Yousef's μBlog

(Updated: 2024-10-18)

# Now

This is a now page. I intend to maintain this page to summarize what's currently going on in my life and what I'm up to. You should make your own too!

## Job

I currently live in Kuwait. I work full time as a Senior Engineer (Solutions Architect) for a Telecommunications company, leading multiple projects such as:

I also work on the side as a Cybersecurity Analyst and Programmer for a confidential site :-).

## Hobbies

I love to learn and write (as you can tell). I always believe that the best way to learn something is to summarize it in your own words. That's why I decided to publish a blog to share the things I learn and build.

My biggest passion is football ⚽. One of my goals is to volunteer (or get hired) as a youth football coach. It would allow me to get more playtime while also giving back to the community and building the next generation(s) of stars.

## Side Gigs

I like to work on the side in my free time. For example, I'm currently helping my sister build her brand online for her personal training business, by creating a modern website with subscription models.

I also plan to launch a business for an app within the next year. It's essentially a ZocDoc clone for Kuwait and MENA region for safely and professionally book appointments for clinics, hospitals, practices, salons, healthcare, etc.

In my free time, I also like to participate in Open Source projects as you will see below in the projects I'm actively working on.

## Travel

Ever since I was young, I've loved exploring new places and different cultures. I grew up bilingual, went to uni in the USA, and constantly travel every chance I get. This year I travelled to:

# Actively Working On

Here are a few things I'm working on at the moment:

🏆 SAP Consultant Certification

Working on a SAP MDEP certification to become a SAP consultant

🟣 `o` CLI Notetaking Tool

An Obsidian command line wrapper I wrote to learn Golang and optimize my notetaking workflow

📨 Notmuch.nvim

A NeoVim (btw!) plugin for reading email offline in the editor