amine@web ~ $ cat about.txt

amine elqaraoui — software engineer

systems · cryptography · distributed networks

i build infrastructure for decentralized systems — validator networks, indexers, protocol implementations. interested in making things that are correct, fast, and as simple as the problem allows.

available for interesting problems

~/writing

the slot machine in your editor software 2026-03-17
on building systems that don't fall over systems 2026-03-12
why i stopped optimizing for the wrong thing reflection 2026-02-28
notes on distributed consensus crypto 2026-02-14
a minimal approach to protocol design engineering 2026-01-30
the case for writing more throwaway code opinion 2026-01-15
rust, memory, and the things we take for granted rust 2025-12-22
permissionless infrastructure crypto 2025-01-12

~/projects

arch-networkvalidator node architecture

rust-indexerblockchain data pipeline

frost-signerthreshold signature scheme

~/now.txt

building infrastructure for decentralized systems. the plumbing nobody sees.
reading designing data-intensive applications. again.
thinking about trust in trustless environments.
location somewhere with wifi and too much coffee.