Derex.dev

About

I’m an engineer at Yenehealth, where I work on the company’s telehealth services and spend a significant amount of time discussing and collaborating with my excellent team for managing and maintaining our infrastructure.

About Me

You can call me Dera, This is my little spot on the web where I talk about myself and stuff that I like, and I hope you can find something cool or useful here.

I’m a Full-Stack Developer at Yelehealth, where I focus on building and enhancing systems that improve health and wellness experiences. My current projects include developing features like personalized recommendation systems and creating robust infrastructures for scalable, reliable services. I spend a lot of time solving complex technical challenges, ensuring that our applications run smoothly while delivering meaningful impact to our users.

Before joining Yenehealth, I worked with various organizations, including NOAH Real Estate PLC and Ahun App, where I designed and implemented systems ranging from supply chain management applications to distributed services for e-commerce and social media platforms. These experiences taught me the importance of balancing technical precision with user-centered design, and I’m proud of the tangible results we achieved, such as improving efficiency and enhancing user satisfaction.

Having worked across diverse industries and roles, I value building systems that are not only functional but also maintainable and future-proof. Whether leveraging tools like AWS, MongoDB, or Elastic, or improving CI/CD pipelines, my goal is always to create robust, reliable, and efficient solutions. Lately, I’ve been exploring ways to use data-driven approaches for better decision-making and scalability in applications.

When I’m not coding, I enjoy diving into personal projects, reading about emerging technologies, and exploring ways to connect my technical skills with broader creative interests. I’m always curious about new tools and approaches to solve problems, and I thrive on learning from every challenge I take on.

My favorite movie is Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. My favorite book is Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun (although I like a lot of others). I also like running, photography, history, meditation, urban design, and metal.

I am passionate about the creative industry, especially in Ethiopia. In 2020 My close friends noticed a lack of networking within the creative industry. We founded a community called Codenight to encourage collaboration and promote businesses in the region. Recent community has more than 8500 people and the community keep growing.

I publish to blog with some frequency, most often tweet-sized atoms, then short-form fragments, and longer articles less frequently. If you like the content here, you should check out a sample edition and consider subscribing.

Technology

Throughout my career, I have worked with a diverse range of technologies to build and maintain robust applications. My expertise includes:

  • Programming Languages: Proficient in JavaScript and Go, enabling me to develop both front-end and back-end solutions.

  • Frameworks and Libraries: Experienced with React for building dynamic user interfaces, Nest and Express.js for server-side development, and Nextjs for rapid web application development.

  • Databases: Skilled in using MongoDB, mysql and PostgreSQL for managing and querying data, ensuring efficient and scalable storage solutions.

  • Cloud Services: Adept at deploying applications on AWS, utilizing services such as S3 for storage, EC2 for compute resources, and CloudFormation for infrastructure as code.

  • DevOps Tools: Familiar with Docker for containerization, Kubernetes for orchestration, and GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment, streamlining the development workflow.