shifan, from the arabic shifā (شفاء), "healing."
i like systems where the numbers have to add up. money, markets, machines that write code. building in the open, mostly at night.
uptime
23.785972175 yrs
23.785972175 yrs
work
paycom — software developer II, crm team
backend crm services and internal tools.
alpha kappa psi — co-founder, vp finance
founded the lambda chi chapter and ran its finances.
resi media — software engineer intern
content library team. backend apis for the live-streaming pipeline.
resi media — software engineer intern
media team. rtmp pipeline work for youtube and twitch.
aga khan foundation — intern
wash and education outreach in hyderabad.
a few things i've learned so far, mostly the hard way.
- →sleep is a performance optimization.
- →the gym is therapy.
- →you will not remember the thing you're anxious about in a year. you will remember who showed up.
writingall →
concurrency in practicesepordering without global ordersepap2 and x402sepagentic paymentssepwhat inference actually costsaugwhy the cross desk has nothing real-time in itaugfinding the bug that let a $70 account send $500augprojects
ledger
double-entry ledger in java. idempotency keys, row-level locking, balance enforced by postgres.crypto-market-pipeline
go services streaming exchange data into kafka, on aks with terraform.gridloom
byok image studio. one prompt across 13 models, keys never leave the browser.qs509
post-quantum crypto primitives in go. capstone with l3harris.the cross desk
coming soon.the plot– / 400 pixels claimed
everyone who visits gets one pixel. pick a color, leave a line, hover to read the others.
yours is at . it stays.
stack
- go
- java
- python
- typescript
- postgres
- kafka
- redis
- spring boot
- kubernetes
- docker
- claude code
- cursor
- opencode
- react
education
texas a&m — b.s. computer science
business concentration. distinguished student, three semesters.
contributions