// — BACKEND DEVELOPER
const daffa = {
name : "Daffa Aditya Pratama",
age : 18,
based : "Indonesia",
role : "Backend Developer",
about: `
Passionate backend developer with a deep
interest in systems architecture, game
development, and automation.
Fluent in 15+ programming languages,
spanning from low-level systems to
high-level scripting environments.
Started coding out of pure curiosity —
opened a terminal, typed some commands,
and never looked back. Every language
learned was a new way of thinking.
Every bug fixed made me sharper.
I don't just write code.
I build things that run behind the scenes.
`,
focus : ["backend", "systems", "automation",
"game dev", "open source"],
status : "open to work & collaborate",
}; |
|
$ cat /etc/linux-history.txt
[1969] Unix born at Bell Labs.
The OS that rewired computing.
[1983] Stallman launches GNU Project —
free software for everyone.
Seeds of open-source planted.
[1991] Linus Torvalds, 21 y.o student
from Finland, posts on Usenet:
"I'm doing a (free) OS...
just a hobby. Won't be big."
That hobby became Linux.
[1994] Linux kernel 1.0 — released.
The world changed quietly.
[2003] Powers most of the internet.
No announcements. Just uptime.
[NOW] ~96% of top servers run Linux.
Your phone runs it too.
(Yes, Android is Linux.) |
Linux is not just an OS — it's a philosophy. Built by a Finnish student as a weekend project, then handed to the world with no strings attached. What followed was unprecedented: thousands of developers across the globe, no company, no CEO, no central authority — just code, trust, and a shared vision of openness. Today Linux powers servers, supercomputers, satellites, smartphones, and the International Space Station. It is the backbone of the modern internet, and proof that open collaboration beats closed monopoly. Every developer owes Linux something. 
|
 debugging at 2 a.m. |
 client: "just one small change" |
 waiting for npm install |
currently working on — click to expand
> Building a REST API with Node.js + PostgreSQL
> Exploring systems programming in Rust
> Deepening knowledge of Linux internals
> Automating my dev workflow with Bash scripts
> Learning Docker & container orchestration
fun facts — click to expand
> Learned first language before I could legally drive
> Broke my OS more times than I can count — fixed it every time
> Dark mode. Always. Non-negotiable.
> First program was a calculator that somehow became a game
> I believe every dev should try Vim at least once
> Learning Rust because apparently I enjoy suffering
> My commit messages are honest at 2am and chaotic at 3am
quote I live by — click to expand
"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand."
— Martin Fowler
— DAFFA ADITYA PRATAMA · 18 · INDONESIA · BACKEND DEVELOPER —
building things that run behind the scenes