Hello, my name is Shawn Tabrizi.

I grew up in the California Bay Area. I started programming at 13, trying to hack my PlayStation Portable. The PSP homebrew community showed me what was possible with code, and I never looked back.

I studied physics and mathematics at UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies, then joined Microsoft as a Program Manager, building identity infrastructure for Azure.

Today I'm a lead developer for Polkadot at Parity Technologies, focused on building infrastructure for a decentralized web. I also serve as an Architect on the Polkadot Fellowship and a lead instructor with the Polkadot Blockchain Academy.

Based in Puerto Rico. I write here about the things I build and the ideas I'm exploring. Discovery through experience.