Backend on Ikwuka Okoyehttps://ikwukao.dev/tags/backend/Recent content in Backend on Ikwuka OkoyeHugoen-USWed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Designing This Portfolio as an Engineering Projecthttps://ikwukao.dev/journal/designing-this-project/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/journal/designing-this-project/<p>A technical portfolio should do more than list technologies.</p> <p>For an engineer working in backend systems, distributed systems, and platform engineering, the portfolio itself is an opportunity to demonstrate how problems are approached, how systems are designed, and how engineering decisions are communicated.</p> <p>That became the foundation for this project.</p> <h2 id="more-than-a-portfolio">More Than a Portfolio</h2> <p>The intention behind this site is to present engineering work in a way that reflects the work itself.</p>PokedexCLIhttps://ikwukao.dev/projects/pokedexcli/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/projects/pokedexcli/A Go-based CLI project exploring API integration, caching, stateful commands, and clean backend-oriented application structure.Static Site Generatorhttps://ikwukao.dev/projects/static-site-generator/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/projects/static-site-generator/A Python static-site generator exploring parsing, AST-like structures, Markdown transformation, HTML generation, and clean software architecture.OpsPilothttps://ikwukao.dev/projects/opspilot/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/projects/opspilot/A DevOps-focused engineering platform exploring automation, CLI design, container workflows, and cloud-native operations.