Hello, I'm Pacifique
Software Engineer & Author building reliable systems and sharing knowledge through code, teaching, and open source.
"Open source is a force multiplier. It lets people from different backgrounds reason together in code—ideas move faster, review is public, and impact compounds."
What I'm doing now
Product Engineer at LightWork AI
Building scalable backend systems and infrastructure for real-world complexity.
Technical Writing
Authoring in-depth technical articles on freeCodeCamp & Hashnode read by thousands of developers.
Published Author
Scalable Application Development with NestJS (Packt) - A comprehensive guide to building enterprise apps.
Based in Dubai
Working across APIs, microservices, and developer experience in a fast-paced environment.
Latest Writing
Lubumbashi - A City That Tests Your Patience
A personal, deeply researched account of living in Lubumbashi, DRC for a few weeks — housing, transportation, road safety, restaurants, consumer rights, and what other African cities have already solved better.
How to Use NestJS Observe: An Observability Handbook for Devs
Observability isn't a new problem, and NestJS isn't the first ecosystem to tackle it — this handbook looks at what framework-aware instrumentation offers over generic approaches like OpenTelemetry.
Let's Connect
Interested in backend architecture, NestJS, or technical writing? I'd love to hear from you.