behradkhodayar@github:~$ whoami ▄ ▀▄ ▄ behrad@github
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▀ ▀▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▄ ▄ ▀▄ host....... behradkhodayar/behradkhodayar
▀ ▀▀▀▄▄ ▀ █ ▀█ ▄ ▄ ▄ shell...... zsh
▀▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ █ █ █ editor..... vscode (YES! VSCode!)
▄▄▄ ▄▄▄█ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▀ os......... linux (Ubuntu)
▄▄ ▄▄█▀▄▄ ▀█▀▄▀▄ ▄▀▄▀ ▀ uptime..... since the dial-up era
█▀ ▄▄▀▀▄▄ ▄▀███████▀ ▀ ▄▀ ▄▀ ▄▀ cwd........ /var/log/curiosity
▄▀▀ ▄ ▀▄▄▀█▄███████▄▀▀▄▄▀ ▄ ▀ pkgs....... ~/.config/curated
█ ▄▀ ▄▀▄██▄████▀██▀▀▀ ▄▄▀▀ ▄█▀ tty........ ttys/all-of-them
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▀ █ ▄ █ ▀▄ ▀▀ ▄ ▄▄ ── primes plotted at (r=p, θ=p) ──
▀ █ ▀▄ ▀▄ ▀▀▄▄▄ p ∈ primes, p ≤ 3000
▀ ▀▄ ▄▄ ▀ hat-tip: 3Blue1Brown
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behradkhodayar@github:~$ cat about.txtSoftware engineer. I used to read source before reading docs, now ask AI to do it for me!
behradkhodayar@github:~$ cat ~/.config/stack.toml# what I keep in my toolbox
["Languages & Frameworks"]
core = ["typescript", "javascript", "rust", "php", "sql", "bash"]
backend = ["node.js", "nestjs", "tokio", "axum", "sqlx", "symfony", "drupal"]
frontend = ["next.js", "react"]
tui = ["ratatui"]
testing = ["vitest", "cargo test"]
["Cloud, Infrastructure & DevOps"]
azure = ["iaas", "paas", "saas", "aks", "aca"]
container = ["kubernetes", "helm", "docker", "docker-compose"]
iac = ["terraform"]
delivery = ["gitops", "argocd", "tilt", "github-actions", "self-hosted-runners"]
ops = ["nginx", "linux/unix", "bash-scripting", "ci/cd", "on-prem", "cost-optimization"]
vcs = ["git", "git-flow"]
["Software Architecture"]
patterns = ["microservices", "monolith→microservices", "event-driven (eda)", "ddd"]
apis = ["rest", "websockets (socket.io, tokio-tungstenite)", "api-design"]
brokers = ["nats", "rabbitmq"]
systems = ["distributed", "real-time pipelines", "multi-cluster", "ha", "low-latency"]
authn_z = ["jwt", "siwe", "oauth"]
["Databases"]
relational = ["postgresql", "mysql", "oracle"]
document = ["mongodb"]
kv = ["redis"]
timeseries = ["timescaledb"]
work = ["migrations", "query-optimization", "schema-design", "csv/ndjson pipelines"]
["AI-Assisted Development"]
ide = ["agentic ide workflows", "claude code", "custom subagents", "slash commands", "hooks", "mcp servers"]
patterns = ["llm apps", "rag", "ai agents", "function calling"]
guardrails = ["ai code review", "quality & safety", "human-in-the-loop gates"]
apis = ["anthropic claude", "openai", "prompt engineering"]
["Observability & Quality"]
logging = ["structured", "rust tracing", "pino"]
metrics = ["grafana", "dashboards"]
tracing = ["distributed tracing"]
testing = ["vitest", "cargo test", "unit", "integration", "contract"]
practice = ["code review", "sli/slo/sla", "reliability engineering"]
["Blockchain & Web3"]
chains = ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "base", "solana"]
indexing = ["evm via alloy", "solana-client"]
markets = ["polymarket (clob)", "hyperliquid", "chainlink rtds"]
infra = ["chainstack", "alchemy", "quicknode (rpc/ws)"]
work = ["on-chain/off-chain integration"]
["Leadership & Delivery"]
tech = ["technical leadership", "architecture & system design", "cloud system design"]
delivery = ["project management", "roadmapping", "ci/cd ownership", "agile/scrum"]
people = ["hiring & interviewing", "developer mentoring", "cross-team comms", "stakeholder mgmt"]
risk = ["security & compliance", "quantitative risk controls"]
writing = ["technical writing", "documentation"]behradkhodayar@github:~$ cat ~/.elsewherehomepage→ behrad.khodayar.melinkedin→ linkedin.com/in/behradkhodayarstackoverflow→ stackoverflow.com/users/6532189medium→ behradkhodayar.medium.comreddit→ reddit.com/user/behradkhodayar