Self-hosted and onlineVancouver, BC, Canada
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Self-taught Python developer · Corporate IT support associate at Amazon · Backend systems, logging, automation, and reverse engineering

Michael Yazdani

@BytesAndCoffee

Self-taught Python developer, Linux tinkerer, and coffee-fueled systems builder.

About / 01

Capture the signal. Automate the boring parts.

Michael Yazdani, aka BytesAndCoffee, is a Vancouver-based IT support professional and self-taught Python developer who likes backend systems, reverse engineering, automation, self-hosting, and turning messy logs into useful tools.

Backend systemsReverse engineeringAutomation pipelinesLog capture, parsing, querying, and notification systemsWorker-safe concurrency

Selected work / 02

Useful things I've built

6 projects
01

ZLog Suite

A modular suite for capturing, storing, querying, and routing chat logs across self-hosted workflows.

Python / logging / automation / self-hosting02

QuadShot

A CPU simulator written in pure standard-library Python; a reverse-engineering/reimagining project inspired by an assembly playground.

Python / CPU simulator / reverse engineering03

Tailpaste

A minimalist paste-sharing service inspired by ix.io and secured around Tailscale-style private-network assumptions.

Python / self-hosting / Tailscale04

zlog-sql-query

A simple interface for querying ZNC log lines from MySQL by nick, channel, and date/time window.

Python / SQL / IRC / ZNC05

zlog-sql fork / logging work

Work around MySQL/SQLite logging for ZNC IRC bouncer workflows, with an emphasis on safer concurrency, modular database handling, and robust logging.

Python / MySQL / SQLite / ZNC06

homeassistant-whole-home-candle-mode

Home Assistant candle-mode package with bounded-random-walk flicker for single-lamp and whole-home ambient scenes.

Home Assistant / automation / ambient lighting