Naufal Fadhil Athallah
Indonesia
Bio
Hey, I'm Naufal — a builder, engineer, and occasional alien based in Indonesia. I spend most of my time turning messy ideas into working systems — from backend services in Go and Laravel to full-stack products that people actually use.
I graduated in Informatics Engineering and have been building and shipping projects ever since. I don't really separate "learning" and "working" — for me, the fastest way to understand something is to build it, ship it, and see what breaks.
Lately, I've been going deeper into AI, developer tooling, and system design — not just experimenting, but trying to build things that are genuinely useful.
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
13 years of building, learning, and shipping — from tech nerds to engineering systems.
Future goals and aspirations
Continuing to grow as a developer, building impactful products, and exploring new frontiers in technology.
Graduated and looking for new opportunities
Finished my bachelor's degree and excited to take on new challenges in software engineering.
First internship and part-time job
Gained real-world experience working on production systems for a transportation startup and my university's computing center.
Started university and web development journey
Began studying informatics engineering and building web projects using JavaScript and PHP.
Winning a robotics competition
Won a regional robotics competition from solving a real-world problem and got a cash prize for my first paid gig.
First coding experience
Joined a robotics club and started learning C/C++ to program microcontrollers for fun projects.
Vocational school
Studied computer and network engineering, got hands-on experience with hardware and networking.
Playing with computers and gadgets
Tinkering with anything I can get my hands on — from old PCs to smartphones.
Values
Ship > Perfect
Done is better than perfect. I believe in iterating in public and learning from real usage.
Keep it simple
Good systems are understandable systems. I avoid unnecessary complexity whenever possible.
Stay curious
I like digging into how things actually work — from distributed systems to human behavior.
Care about the craft
I care deeply about the quality of my work — Clean APIs, readable code, and thoughtful UX matter. Details compound.
Interests
Goals
- Ship an product that people actually pay for and rely on.
- Go deeper into systems, infrastructure, and scalable architectures.
- Contribute meaningfully to open source projects I use daily.
- Work with a world-class team on products that matter.
- Building a company with many products helping real users and customers.
- Travelling to new places and experiencing different cultures.
Fun Facts
- →I've been coding since I was 16, starting with simple C/C++ robotics projects and evolving into web development
- →My first paid project is winning a robotics competition and get a cash prize IDR 1 Million (around $70) — not bad for a first gig!
- →I have a habit of over-engineering solutions for fun — building a custom home server with Kubernetes and Ansible just to host my personal website and projects.
- →I prefer dark mode at all times, even on paper (hypothetically). Please never trust a light mode user.
- →Occasionally handle production issues when called, even outside working hours — I find it oddly satisfying to debug and fix things under pressure.