# Misbah Khursheed

Misbah Khursheed is a founder and engineer who builds software that helps people. He runs Sunbeam, a software studio, and writes about building products, systems, and language design.

Website: https://www.misbah.lol
Email: m.misbahkhursheed@gmail.com
Resume: https://www.misbah.lol/resume.pdf
Studio: Sunbeam (https://sunbeam.agency)
Minecraft: mc.sunbeam.agency

## Social
- GitHub: https://github.com/imisbahk
- X: https://x.com/mmisbbahh
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misbahkhursheed
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/misbahkhursheeed
- Telegram: https://t.me/misbahkhursheed

## Projects
- mstack: AI-native engineering runtime and CLI with 1,000+ npm downloads. Architected the developer experience, release engineering, and CI/CD pipeline solo.
- StudyBar: Native macOS menu bar productivity app with 100+ downloads. Gamified study tracking built in Swift with on-device session history.
- Infinicon: Open-source SDK that extends AI agent context beyond native token limits with persistent memory, retrieval, and context-management APIs.
- Know Your Lucknow: Hyperlocal city discovery platform for Lucknow, combining events, local business listings, and community features on Next.js, Supabase, PostGIS, and MapLibre.
- Rey: Systems-level compiled programming language with a Rust interpreter and module system. v0.2.0+ with generics and a VSCode extension.
- Syphon: Signed MCP package registry for AI agents. ed25519-signed publishing and device-flow OAuth across Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and Codex, with a Rust CLI, Next.js registry on Supabase, and 7 seed packages.
- Relay: Agent-native issue tracker competing with Linear and Jira. Submitted to YC Fall 2026, with a Rust/Axum backend and Next.js frontend.

## Crafts
- Sunny: Internal AI agent suite handling email triage, meeting-recording processing, and sales/lead workflows.
- Hive Agent: Persistent node mesh managed agent system. Always active. Distributed, self-healing agent infrastructure built for real workloads.
- Genie CLI: Codebase indexer and knowledge base. 20K+ files indexed in under 50 seconds. Rust core, N-API bindings, tree-sitter parsers, SQLite storage, MCP server integration. Indexed the Linux kernel: 92K symbols, ~532 files/second.

## Games
- Mini Chess: Play white vs Stockfish. Slide the strength from beginner to full engine.
- Type Race: Type a random sentence as fast as you can. WPM counter included.
- Misbah Quiz: How well do you know me? Five questions. See your score.
- Commit 2048: Merge fix → feat → PR → ship → launch. Classic 2048, builder edition.
- Flappy Ship: Deploy through scope creep and perfectionism. Tap to flap.

## Experience
- Founder & Head of Engineering | Hybrid, Sunbeam (Jan, 2026 – Present)
- Grokbot experiment, Billfast (2026 – Present)
- Co-Founder & Executive Director | Remote, firstDraft (Jul, 2025 – Jun, 2026)
- Tech Executive (prev. Web/App Development Intern) | Remote, DotStreams Lab (Dec, 2024 – Apr, 2026)

## Writing
- i forgot how old i am: Growing up online changes your perception of ambition, success, and how fast life is supposed to move.
- The internet made me grow up too fast: Growing up online changes your perception of ambition, success, and how fast life is supposed to move.
- The weird psychology of shipping projects online: The emotional side of building things on the internet that nobody really talks about.
- What Minecraft accidentally taught me about systems design: Survival servers, economies, automation, trust systems. Minecraft teaches more about systems than people realize.
- Lucknow has nothing to do with it: Building from a smaller city changes your workflow, but the internet makes geography matter less every year.
- What YC Startup School India actually taught me: I went in expecting networking and left with something more valuable: clarity on why most startups fail before they even begin.
- Why I took a gap year at 18 and what happened next: Everyone told me it was risky. Here's what the first few months actually looked like.
- Building Rey: why I wrote a programming language: I wanted to understand compilers from first principles. So I built one in Rust.
- What it's like to build a tech company from Lucknow: Not Bangalore. Not Delhi. Lucknow. The disadvantages are real, but so are the unexpected advantages.
- JEE + startups: how I'm doing both without burning out: A realistic breakdown of my schedule, what I've sacrificed, and why both are possible if you're intentional.