About me

Hi, I am Adesina Hammed Hassan. I work at The Linux Foundation as Software Engineer.

I enjoy technical writing and speaking about Go/Golang; (I am the organizer of Go/Golang meetups in Nigeria).

In my professional journey, I have honed my skills in designing and building robust software applications, employing both microservice and monolithic architectures. I take pride in my ability to create modular and resilient solutions. Furthermore, it has always been a cherished aspiration of mine to achieve the status of a Google Developer Expert in Go.

I enjoy building solutions. Currently, I’m co-founding GetTreasure (PolicyGenius for Africa).



Technology Stacks:

  • Programming Languages: Go, JavaScript (Nuxt.js and Next.js), PHP, and Dart (Flutter).
  • Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and SQLITE.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: AWS, Digital Ocean, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
  • Operating System: Linux, MacOS, and Windows.
  • Other : Git (GitHub), gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, RabbitMQ.
  • Very good experience writing for Web and REST API, concurrency, distributed system, clean and well-tested code.


Talks & Events:

  • I speak and organize Go meetups in Lagos, Nigeria (Twitter handle: @GolangNigeria) on a monthly basis.

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup: May 20, 2023 — Go: Fuzz-Testing & Concurrency. Info.

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup January 21, 2023 — What is new in Go 1.20. Info.

  • Gophers Nigeria Meetup: Go: A Splendid 2022 December 3, 2022 — [I hosted and facilitated this event]. Info.

  • Gophers Nigeria Meetup: It’s Go Birthday November 13, 2021 — [I hosted and facilitated this event]. Info.

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup January 9, 2021 — [I hosted and facilitated this event]. Info.

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup September 19, 2020 — Dynamic Programming in Go at Go Meetup Nigeria. Info.

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup August 1, 2020 — [I hosted and facilitated this event]. Info.

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup February, 2020 — Getting Started with Learning Go Programming Language. At Go Meetup Nigeria. Info. Slides

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup December, 2019 — Designing A Basic Logging System in Go Application. At Go Meetup Nigeria. Info. Slides

  • Gophers Lagos Meetup. October, 2019 — Advantages of Adopting Go as your main stack ( with focus on application vertical scaling). At Go Meetup Nigeria. Info.

  • Flutter Lagos Meetup at ccHub January, 2019 — RESTful API and Local Storage Consumption in Flutter. At Flutter Lagos Meetup. Info.



Education:

  • University of The People, Pasadena, USA — Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, (April 2011 - April 2016).
  • (National Institute of Telecommunication, Cairo, Egypt — GMDSS Certificate
  • Heliopolis Secondary Institute, Cairo Egypt — Secondary School Certificate,