Navid Mafi

I'm a Software Engineer and Researcher.

In my spare time I do electronics (RF), music (Dorico), and I really like biking.

If you have something interesting to discuss, email me. even drawings of cows if that's what you like: [email protected] or [email protected] (cow inquiries only)

Some things about me:

• I Live in Iran
• On the internet since 2012
• Attended Alborz College
• Nearly dismissed myself from Alborz for coordinating a DDOS attack and leaking credentials (I was 12 and stupid)
• Entered university at 15
• Built a video platforms in 2021 that scaled actually good (400 concurrent connections in a single room)
• Currently maintaining infra that's handling 2TB of traffic/mo
• My dad is a Richard Clayderman fan and so am I

Random activies of interest to me:

• Opening up and "fixing" various devices (Mobile Phones, Speakers, Laptops, Adapters, Live PSUs)
• Obtaining RCE on a TV or an ADSL router
• Rooting and building custom ROMs
• Building high voltage inverters and having fun with 400VDC, painstakingly charged up from a battery pack (loud sparks 😍)
• Disassembling software and games and intercepting encrypted traffic
• Writing DLLs and bypassing anticheats
• Using freearc+precomp to repack software for my friends

Some things I believe:

• Superficiality is where most fail
  • Question things. Don't let your System 1 take control of your life.
  • If others can't tolerate your (relevant) questioning, you are not the problem. They are.
• The world runs on great technology and research
  • As much as we benefit from new prespectives and ideas, knowledge is still most valuable
  • Be careful with what knowledge you share and who you share it with
  • Interpretations of knowledge can differ however, thus crearting unique actions and life experiences
• And plenty more I'll likely add over time