Coding

As a software engineer, I have a passion for Open Source software, which not only enables majority of the information superhighway, but also allows less-developed and suppressed cultures to survive and thrive.

Current & Recent Projects

Unicode & Internationalization

• "UNIC": Unicode and Internationalization Crates for Rust, 2017-Present.
• "servo/unicode-bidi", Implementation of the Unicode Bidirection Algorithm in Rust, 2017-Present.
• "region-flags", Collection of flags for BCP 47 region codes in SVG / PNG, 2015-Present. [npm]

Rust

• "rust-lang/cargo", The Rust package manager, 2017-Present. [docs]

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Talks & Presentations

• "Introduction to Unicode & i18n in Rust", Internationalization & Unicode Conference 42, Santa Clara, CA, September 2018.
• "Unicode and Rust", Lightning Talk, Internationalization & Unicode Conference 41, Santa Clara, CA, October 2017.

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Previous Projects

Light Field Photography

• "python-lfp-reader", Python library and command-line scripts to read Lytro LFP files, 2012.
• "Lytro Library Merger", Merges all photos of a Lytro library to user's main Lytro library, 2012.

GNU FriBidi

• "GNU FriBidi", an implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (bidi).
• "pecl-fribidi", PHP/PECL binding for GNU FriBidi, 2013. [[php.net]]
• "python-fribidi", Python binding for GNU FriBidi, 2009.

Persian Computing

• "Iranian Standard Persian Keyboard (ISIRI 9147) for MS Windows", 2011.
• "Enhanced Microsoft Persian Keyboard for MS Windows", 2011.
• "Jalali-GCal", Jalali/Persian Calendar extension (userscript) for Google Calendar web interface, 2008-2013.
• "FarsiWeb Fonts", A Persian Font Collection, 2003-2006.
• "Sharif FarsiWeb, Inc." (archived pages), 2003-2006.
• "The FarsiWeb Project" (archived pages), 2002-2005.
• "The FarsiTex Project", Persian/English bidirectional typesetting system based on Donald Knuth's TeX Program.

See also Persian Computing Community.

GNOME Desktop Environment

• "Gucharmap", the GNOME Character Map, based on the Unicode Character Database, 2004-2008.
• "BidiAssist", or Bidirectional Assistant, a plugin for Gedit that helps users to manage their bidirectional (plain) texts easier. [github]

Localization

• "Ubuntu Persian Translation", Ubuntu Project, 2008-2010.
• "Persian Localization Team", Mozilla Project, 2002-2009.