Taufik Pragusga · Software Engineer
I'm a software engineer with a focus on building reliable systems and delightful interfaces. I care about performance, accessibility, and maintainable code. When I'm not coding, I write about what I learn so others can benefit too.
Roles and companies I've worked with.
Cut video rendering time by 70% with memory-efficient batch processing and optimized canvas configs; raised video-creation success rate to 99.99% via controlled generation and shipped 60+ dynamic templates with TTS for professional voiceovers.
Automated Datadog data extraction (70% less manual work) and built reusable Terraform modules for AWS EC2, cutting infra setup time by 50%; implemented a centralized permissions platform for security compliance.
Improved AI chatbot relevance and satisfaction with HYDE-based prompt engineering; refactored 20+ core components and brought test coverage to 95%, reducing production bugs and speeding up onboarding.
Degrees and certifications.
University of Indonesia
Teaching Assistant
GoTo Impact Foundation
Fullstack track (Git, Node.js, React, MongoDB); built and deployed an API for Tokopedia Play. Soft skills: Business English, Career Readiness, design thinking, interview techniques. Midterm score 99.83%.
Bangkit Academy
GCP-focused program (Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, etc.). Delivered cloud solutions for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Grade: 90.
A few projects I've shipped or contributed to.
A web app I built to track investment assets in one place: mutual funds, Indonesian stocks, US stocks, gold, and forex. Started from my own need to monitor multiple investments easily.
Engineered a robust microservices system to process real-time data from over 3,000 sources with latency under 1 second.
A high-performance web app that analyzes and predicts fraud in up to 10,000 transaction records in under 1 second.
JavaScript / TypeScript · Python · Go
React.js · Next.js · TailwindCSS
Node.js / Bun · Express.js · Nest.js · Flask · FastAPI
MongoDB · PostgreSQL · MySQL · Redis
AWS · GCP · Docker
REST & GraphQL
Recent posts and thoughts.
How I think about rate limiting in production: which algorithm to choose, how to implement it, and what changes when you have more than one server.
I had no idea how search engines worked, so I looked it up and built one. Here's the research, the design, and the code.
A quick look at what React is doing when you call useState, and why the rules of hooks exist.
Have a project in mind or want to say hi? I'd love to hear from you.
taufik@pragusga.com