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Naveed Ali
Anwar

Full-stack web developer exploring systems programming. Currently building Kronos, a human-readable programming language in C, and forgekit, a CLI toolkit in Rust.

02 — About

My story

Hello! I'm Naveed, a self-taught developer from the Maldives, currently based in Malaysia.

I've been building with code since 2017—Discord bots, e-commerce platforms, APIs, the whole stack evolution from PHP/MySQL to React/TypeScript/Next.js. No CS degree. Just building, breaking, and figuring it out.

These days I'm deep in systems programming. Currently building Kronos, a programming language with a bytecode VM and LSP, to learn C. Also, building ForgeKit in Rust. I love backend work—APIs, databases, making things talk to each other.

8 years of building in the shadows. Finally shipping in public.

03 — Work

Projects

Things I've built from scratch. No tutorials, no templates.

CHandwritten VMOpen Source0.4.0-beta

kronos

A complete programming language with bytecode VM, garbage collector, and LSP. Human-readable syntax inspired by Python and Perl.

Bytecode VM

Custom virtual machine executing compiled bytecode with stack-based operations

Garbage Collector

Mark-and-sweep GC managing memory allocation and preventing leaks

Language Server

LSP implementation for editor integration with autocomplete and diagnostics

Community

Open source with contributors building features and fixing bugs

RustCLI ToolkitOpen Sourcev0.x

forgekit

A blazing-fast CLI toolkit for file conversions. Built in Rust for performance, safety, and zero-cost abstractions.

High Performance

Rust's zero-cost abstractions and fearless concurrency

CLI Interface

Intuitive command-line interface with subcommands and flags

File Conversions

Pluggable architecture supporting multiple file formats

Memory Safe

Rust's ownership model guarantees memory safety at compile time

04 — Stack

What I use

Systems

C Rust

Web

TypeScript Next.js Node.js

Data & Infrastructure

Python PostgreSQL MySQL Convex Docker AWS
05 — Connect

Let's build

Have something interesting? I'd love to hear about it.