Demetrius Bangake
Full-stack developer
- Bangui, Central African Republic
- lgdemetrius@gmail.com
- +236 72 05 11 17
- github.com/Demetrius-ch
- demetrius.vercel.app
Profile
Full-stack developer, creator of the open-source tool ForgeKit and founder of C-Dev, a startup that helps young developers grow. I build web applications and APIs with a focus on user experience, performance and code quality. Self-driven and used to taking projects all the way to production.
Experience
Creator and maintainer — ForgeKit (open source)
2026 — present
- Command-line tool that generates production-ready REST APIs: hexagonal, Clean or Layered architecture, PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQLite, Docker, migrations and tests.
- Feature system (authentication, CORS, logging, Swagger) with rollback, diagnostic commands, CI mode and JSON output.
- Distributed on the Snap Store, through a signed APT repository, as .deb packages and via GitHub Releases.
Founder and CEO — C-Dev / cdevsolutions
Bangui · 2024 — present
- Defined the product vision and built the brand (logo, website, GitHub presence).
- Built the company website and the first learning materials (roadmaps, hands-on projects).
Full-stack developer — IKOUE
Bangui · 2024 — present
- Front-end and back-end development.
- Designed and consumed several REST endpoints.
Freelance web developer — Client and personal projects
Bangui · 2023 — present
- Built responsive websites and web applications.
- Team work on GitHub with branches and pull requests.
Projects
SkillCraft Solutions
- Online training platform: course catalogue, session calendar, appointments with e-mail reminders.
- Hexagonal API documented with OpenAPI, server-rendered bilingual website, continuous integration.
Ekklesia
- Church management app for the Central African Republic: members, cell groups, choirs, member cards with QR codes, statistics and subscriptions.
- Offline-first, with strict isolation of each church's data.
PayPilot AI
- Assistant for freelancers: orders, PayPal payments, revenue analytics and a conversational AI agent.
- Human approval of sensitive actions (payment links, reminders) before they run.
Core Banking Engine
- Banking engine: customers, accounts with KYC checks, transfers, loans and an audit log.
- Safe concurrent access, validated by concurrency tests.
Apps Store
- Online store inspired by the Apple Store: catalogue by category, filtering and featured new products.
My Pokédex
- Application built on the public PokeAPI: search, detailed cards and favourites saved online.
Portfolio
- Bilingual personal website (French / English), server-rendered and optimised for search engines.
Technical skills
- Languages
- Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Python, HTML, CSS
- Back-end
- Node.js, Express, REST APIs, OpenAPI, hexagonal architecture
- Front-end
- React, Next.js, React Router, Tailwind CSS, Flutter
- Data
- PostgreSQL, Firebase
- Tools
- Git, GitHub Actions, Docker, Linux, Figma, Snap and Debian packaging
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
Bangui · 2021 — 2025
Institut Supérieur de Technologie
Certifications and self-learning
Online · 2023 — 2025
Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Next.js
Additional information
- Languages
- French (native), Sango, English (technical reading)
- Interests
- Football (playing and watching), cycling, following great technologists
- Reading
- Père riche, père pauvre (Robert T. Kiyosaki), Apocalypse, Bataille de l'image (Yvann Castanou)
- Availability
- Freelance and remote