# Boussad Siamer

> Systems & software builder based in Mohammadia, Algiers, Algeria. Developing hardware-to-software integrations with Go and ESP32 microcontrollers, full-text search engines with BM25 ranking, and modern edge services.

Boussad Siamer is a software builder and systems enthusiast born in 2007 in Mohammadia, Algiers. He bridges low-level hardware with high-level software, writing C++ firmware for ESP32 microcontrollers, building desktop tools and backend engines in Go, and deploying TypeScript services on Cloudflare Workers. He is currently preparing for his Algerian Baccalauréat (BAC) examination with the goal of pursuing university computer science studies abroad, while studying cybersecurity and programming through the University of Helsinki Open Courses.

## Projects

- [Biometric eID Kiosk & ESP32 NFC Bridge](https://github.com/bsiamer/hotelmanagmentsoftware): Desktop hotel kiosk in Go (Fyne) communicating over USB-Serial to an ESP32-S3 running custom transparent SPI bridge firmware to a PN532 NFC module. Decrypts ICAO 9303 biometric passports and national eID cards using PACE (ECDH P-256 AES) and BAC (3DES) cryptography into an automated police registry database.
- [Modular Search Engine & Crawler](https://github.com/bsiamer/noesearchengine): Ground-up search engine and web crawler written in Go with an SQLite inverted index, BM25 relevance scoring, and a SciPy sparse matrix PageRank pipeline.
- [Cloudflare Edge Applications](https://github.com/bsiamer/amaangpt): Serverless tools and document services running on Cloudflare Workers with native Cloudflare R2 object storage and Vite/React frontends.
- [Cybersecurity Studies](https://github.com/bsiamer/miniatm): Open coursework projects from University of Helsinki Open Courses (Cyber Security Base and Programming).

## Pages

- [Portfolio](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/): Main portfolio page with engineering projects and current focus
- [About Boussad Siamer](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/about): Extended biographical profile and multilingual summaries
- [Now](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/now): Current priorities, examination preparation, and active research
- [Uses](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/uses): Hardware, Arch Linux environment, and developer toolchain
- [Colophon](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/colophon): Architecture, security headers, and design philosophy
- [Home (Markdown)](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/index.html.md): Machine-readable markdown export of portfolio key facts
- [Security Policy](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/.well-known/security.txt): RFC 9116 vulnerability disclosure policy
- [OpenPGP Public Key](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/pubkey.asc): OpenPGP public key (Fingerprint: 1AD1 52C7 C8A1 F738 7BBE 7E56 C1EE F27B 67AA B59D)
- [Humans](https://boussad.siamer.xyz/humans.txt): Author, hardware setup, and craft credits

## External Links

- [GitHub](https://github.com/bsiamer): Active software and systems repositories
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/boussad-siamer-bb2247369): Professional profile
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/siamerboussad): Personal profile
- [Email](mailto:boussad@siamer.xyz): Direct communication