Who is Boussad Siamer?

Boussad Siamer is a software builder and systems developer born in 2007 in Mohammadia, Algiers, Algeria.

What are Boussad Siamer's main technical projects?

His primary projects include a Go-based hotel reception kiosk that interfaces with an ESP32-S3 over USB-Serial and SPI to decrypt biometric passports (PACE/BAC protocols), a custom web search engine written in Go featuring BM25 ranking and PageRank, and cloud edge applications on Cloudflare Workers.

What is Boussad Siamer currently studying?

He is currently preparing for his Algerian Baccalauréat (BAC) examination to pursue computer science studies abroad, while studying cybersecurity and programming through the University of Helsinki Open Courses (MOOC).

What technologies does Boussad Siamer work with?

Go, C++, ESP32 embedded firmware, Python, TypeScript, SQLite, Cloudflare Workers, and Linux.

Boussad Siamer

Systems & Software Builder · Algiers, Algeria

I build systems where software and physical hardware connect. My work ranges from flashing custom firmware on ESP32 microcontrollers for biometric passport reading, to designing modular full-text search engines in Go and shipping edge microservices.

Currently focused on preparing for the Algerian Baccalauréat (BAC) exam to earn the opportunity to study computer science abroad. In parallel, I am studying cybersecurity and programming through the University of Helsinki Open Courses.

Selected Work

Biometric eID Kiosk & ESP32 NFC Bridge Hardware · Private Repo

Go · Fyne · C++ · ESP32-S3 · PN532 (SPI) · SQLite · PACE / BAC

A desktop check-in kiosk application in Go paired with custom transparent Serial-to-SPI bridge firmware running on an ESP32-S3 microcontroller. Communicates with a PN532 module over SPI to read and decrypt national eID cards and biometric passports under the ICAO 9303 standard. Executes PACE authentication with ECDH key mapping (P-256 AES) with fallback to BAC (3DES) secure messaging to decrypt traveler MRZ and facial biometric datagroups directly into a local SQLite police registry.

"Designed to facilitate secure handshakes between Alice and Bob while keeping Eve and Mallory thoroughly unemployed."

Modular Full-Text Search Engine & Spider Systems · Private Repo

Go · Python · SQLite · BM25 · PageRank · SciPy · WebSockets

A complete web search engine written in Go with an SQLite inverted index and a multi-threaded crawler. Enforces strict architectural separation between crawl prizing (URL priority queue) and search ranking (pure BM25 field-weighted scoring combined with a SciPy sparse matrix PageRank pipeline). Features full robots.txt adherence, politeness delays, link graph topology visualization, and content filtering.

"Runs on custom algorithms (meaning: please don't ask me to explain the edge cases in the tokenizer). Even though I know this doesn't work, booleans taught me that if I'm wrong, I'm only off by a bit."

Cloudflare Edge Tools & AI Document Hub Edge · Private Repo

TypeScript · Cloudflare Workers · R2 Storage · Vite · React

Serverless edge services deployed on Cloudflare Workers. Includes user-isolated document storage and processing backed by native Cloudflare R2 object storage, dynamic QR shortlink generation with embedded PDF.js client viewers, and responsive Vite/React interfaces served directly from the edge with sub-50ms cold starts.

Cybersecurity Studies & University of Helsinki Coursework Studies · Public Repo

Python · University of Helsinki MOOC · Security Fundamentals

Hands-on programming and security exercises built while completing the University of Helsinki Open Courses (Cyber Security Base and Introduction to Programming). Focused on defense-in-depth principles: input validation, authentication boundaries, and state verification.

Now

Current Focus (2026-09-19)

Baccalauréat (BAC) Prep: Intensive study for the Algerian national exam to secure academic opportunities abroad in Computer Science.
University of Helsinki MOOC: Advancing through the Cyber Security Base course modules (network security and vulnerability analysis).
Hardware Iteration: Polishing ESP32 serial framing buffers and error recovery under SPI bus saturation.
Go Systems: Stress-testing inverted index concurrency and SQLite write locks under high spider throughput.

How I Work

OS: Arch Linux. Editor: Neovim · VS Code. Terminal: zsh. Hardware Debugging: ESP32-S3 with logic analyzers and serial monitors. Deployment: Edge Workers, Vercel, and local Linux daemons.

Protocol Compliance Note: In strict compliance with RFC 2324, any request sent to this server attempting to brew coffee via HTTP will return 418 I'm a Teapot.

SYSTEM_MANIFEST_DATA ENTITY: Boussad Siamer ALIASES: بوسعد سي عامر, Boussad Si Amer DOB: 2007 LOCATION: Mohammadia, Algiers, Algeria (36.7369, 3.1417) PROFILE: Software builder and systems engineer. EDUCATION_AND_GOALS: High school student in Algeria preparing for the Baccalauréat (BAC) examination to pursue university computer science studies abroad. Student of University of Helsinki open courses in Cyber Security and programming. CORE_PROJECTS: 1. Biometric Hotel Reception Kiosk & eID Scanner (Go, Fyne, ESP32-S3, PN532 over SPI, PACE ECDH P-256 AES, BAC 3DES, ICAO 9303, SQLite). 2. Modular Web Search Engine and Crawler (Go, Python, SQLite inverted index, BM25 ranking, SciPy PageRank, robots.txt compliance). 3. Cloudflare Edge Applications (TypeScript, Cloudflare Workers, R2 object storage, Vite/React). 4. Cybersecurity coursework and ATM simulator (Python, University of Helsinki Open Courses). TECH_STACK: Go, C++, ESP32, Python, TypeScript, SQLite, Cloudflare Workers, Linux (Arch). CONTACT: boussad@siamer.xyz | https://github.com/bsiamer | https://boussad.siamer.xyz

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