Ken Bramasta

Hey, Iā€™m Ken.

Backend-focused software engineer building high-speed, reliable services.

Portrait of Ken Aqshal
Drawn with joySoftware Engineer
  • Based in:Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Role:Software Engineer
  • Company:Mbiz

A place for writing about software, design, and the occasional stray thought. No posting schedule, no newsletter funnel. Just things I wanted to write down.

Built with Astro and EmDash. The source is open if you want to see how it works.

Why a Digital Garden?
Unlike traditional polished portfolios that pretend everything is complete, or transient social media feeds optimized for outrage, this garden is a living index of notes, technical blueprints, and half-baked experiments crafted openly in public. It grows through quiet cultivation over time.

Journey & Milestones

2019 ā€” Present
2022 ā€” PresentActive Stage

Software Engineer Ā· Mbiz

Part of the PATRIOT team at Mbiz, developing and maintaining the MBIZ platform.

  • #Go
  • #JavaScript
  • #Python
2021 ā€” 2022

Technical Consultant Analyst Ā· Mitra Integrasi Informatika

Consulted at Bank Rakyat Indonesia's QA middleware division: automated 109 APIs, cut integration testing from 15 minutes to 1, and reduced test and deployment time by 72%.

  • #JMeter
  • #Kubernetes
  • #QA Automation
2019 ā€” 2022

Back-end Engineer Ā· Bangun Kreatif Abadi

Built and maintained backend systems for AstraOtoparts, Movic, LMS, and Kesan. Migrated 2M+ legacy records with zero data loss and led four engineers through a microservices rewrite of the core API (+63% API speed).

  • #Node.js
  • #Microservices
  • #PostgreSQL

Stack & Principles

Daily drivers
  • LanguageTypeScript
  • FrameworkAstro + EmDash
  • StylingTailwind CSS v4
  • RuntimeCloudflare Workers
  • DataD1 + R2
  • EditorNeovim
  • Boring tools over clever ones.
  • Delete before you add.
  • Own the whole stack.
  • Measure, then argue.

Beyond Code

Offline coordinates

Away from the terminal, I'm usually outside or lost in a story:

Outdoors
Hiking and time outside
Books & Comics
Whatever's next on the shelf
Movies
Weekend watchlist
colophon.spec.mdEngineered cleanly
  • Static GeneratorAstro 7 + EmDash 1.1
  • Styling CoreTailwind CSS v4 (Warm Editorial Garden)
  • TypographyOutfit + Inter + JetBrains Mono
  • Edge HostCloudflare Workers
  • DataD1 + R2
  • Accent Color#830201 (rust terracotta)
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