I'M ISA, THIS IS WHAT I DO

[BIO_DATA]

LOCATION: Cape Town, South Africa
STATUS: 25 y/o programmer (12 yrs code)
EXPERIENCE: software engineer for 5 years
VIBE_CHECK: vibe coder for 1 year

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33°54'00"S 18°26'00"E

Cape Peninsula Survey

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TRANS_MERCATOR

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WGS84

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33.9249° S, 18.4241° E

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0m - 1086m (TABLE MT.)

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25.3° W (ANNUAL 0.1° W)

SCALE: 1 : 250,000

5 KM

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01 / CHIEF_TECH_OFFICER

Alphacrest: Directing technical strategy and execution, managing scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, developing and optimizing low-latency algorithmic trading systems, and engineering critical internal developer tooling.

02 / MSC_CS_CANDIDATE

Thesis: "A framework for secure financial transactions using relativistic quantum tokens", combining quantum computing and software engineering to develop next-generation secure transaction protocols. Currently in the final year of an MSc in Computer Science at the University of the Western Cape.

03 / CYBERSECURITY_UWC

Currently mentoring cybersecurity teams at UWC (2024, 2026). Represented UWC as a SANReN finalist in 2023, and secured 1st place in 2025.

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Designing in Monotone: Overhauling the Portfolio with a Teenage Engineering Aesthetic

A deep dive into the recent portfolio redesign, transitioning to Svelte 5, implementing interactive easter eggs, and leveraging an AI-driven development stack.

[ID: Recap 20]

Sun Dec 24 2023

Things I did in 2023

A collection of things I did this year

[ID: apollo-r]

Wed Jun 14 2023

Quick Apollo Backend Breakdown

Quick breakdown of the Apollo app's backend code

[ID: learn-20]

Fri Dec 30 2022

Things I Want To Learn In 2023

A collection of things I plan on doing

[ID: yo]

Mon Jul 25 2022

Yo

This is the first blog post on this site

Active Gaming Log

Game Title	Stats / Mode	Platform
Valorant	PEAK PLATINUM 3	PC (RIOT)
Geometry Dash	12 DEMONS COMPLETED	PC (STEAM)
Fortnite	ZERO BUILD MODE	PC (EPIC)
No Man's Sky	SINGLE PLAYER	PC (STEAM)
Into the Dead: ODD	SINGLE PLAYER	PC (STEAM)