Clojure engineer · local-first AI agents · supply-chain security
Singapore-based software engineer building privacy-preserving, local-first systems. I write primarily in Clojure / Babashka and care about deterministic data contracts, sovereign compute, and software that respects the user.
Note: my primary development home is gitlab.com/nurazhar. This GitHub account mirrors my public, resume-relevant projects so they're discoverable where most recruiters look. Both stay in sync.
| Layer | Choice | Why |
|---|---|---|
| OS | CachyOS (Linux 7.1, BORE scheduler) | Low-latency desktop tuned for local agent execution — no Docker-in-prod, no root-owned files, everything userspace |
| Language | Clojure / Babashka | Immutable data structures, pure functions, REPL-driven development. Scripts ship as single files (Babashka); libraries use the Clojure CLI |
| Tooling | mise, bb, clj, just | Version-pinned, declarative, zero "works on my machine" |
| Git | GitLab (primary) → GitHub (mirror) | CI on GitLab Pages, discoverability on GitHub |
- Immutable data, pure functions. Prompts, configs, and state are Clojure values (maps, EDN). Transformations are pure functions. The only side-effects are at the system boundary — one HTTP call, one file write. (See the demo)
- Local-first. User data stays on disk as EDN/JSON. No analytics, no cloud databases, no telemetry. Your machine is the server.
- Deterministic outputs. LLM calls use
temperature: 0where reproducibility matters. Same input → same output. - Small tools, sharp tools. Each repo does one thing (a scanner, a compliance toolkit, a protocol explorer). No monorepos, no frameworks.
| Project | What it is | Stack |
|---|---|---|
llm-orchestration-clj |
Data-oriented LLM orchestration demo — prompts as values, pure transforms, one side-effect | Babashka, ~80 lines |
headhunter-agent |
Local-first multi-agent system (MAS) for candidate profiling & interview prep — desktop GUI, no cloud | Clojure, cljfx |
aur-audit |
Supply-chain security scanner for Arch AUR PKGBUILDs — detects backdoors & obfuscation | Babashka, static analysis |
pdpa-sg-clj |
🇸🇬 Singapore PDPA compliance toolkit for AI agents — read README, tick checklist, done | Clojure, Babashka |
bsv-clj |
Toolkit for exploring Bitcoin's original v0.1 protocol — RPC client, wallet, block explorer | Clojure |
nurazhar.com |
My blog & portfolio — essays on AI agents, Bitcoin, local-first software, security | nurazhar.com |
AI agents · local-first software · privacy & compliance · supply-chain security · Bitcoin SV · functional programming
Site: nurazhar.com · Full portfolio & CI: gitlab.com/nurazhar