name: Ishmam Ahmed
role: Software Developer II @ Acudo
stack: TypeScript · PHP/Laravel · React · C++
location: Leeds, UK
status: shipping
Full-stack developer who speaks fluent TypeScript, tolerates PHP, and occasionally wanders into C++.
At Acudo I build and maintain production systems people rely on every day: untangling legacy code, closing pen-test findings, and refactoring until things are simpler than I found them.
Outside work I play guitar, game, and rice my Linux desktop until it's unrecognisable.
| Project | Contribution |
|---|---|
| AnyPS5 PS5 → Linux/Windows/macOS executable porting (C++20) |
#6623 fix(libSceZlib): report a truncated compressed stream as an error instead of "output buffer too small" when the buffer is exactly full · ✅ merged#6395 fix(tools): make trace_digest fail with a clear error when the --summary file doesn't exist, instead of silently dropping the last frame of the window · ✅ merged#6624 fix(tools): detect Python and CMake comments across the whole file, so a # inside a multi-line string or CMake bracket argument no longer fails the conventions check · ✅ merged#6626 fix(tools): read CI workflow job keys at whatever indentation the file uses, so gated jobs in 4-space workflows pass the conventions check · ✅ merged#5741 fix(relinker): reject ELF segments whose file range runs past the input, which stops the Linux output mapping the relinker's own tables into guest memory · ✅ merged |
+ v2.0 Jul 2025 → now Software Developer II @ Acudo (formerly HLR Lookup)
full-stack across HLR Lookup, TPSUnlimited and E164
+ v1.0 Jun 2023 → 2025 Software Developer @ HLR Lookup
testing pipelines · code review · full-stack JS/TS/PHP
+ v0.2 Aug → Dec 2021 Tech Intern @ UC Lab, Ottawa (remote)
AI projects & R&D
+ v0.1 May → Jul 2019 Research Assistant @ Taylor's University
blockchain research & data analysis
# edu BSc Computer Science with AI · University of Leeds (2019–2023)
# edu Computing and IT · Taylor's University (2018–2019)🐧 Lenovo Yoga Pro → Ubuntu + Caelestia daily driver, riced to oblivion
🍎 MacBook Pro → macOS iOS & macOS projects, Logic music projects
🎮 ROG Strix → Windows ForgeRealm, personal & game dev projects, gaming
The right OS for the right job.
Most of my work lives in private repos, so the green squares undersell it.