Engineering Blog Archive

Amin Boulouma — Software Engineer

Welcome to the first-principles systems design log. Below is the full index of software architectures built entirely from scratch:

2026-06-19 From First Principles: Rebuilding the Enterprise and AI Stack with Zero Dependencies A deep-tech architectural blueprint for rebuilding enterprise infrastructure—including distributed load balancers, storage engines, and container daemons—entirely from first principles.
2026-06-19 Engineering Log: Evolution of a First-Principles Architectural Paradigm A behind-the-scenes look at the development cycle from June 16 to June 19, tracking the aggressive refactoring loops, the implementation of SOLID design patterns, and the architectural shift toward type-safe, low-level I/O primitives.
2026-06-19 The Shared Backbone: Creating the Core Utilities Layer Exploring the low-level foundation: Implementing cross-platform binary file I/O primitives and TCP network socket utilities for asset-watching servers.
2026-06-19 Parsing Site Configurations with a Custom YAML Engine How to implement a deterministic, stateless string-slicing configuration engine to map global site configuration metadata without external packages.
2026-06-19 End-to-End Integration Testing of Jekyll with Concrete Templates Putting it all together: Validating the static site pipeline with recursive variable hydration, master layouts, and real compilation streams.
2026-06-19 Deep Dive: Building a Custom Markdown-to-HTML Engine from Scratch Learn how to write a lightweight, line-by-line Markdown parser using the Fluent Builder pattern and token-splitting logic without abstract syntax trees.
2026-06-19 Building a Minimalist Jekyll Clone From Scratch in Python Demystifying static site generators: Implementing a zero-dependency Jekyll clone in Python using the Facade pattern and a decoupled architecture.
2026-06-16 Building a Custom ElasticSearch Clone in Pure Python A deep dive into parsing JSON DSL queries, aggregations, and distributed sharding algorithms using only the Python standard library.
2026-06-16 Building an OOP Jekyll Slug Generator From Scratch Demystifying static site data pipelines: Implementing a text tokenization pipe and clean URL filename compiler using Object-Oriented Design in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building an Interactive TCP Chat Client From Scratch Demystifying network communications: Implementing a streaming socket descriptor, raw byte encoder, and standard IO interface in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building an In-Memory Key-Value Store From Scratch Demystifying high-performance data structures: Implementing a stateful, dictionary-backed cache engine with primitive RDB snapshotting and AOF logging in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Stateless Lexical Reply Engine From Scratch Demystifying natural language interfaces: Implementing an in-memory dictionary routing matrix and standard input loop in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Stateful TCP Chat Server From Scratch Demystifying network layer fundamentals: Implementing an event-driven master socket server listener and greeting dispatch engine in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Reusable Socket Bootstrap Utility Demystifying transport-layer utilities: Implementing encapsulated network factories for connection-oriented server bindings and client handshakes in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Relational SQL Database Engine Abstraction From Scratch Demystifying storage-layer gateways: Implementing a stateful relational database manager and virtual cursor orchestration interface in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Reactive Frontend Framework from Scratch Demystifying component-based web architectures: Implementing a declarative state binder, component registry, and custom event dispatcher loop in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Pure HTTP REST API Server From Scratch Demystifying application-layer routing infrastructure: Implementing an HTTP/1.1 protocol engine, text payload string parser, and RESTful router in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Pure HTTP Client over Raw Sockets Demystifying application-layer transport protocols: Implementing a declarative REST API client using pure Python socket descriptors.
2026-06-16 Building a NoSQL Document Store From Scratch Demystifying unstructured data systems: Implementing a stateful database engine, document collection structures, and collection sharding mechanics in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Fault-Tolerant Load Balancer From Scratch Demystifying distributed systems infrastructure: Implementing a failover routing coordinator and functional backend pool proxy in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Custom Git Server Daemon From Scratch Demystifying distributed version control network backends: Implementing a stateful, wire-serialized Git server using pure Python socket infrastructure.
2026-06-16 Building a Custom Git Client over Raw Sockets Demystifying distributed version control network layers: Implementing a lightweight, wire-serialized Git client using pure Python socket subsystems.
2026-06-16 Building a Custom Docker Daemon Engine From Scratch Demystifying container orchestration backends: Implementing a stateful, stream-oriented orchestration server with custom command processing in pure Python.
2026-06-16 Building a Custom Docker CLI Client in Pure Python Demystifying container virtualization orchestration: Implementing a low-level, socket-multiplexed command line interface client from first principles.
2026-06-16 Building a Custom Airflow DAG Scheduler in Pure Python An architectural breakdown of data engineering orchestration: implementing Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs), task state tracking, and a clock-driven execution engine loop from scratch.
2026-06-16 AI Systems Design From Scratch: The Zero-Dependency Manifesto Demystifying production infrastructure: Building deep-tech AI engines, web protocols, and distributed platforms from first principles with a strict zero-dependency mandate.