Mehdi Bounya
Senior Backend Developer at Prestigia.com
Casablanca, Morocco
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Top SchoolMehdi Bounya is a Senior Backend Developer based in Casablanca with 11 years of hands-on experience building and hardening server-side systems. Currently at Prestigia.com after a multi-year role as Backend Developer & Sysadmin at 1337, he blends production backend engineering with systems administration and operational reliability. He contributes to mature open-source projects like CodeIgniter, focusing on bug fixes, security hardening, and core functionality improvements—work that reflects attention to detail in libraries, URL helpers, and documentation. A product-minded engineer who emerged from 1337 Coding School, Mehdi pairs practical, security-conscious improvements with a strong grounding in computer architecture and real-world deployment.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Architect, Computer Science, Level 21, Computer Architect, Computer Science, Level 21 at 1337 Coding School
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Github Skills (11)
database-management10
php-framework10
php10
security9
file-handling9
documentation8
oop6
wordpress6
curl6
codeigniter6
referrer6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
bcit-ci/CodeIgniter
Sep 2017 - May 2018
Open Source PHP Framework (originally from EllisLab)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 18 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Mehdi primarily contributed to bug fixes and minor feature enhancements within the CodeIgniter framework. Their work included addressing issues related to database prefixing, adding security enhancements to URL helpers, and modifying file name handling in image output. Additionally, the user resolved bugs in the ZIP library and updated documentation by changing HTTP to HTTPS. The commits demonstrate a focus on improving the framework's core functionality and addressing identified shortcomings.
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mehdibo/Codeigniter-blockchain
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
A library to use the Blockchain Wallet API: https://blockchain.info/api/blockchain_wallet_api
Contributions:13 commits, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
blockchaincodeigniter-librarybtcwalletblockchain-apicodeigniter-blockchain
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