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charisad/README.md

Hi 👋, I'm Collins Adom Baffour

Site Reliability Engineer | Payments Infrastructure | DevOps

Building and scaling high-availability fintech systems handling millions of transactions.

🚀 About Me

  • 🧠 Site Reliability Engineer with a strong Computer Science background
  • 💳 Scaling payment infrastructure (APIs, USSD, settlement systems)
  • ☁️ Designing cloud-native systems on AWS with high availability (99.9%+)
  • 🔗 Integrating with MNOs, banks, and third-party payment providers
  • 📈 Focused on performance, reliability, and observability

🛠️ Core Stack

  • Cloud & Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Spacelift
  • Observability: New Relic, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Backend: Java, Python, Typescript
  • Data: PostgreSQL, MSSQL, OpenSearch, Redis (ElastiCache)
  • Messaging: Kafka, SQS
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure Devops

🌱 Currently Exploring

  • OpenShift
  • Advanced distributed systems design
  • High-scale event-driven architectures

📝 Writing

🤝 Connect with Me

LinkedIn • Twitter • Dev.to • Email

📊 GitHub Stats

⚡ What I Care About

  • Reliability over hype
  • Simplicity at scale
  • Systems that don’t wake you up at 3AM

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    Python

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    Java 4

  3. cardutil cardutil Public

    Forked from adelosa/cardutil

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    Python

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    Java

  5. go go Public

    Golang

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  6. golang-for-devops golang-for-devops Public

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