Taofeek Kassim

Software Engineer · Quantum Computing

Building backend systems and exploring the edges of quantum hardware.

Currently

Building backend systems by day, exploring quantum computing fundamentals by night.

Projects

Horizontally scaled URL shortener built for MLH PE Hackathon. Flask + PostgreSQL + Redis caching, Nginx load balancing across 2 containers with 8 Gunicorn workers each. Chaos-tested to 500 VUs with 100% success rate.

PythonFlaskPostgreSQL

Payment Notification Service

Paystack webhook service with HMAC-SHA512 signature verification, idempotent transaction storage, JWT auth with refresh token rotation, and a protected dashboard API. Fully Dockerized.

TypeScriptFastifyDrizzle ORM

git-watch

GitHub activity scheduler with AI-powered audit and analysis. Tracks repo activity, runs automated audits, and surfaces insights via Supabase.

TypeScriptSupabaseAI

Computational Physics

Physics simulations, numerical methods, and calculations — from classical mechanics to quantum systems.

PythonNumPyJupyter

Video Streaming Server

Adaptive HLS streaming server with automated FFmpeg transcoding and Whisper AI subtitles.

Node.jsFFmpegHLS

NVIDIA × MIT iQuHACK 2026

Quantum computing challenge at MIT iQuHACK 2026. Built hybrid quantum-classical pipelines using CUDA-Q on NVIDIA hardware.

PythonCUDA-QQuantum Computing

Writing

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Building a Pro-Tier Video Streaming Server: HLS, AI Subtitles, and Interactive ThumbnailsDec 31, 2025 · 10 min read