Alexandre Hamad

• Common core completed: 20+ projects in C, C++, networking, systems and web
• Now continuing with 42 Advanced towards a state-certified (RNCP) degree
• Project-based learning and peer code review, 5 coding exams passed

Portfolio website (alexandre-hamad.fr) HTML, CSS, Claude Code

• Designed and deployed this website: OVH hosting, DNS, HTTPS, Google indexing
• Built with Claude Code, from mockup to deployment

ft_transcendence TypeScript, React, Next.js, Prisma, Tailwind

• AI-powered paperwork assistant with a mutual-aid community, team of 4
• Front-end and API development, authentication, multilingual website

Inception Docker Compose, Nginx, MariaDB, WordPress

• Nginx, WordPress and MariaDB in separate containers with Docker Compose
• TLS-secured connection and data persisted in volumes

ft_irc C++98, sockets, epoll

• Non-blocking multi-client IRC server using epoll, tested with irssi and nc
• Channels, operators and commands (JOIN, KICK, MODE, PRIVMSG…)

C++ Modules 00 to 09 C++98, OOP, STL

• Classes, inheritance, polymorphism, templates and STL containers
• Exceptions, casts and the Ford-Johnson sorting algorithm

cub3D C, MiniLibX

• Raycasting 3D engine inspired by Wolfenstein 3D
• Textured walls, movement, collisions and map parsing from a file

NetPractice Networking

• Network configuration exercises: IPv4 addressing, subnet masks and routing

minishell C, processes, pipes

• Unix shell built as a pair: parsing, pipes, redirections and heredoc
• Environment variables, signals and built-in commands (cd, export, exit…)

Philosophers C, threads, mutex

• The dining philosophers: one thread per philosopher, synchronized with mutexes, with no data races or deadlocks

push_swap C, algorithms

• Sort a stack of integers using two stacks and a limited set of operations, in as few moves as possible

fract-ol C, MiniLibX

• Fractal explorer (Mandelbrot, Julia, Burning Ship)
• Mouse zoom, keyboard navigation, pixel-by-pixel rendering

pipex C, processes

• Reproduces a shell pipeline (< file cmd1 | cmd2 > file) with fork, pipe, dup2 and execve

Born2beroot Linux, system administration

• Installed and hardened a Linux server in a virtual machine: partitions, SSH, firewall, sudo and password policy

get_next_line C, file descriptors

• Reads a file line by line with a static buffer, integrated into my libft

ft_printf C, variadic functions

• Reimplementation of printf: %c, %s, %p, %d, %i, %u, %x, %X and %% conversions

libft C

• Personal C library (strings, memory, linked lists, conversions, output), reused in later projects

• Led a team of 2 to 3 people: organization, task allocation, deadlines
• Quotes and client relations
• New builds, renovation, zinc work, waterproofing, heritage buildings