Sami Mazouz is a software developer with nine years of hands-on experience building and refining community-focused web platforms. Based in Algeria, he has been a core developer for Flarum and contributed significant front-end and back-end fixes to well-known open-source forum projects like Flarum and Simple Machines Forum, improving UI responsiveness, cross-browser compatibility, and stability. He currently develops at Cloudmazing B.V., bringing practical experience shipping production fixes (including Windows-specific test and mention handling) that enhance user experience. Sami combines formal graduate training in software engineering with a pragmatic focus on UX-driven engineering and careful bug resolution. Colleagues will find him especially effective at bridging UI polish and backend robustness in community software ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Abdelhamid Mehri Constantine 2 University
Simple forum software for building great communities.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 releases, 1021 reviews, 497 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Sami primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements related to the Flarum forum software's front-end and back-end features. They addressed issues with user interface components like the discussion composer and dropdown menus, adding z-index rules to resolve visual conflicts. The user also fixed a Windows-specific issue with path tests and implemented features such as handling of various types of mentions, including those by deleted users. These changes indicate a focus on enhancing the user experience and improving the stability of the platform.
Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is free and open-source community forum software, delivering professional grade features in a package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:11 reviews, 247 commits, 70 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Sami primarily contributed to the front-end and back-end aspects of the Simple Machines Forum (SMF) project, with a strong focus on improving the user interface. They implemented responsive design fixes and enhancements in the CSS files, addressing cross-browser compatibility, and refactoring of the UI elements for better rendering and user experience. Additionally, they made back-end adjustments to the PM features by fixing links and order of items. These changes indicate a focus on both user experience and core functionality of the forum software.
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