~*~ Building reliable software on the open web. ~*~

About Shady Khalifa

Shady Khalifa is a distributed-systems engineer and technical lead building Rust infrastructure, blockchain protocols, and AI-agent systems.

He has led distributed engineering teams and worked across runtime design, service orchestration, cryptography, developer infrastructure, and production systems.

You can find him almost anywhere on the internet as [@shekohex](https://github.com/shekohex).

Psst… Shady is actively looking for his next opportunity and is available for hire. If you are building something ambitious, [let’s talk](mailto:hey@shadykhalifa.me).

Focus

AI tooling and infrastructure, distributed systems, and blockchain protocols.

Work

[Raptors](https://runraptors.com?lang=en_EG) — The operating system for modern delivery.
[Open Source](https://github.com/shekohex) — experiments, tools, and production software.

Previously

[Tangle](https://tangle.tools/) — distributed systems and AI-agent infrastructure.
[Commonwealth Labs](https://common.xyz/) — decentralized governance and Substrate-based blockchain infrastructure.
[Sunshine Protocol](https://github.com/sunshine-protocol) — governance and grants infrastructure built with Rust and Flutter.
[KLLIQ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/klliq-llc/) — real-time social networking platform infrastructure.

Elsewhere

Contact

Reach out at [hey](mailto:hey@shadykhalifa.me) or [book a meeting](/meet).