Talat Mahmud
I build secure and scalable applications, and research governance layers that keep AI systems within their intended boundaries.
Selected
Projects
SongProof
A music copyright app that lets songwriters register a song from their phone and get back a dual-chain, legally defensible proof of creation in minutes. The same engine doubles as a verbal contract platform, turning any spoken agreement into a timestamped, tamper-proof record.
Better Enrollment
An open-source Better Auth plugin that turns invitations into the front door of an app, letting teams run invite-only sign-up, shareable invite links, and organization onboarding out of the box, published to npm with its own documentation site.
Skills &
Technologies
The core of the stack I use to design systems end to end, from interactive frontends to resilient services and infrastructure that keeps applications on a leash.
Recent
Blog Posts
Field notes on system design and AI security: how things break, how they hold, and what I learn keeping intelligent systems honest.
Let's Work
Together
The best work starts with a hard problem: a product that needs shipping, an architecture that needs to scale, or an AI system that needs boundaries. If you're carrying one of those, let's have a conversation.