Aug 2026
PTTDB: Time-Travel Debugger
A ptrace-powered deterministic record/replay time-travel debugger for Linux/x86_64 utilizing custom kernel virtualization.
- C++17
- Linux Kernel
- ptrace
- ELF/DWARF5
- Concurrency
- CMake
I'm Reda Araar, a Systems & Backend Engineer focused on building resilient distributed infrastructure, high-throughput backend services, and high-performance data systems.
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- 3+
- Years of experience
- 5
- Projects shipped
- 23
- Technologies
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Tech stack
C++
Linux
PostgreSQL
Go
Grafana
Kubernetes
Python
Git
Apache Kafka
JavaScript
TypeScript
Assembly
MySQL
C
Prometheus
Docker
Rust
CMake
Redis
- Java
GitHub Actions
Nginx
Bash
Selected work
Aug 2026
Flume: LSM-Tree Storage Engine
A high-performance Log-Structured Merge-tree storage engine optimized for persistent, fast, and concurrent key-value write performance.
- Go
- Distributed Systems
- Concurrency
- Prometheus
May 2026
Logflow: Distributed Log Aggregator
A high-availability streaming log ingestion pipeline capable of sustaining 20,000 events per second with zero data drops.
- Go
- gRPC
- WAL
- High Availability
- mTLS
Latest writing
Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Mold 3.0: A Case Study in Extreme Concurrency and Modern Systems Engineering
The blisteringly fast linker has been completely rewritten from C++ to Rust. Let's analyze this massive architectural shift at the absolute limits of memory bandwidth.
- Systems Engineering
- Rust
- C++
- Compilers
- Infrastructure
Oct 2026 · 1 min read
In Production, Boring is Beautiful: Why Go Wins the Cloud Infrastructure Layer
The tech industry has a dangerous obsession with complexity, but the entire bedrock of modern cloud computing runs on a language that is explicitly, intentionally boring.
- Golang
- Systems Engineering
- Software Architecture
- Cloud Computing
- Backend Development
Oct 2026 · 1 min read
The Amrita ICPC Aftermath: Why Using AI to Solve Problems is Cheating Yourself
Using an LLM to solve a contest problem is like using a forklift at the gym. You didn't actually lift anything, and your own brain just atrophies.
- Competitive Programming
- ICPC
- Problem Solving
- Software Engineering
- Algorithms
Let's talk.
Have a project, a role or a question in mind? Send a message or write to ridhaaraar@gmail.com