instruments
On a keyboard? Type any of these words anywhere on the page.
Algerian tech tinkerer chasing every rabbit hole in computing, machine learning, systems, security, and the infrastructure holding it all up. Perpetually debugging, always learning.
the catalogue
Areas of computer science I actively dig into, build with, and geek out over. Each one has roots in the House of Wisdom.
Iafter al-Jazari الجزري
My homelab is basically a second job. VMs, containers, and services I refuse to stop tinkering with.
His book of 1206 describes some fifty machines: water pumps, clocks and devices that ran themselves.
IIafter al-Kindi الكندي
Paranoid by design, mostly because the internet has trust issues.
In 9th-century Baghdad he wrote the oldest known guide to breaking ciphers by counting letters.
IIIafter al-Barīd البريد
Making machines socialize more than I do.
The caliphate's relay network: riders and stations passing messages hop by hop across an empire.
IVafter al-Khwārizmī الخوارزمي
An ongoing itch for machine learning, never fully scratched.
His name became “algorithm”, and his book on balancing equations gave us “algebra”.
Vafter the Banū Mūsā بنو موسى
I'd rather spend six hours automating a five-minute task. Every time.
Three brothers in Baghdad whose automatic flute player is often called the first programmable machine.
VIafter the translators بيت الحكمة
Knowledge locked away helps no one. If it's useful, it belongs to everyone.
Greek, Persian and Indian books were translated into Arabic in Baghdad and copied for others to study.
The courier is waiting.