Areski Belaid is a pragmatic software developer and founder with 18 years of experience specializing in Python/Django and VoIP systems, building everything from emergency-calling solutions to softswitches. He authors and maintains notable open-source projects like Newfies-Dialer, CDR-Stats and A2Billing, and routinely works with FreeSWITCH, Asterisk, OpenSIPs and cloud telephony APIs. Comfortable across the stack, he blends backend engineering (Postgres, Redis, Erlang/Elixir, Lua) with frontend polish and DevOps automation, having contributed to projects such as Django core, Nikola themes and Plivo. Based in Barcelona, he currently leads engineering at DialerAI, applying intelligent call-center automation and real-time analytics to hard telecom problems — a space where his hands-on OSS work and production deployments converge.
A2Billing is a telecom switch and billing system capable of providing and billing a range of telecom products and services to customers such as calling card products, residential and wholesale VoIP termination, DID resale and callback services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:512 commits, 20 PRs, 73 pushes in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Areski's commits indicate a focus on back-end development tasks within the A2Billing system. They implemented validation processes for DID (Direct Inward Dialing) edition, added A-Leg billing for DID calls, and introduced features for managing and displaying speed dials. The commits also include changes to the core A2Billing library, suggesting involvement in the system's core functionalities.
Python Wrapper for NVD3 - It's time for beautiful charts
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:402 commits, 47 PRs, 82 pushes in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Areski primarily contributed to the development of a Python wrapper for the NVD3 JavaScript charting library. Their work involved the creation of Python classes to represent different chart types and the generation of the necessary JavaScript code for rendering the charts. The user implemented examples demonstrating how to use the library and included the necessary assets and tooling to install and manage the project.
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