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Stylized letter A in teal with pink sparkle accentsKhalid Abuhakmeh

👋 Hey, I'm Khalid

My name is Khalid Abuhakmeh, and this is my slice of the internet. I'm an experienced software developer with over a decade focusing on Microsoft .NET technologies — primarily ASP.NET and the web. Currently, I work as a Customer Success Engineer at Duende Software, helping teams build secure identity and access management solutions with Duende IdentityServer.

Before Duende, I spent several years as a developer advocate at JetBrains, championing .NET tooling and writing about the ecosystem. Through all of it, the common thread is that I've kept coding.

👶 The Origin Story

I started programming in middle school with Pascal — an imperative procedural language that my teacher informed us was "very dead" at the end of the semester. High school brought Basic, college brought C++ and my first video game, and then Visual C# and a Microsoft Access database application (groundbreaking stuff for early .NET). You might say that .NET and I have been together from the start.

I graduated with degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy, then went on to hold every software developer title from Junior Developer to Director of Software Development.

💻 Hardware

I run a MacBook Pro with an Apple M4 Pro chip (14-core CPU, 20-core GPU) and 24 GB of unified memory. All of my .NET development is cross-platform using JetBrains Rider. It's pretty incredible. 😁

📦 Open Source

I maintain several NuGet packages with over 17.4 million combined downloads. Some highlights:

I've also contributed logos to OSS projects like Marten, DDay.iCal, and Buildalyzer.

👩‍❤️‍👨 Personal Life

I'm a naturalized citizen of the United States, initially born in Kuwait. After living through the first Gulf War, my family and I immigrated to settle in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

I have a lovely wife, Nicole, and our two dogs: Samson (an English Bulldog/Cane Corso mix) and Guinness (a black and tan rescue). We love traveling and have been to almost every continent — hoping to hit them all someday.

🙏 Let's Connect

The best place to find me is on Mastodon or GitHub. I'm always happy to chat about .NET, identity, security, or whatever else you find interesting.