Naufal Fadhil Athallah

Naufal Fadhil Athallah

Indonesia

Bio

Hey, I'm Naufal — a developer, student, and (self-proclaimed) alien from Indonesia. I spend most of my time building things for the web: from backend APIs in Go and Laravel, to polished frontends in Next.js.

I'm currently studying Informatics Engineering and working on side projects that scratch my own itches. I believe the best way to learn is to build real things, ship them, and learn from the feedback loop.

When I'm not coding, I'm probably reading, listening to music, or exploring a new technology rabbit hole. I'm passionate about developer tooling, AI applications, and clean system design.

Journey

2024

Going deeper into AI tooling

Exploring LLMs, agents, and building AI-powered products.

Launched first SaaS product

Shipped a side project that got real paying users within the first month.

2023

First serious freelance work

Started taking freelance projects and building production apps for clients.

2022

Got into competitive programming

Joined the university team and fell in love with algorithms.

2021

Started university

Enrolled in Informatics Engineering. Switched from hobbyist to serious developer.

2018

First line of code

Built my first website at 14 — a fan site with Comic Sans and neon colors.

Values

Ship it

Done is better than perfect. I believe in iterating in public and learning from real usage.

Simplicity

The best code is no code. I aim to solve problems with the fewest abstractions necessary.

Curiosity

I'm perpetually curious about how things work under the hood — from compilers to human behavior.

Craft

I care deeply about the quality of my work — clean APIs, readable code, polished UIs.

Interests

Coffee
Music
Reading
Gaming
Travel

Goals

  • Ship an AI-powered SaaS product with 100+ paying users.
  • Contribute meaningfully to open source projects I use daily.
  • Build a developer community around open tools and knowledge sharing.
  • Work with a world-class team on products that matter.

Fun Facts

  • I've been coding since I was 14, starting with HTML & CSS for fan sites.
  • My first paid project was a simple school website for $15.
  • I type at ~100 WPM and use a custom keyboard layout.
  • I prefer dark mode at all times, even on paper (hypothetically).
  • I once debugged a production issue at 3am from my phone.