Christian Rafael de Souza Silva

Software engineer · systems and machine learning

Christian Rafael de Souza Silva

Software engineer working on business applications, machine-learning infrastructure and systems software. Professional development since 2012; independent work includes language-model training, inference runtimes, compiler tooling and operating-system development.

Areas of work

Production software. Enterprise management systems, fiscal and retail applications, desktop software, APIs and engineering tools.

Machine learning. Model pretraining, evaluation, GGUF inference, tensor computation and GPU-oriented execution.

Systems software. An x86-64 operating system, language toolchains, virtual machines and experiments with memory, drivers and graphics.

Selected projects

ChrisOS

Experimental x86-64 operating system with kernel, memory-management, driver, graphics and filesystem development; also used for compiler and virtual-machine work.

C · C++ · x86-64 · OSDev · Compilers

Source · Documentation

Chris-GPT-2

GPT-2 124M pretrained on approximately 10 billion FineWeb-Edu tokens using four NVIDIA A100 GPUs. Training artifacts and SafeTensors/GGUF model exports are available.

Python · PyTorch · CUDA · NCCL · distributed training

Source · Model · GGUF

Chris-Llama

LLM inference runtime in C: GGUF loading, tokenization, attention, KV cache, quantization and CPU/GPU execution.

C · GGUF · inference · quantization · CPU/GPU

Source

Chris-Torch

Deep-learning implementation covering tensors, automatic differentiation, optimizers and accelerated execution backends.

C++ · Python · autograd · neural networks · GPU

Source

Engineering Manual

Bilingual technical reference on algorithms, data structures, operating systems, databases and system design, with structured learning paths and searchable articles.

Python · Jinja2 · Markdown · JavaScript · GitHub Actions

Read · Source

Marginal Thinking

Research publication on macroeconomics, geopolitics and technology, including country profiles, recurring reports and primary-source analysis.

Economics · data · research · publishing

Visit · Source

SharpEx

Market-data and portfolio workspace for cross-asset tracking, risk metrics and portfolio-level analysis.

JavaScript · Cloudflare Workers · market data · risk analytics

Product engineering

Applied software projects spanning collaborative workspaces, live video, business applications, desktop utilities and online education.

Velis

Collaborative documents, tasks and workspaces with local persistence and synchronization between devices.

TypeScript · local-first · collaborative editing

Product · Architecture and technologies

Kaduo

Browser-based live production with video composition, visual overlays, audience interaction and commerce during broadcasts.

TypeScript · WebRTC · Canvas · media processing

Product · Architecture and technologies

Eviz

Digital business cards and landing pages linked to lead collection, contact records and CRM operations.

Web applications · relational data · CRM

Product · Architecture and technologies

Chris Cleaner

Disk-usage analysis and file cataloging with background scanning and native filesystem capabilities.

C# · .NET · Avalonia · filesystem APIs

Product · Architecture and technologies

LOGV Learn

Course administration, lessons, student progress and paid enrollment in a web application.

Next.js · TypeScript · database-backed workflows

Website · Architecture and technologies

Domine a Guitarra

Free guitar-learning platform with structured lessons, interactive chord diagrams, tablature playback, rhythm exercises and ear training.

Astro · TypeScript · Web Audio API · music theory

Website · Architecture and technologies

Research & technical writing

A Reproducible 10-Billion-Token Pretraining Run of GPT-2 124M

Technical report covering the training setup, evaluation and reproducibility of the Chris-GPT-2 pretraining run.

Paper

Specializing a 124M-Parameter GPT-2 for Linux

Study of continued pretraining and canonical instruction tuning for a Linux-focused GPT-2, including failure analysis.

Paper

Experience

Information Systems Programmer

I work on internal management and engineering systems covering finance, accounting, production planning and engineering. The stack includes C++, Delphi, MySQL, .NET/C#, React and PostgreSQL, with APIs, automated tests and architecture patterns such as DDD and CQRS.

Full Stack Developer

Built web, mobile and desktop products for retail automation, fiscal documents, delivery, ticketing and messaging. Worked with PHP/Laravel, Angular, Vue, PostgreSQL, Java/Kotlin, React/Ionic, Delphi, Linux/Windows Server, AWS, DigitalOcean and Cloudflare.

Full Stack Developer

Worked on retail automation, SAT fiscal processing, desktop update infrastructure, PHP/CodeIgniter APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, internal tooling and cloud storage/querying of fiscal documents.

Early software roles

Started professionally with Delphi and later worked with PHP/MySQL, Python-based SMS tooling, GeneXus applications, R&D, AWS administration and OpenVPN.

Education

Postgraduate Degree — Electronic Engineering & Robotics

Postgraduate study focused on electronics, robotics and autonomous systems.

Associate Degree — Data Science

Machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, big data, statistics, databases and software engineering.

Bachelor's Degree — Electrical Engineering

In progress. Electrical engineering, mathematics, control, electronics and related engineering foundations.

Technical Degree — Mechatronics

Technical training across electronics, mechanics, automation and embedded systems.

Technical index

Languages: C, C++, Python, Rust, C#, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP and Delphi.

Systems & ML: Linux, LLM training/inference, GPU computing, distributed training, operating systems, compilers, virtual machines, emulators and low-level debugging.

Application engineering: .NET, React, Laravel, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DDD, CQRS and automated testing.

Infrastructure: Git, GitHub Actions, Cloudflare, AWS, DigitalOcean and Linux/Windows Server.

Contact

Email · GitHub · LinkedIn · CV · PDF