The kid who broke the family PC
Twice. The second time I fixed it, and something clicked. My parents still don't know about the first time.
ABOUT — THE LONGER VERSION
Hi again.Grab a chair.
I'm Alireeza — a software engineer, a chronic note-taker, and the host of more podcasts than is probably healthy. This page isn't a résumé. It's the story.
Tea over coffee. Fight me.
THE CHAPTERS SO FAR
'04
'14
First job, first outage
Week two. I took down the staging server and learned the most important engineering skill: saying "that was me" out loud, quickly.
'19
Two suitcases
Moved countries with more books than clothes. Learned a new language, a new city, and that homesickness comes in waves — like good PR reviews.
'21
Pressed record
Started a podcast to talk to people I admired. It went well enough that I started five more. Send help (or guests).
Now
Building, writing, talking
Working with a few teams I really like, writing every other week, and trying to keep my plants alive.
Things I believe
01
People over frameworks.
The stack changes every year. The people you build with are the whole point.
02
Good questions beat quick answers.
Asking "why?" one more time has saved more projects than any tool.
03
Write it down.
If it's not written, it didn't happen — and you'll have to figure it out again.
04
Leave the campsite nicer.
Code, teams, conversations. Small kindness compounds.
/NOW — UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2026
What I'm up to this month
A small, honest snapshot. If it's out of date, that means I'm having too much fun to update it.
- Reading
- The Pragmatic Programmer (again) and a very slow Hafez
- Building
- A tiny recipe app for my mom
- Learning
- Rust, reluctantly. Pottery, enthusiastically.
- Recording
- Season 3 of Two Suitcases
- Drinking
- Too much chai. Always.
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