulse

Built in 36 hours at MegaHacks 2026. A full-stack community support platform with real-time features, running cross-platform as a web app and native mobile app from a shared codebase.

ReactReact NativeTypeScriptSupabasePostgreSQL

Let's build something that ships.

I'm currently looking for new opportunities. If you have a role that needs disciplined engineering — clean architecture, reliable delivery, and performance-first thinking — send me a message. I reply fast and I'm easy to work with.

Location: Calgary, AB (open to remote) Focus: Systems + backend + graphics Now: Actively interviewing

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Youssif Halawche.

Euphrates Engine

Playport

SecondPulse

Let's build something that ships.

Youssif
Halawche.