Yusef Habib.
Software Engineer.
Building high-performance web experiences and decentralized applications. Currently working on Internet Computer governance and sovereign cloud engines through Open Cloud.
I'm also building Swiss German, an iOS app for learning the Zürich German used in everyday life.
Latest writing
All →Building a Configurable Insurance Frontend
Aug 14, 20263 min read
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Heimdall: Making Integration Failures Visible
Aug 14, 20263 min read
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Making a Cloud Engine Feel Like a Product
Aug 14, 20265 min read
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Why We Built a Separate Governance App
Aug 14, 20263 min read
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Claude Manager: Keeping Track of Claude Code Across Projects
Mar 23, 20265 min read
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Latest TILs
All ↗Use scp to copy files to a VPS over SSH
Mar 12, 2026ssh, scp, linux
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Suspend the current shell job with Ctrl+z, then resume it with fg
Mar 12, 2026shell, terminal, job-control
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Run a command in a subshell so directory changes do not leak
Mar 11, 2026shell, subshell
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Quickly boot a local static server with python3 -m http.server
Feb 22, 2026python, shell, tooling
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Reopen netrw quickly with :Ex and :Rex
Feb 21, 2026vim
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