Software, systems, and the people in between

Ahnaf
Muttaki

Principal Software Engineer who enjoys turning complicated systems into things people can actually understand, build, and use.

Currently Building software, shaping engineering practices, exploring AI-assisted development — and occasionally disappearing into music, comedy, and ideas.

Good engineering is where technology, people, and judgment meet.

Building software is rarely just about code. It's about understanding systems, people, constraints — and the decisions that connect them.

What I spend time on

Engineering

Build the system.

Architecture, large-scale systems, engineering practices, developer experience, and technical leadership.

AI

Change the way we build.

AI agents, context engineering, spec-driven development, and practical human-in-the-loop workflows.

People

Make people better.

Leadership, psychological safety, communication, and mentoring — building room for good engineers to do great work.

Outside the terminal

Music, stand-up comedy, ideas & philosophy, writing, technology, and conversations that go somewhere unexpected.

Now
work
Principal Software Engineer at Brain Station 23 — working across software architecture, engineering practices, and technical leadership.
thinking about
AI-native software engineering — how teams use agents, context, and specifications alongside human judgment.
building
Software systems and engineering processes that can scale beyond any one developer.
outside work
Music, stand-up comedy, writing, ideas — and occasionally overthinking things that didn't need it.
Elsewhere