Ryad Abdellatif

Projects

B4Press

AI editorial review tool that helps journalists identify missing perspectives and editorial risks, customizable for each newsroom.

Developer — hackathon team project

• Python
• Node.js
• EJS
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• RAG

Recipin

Social recipe platform — "Pinterest for recipes" with 2FA login and step-by-step cook-along.

Full-stack developer & team lead — team project

• JavaScript
• HTML
• CSS
• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• SQLite
• Docker

DocuMind

Personal AI knowledge base with RAG: upload documents and search them through chat, with verifiable source citations.

Solo project

• Python
• FastAPI
• React
• Weaviate
• Tailwind CSS
• Docker

SpaceTravel

3D space game with a custom OpenGL render engine: fly a space shuttle through the solar system.

Full-stack developer & team lead — team project

• C++17
• OpenGL
• GLSL
• GLFW
• Assimp
• CMake

ROF

Cross-platform shopping app for kids under parental supervision, with a virtual coin system and AR product viewing.

Full-stack developer & team lead — team project

• Dart
• Flutter
• AR
• 3D (GLB)

Monopoly

Fully playable digital Monopoly desktop game with a computer opponent, save/load and a Qt interface.

Full-stack developer — team project

• C++17
• Qt 6
• CMake

Slime Quest

2D top-down action game built from scratch in pure Java — custom game loop, collision detection and monster AI.

Solo project

• Java
• Swing / AWT
• Graphics2D

Killer Sudoku Solver

Rust CLI tool that validates and solves Killer Sudokus with parallelized backtracking.

Solo project

• Rust
• Cargo

Brainfuck Interpreter

Optimizing interpreter in Rust that compiles Brainfuck to a custom instruction set.

Developer — duo project, equal split

• Rust
• Cargo

Multi-unit Auction Simulator

Purely functional auction simulator in Haskell with three payment mechanisms.

Developer — duo project, equal split

• Haskell
• GHC

Symbolic Calculator

Haskell library that builds and evaluates expressions.

Solo project

• Haskell
• GHC

Skills

Programming languages

• JavaScript
• Python
• C++
• Java
• Rust
• Haskell
• Dart
• Flutter
• SQL
• HTML
• CSS
• C
• ASM

IT skills

• Full-stack web development
• Object-oriented programming
• Functional programming
• Databases
• AI integration
• Mobile development
• Computer graphics
• Game development
• Parallelism & multithreading
• Authentication & security
• Docker & deployment
• Git & version control
• Backend development & REST APIs
• PostgreSQL
• RAG & vector search

Experience

• Hasselt University (UHasselt)

  Backend Developer — Student Job

  September 2026 – Current

• Juuniek

  Freelance Backend Developer

  July 2026

• TALim & UHasselt

  Database Design & Development

  March 2026 – July 2026

• UHasselt

  Tutor

  September 2025 – June 2026

• Carglass

  Student Administrative Assistant

  July 2025 – August 2025

• Carglass

  Student Warehouse Worker

  July 2024 – August 2024

Education

• UHasselt, Diepenbeek

  Computer Science Bachelor + Master

  Expected June 2029

• O.L.V.Lyceum, Genk

  ASO Science-Mathematics (6h math)

  Graduated with distinction

Personality & Languages