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abdullah.

co-founder @ labvent  |  software engineer

multidisciplinary engineer building things at @labvent.

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github/abdullahwaqar where the actual work lives
blog engineering & personal projects
blog @ labvent high-level takes
linkedin professional profile & experience
@abdullah_wc thoughts, threads & occasional takes
abdullah@labvent.co drop a line — always open to good conversations

projects / tools

~/hopsock
hopsock terminal dashboard showing the proxy route, exit IP, SSH state and live connections

hopsock

new

Local SOCKS5 proxy that chains authenticated SOCKS5, HTTP and SSH upstreams. Makes Chrome, Vivaldi and Brave work with username/password proxies, and opens them with DNS and WebRTC leaks blocked.

  • go
  • cli
  • tui
  • ssh
download write-up source
Tabdrift overlay in Firefox listing recent tabs with a search box and a close-duplicates suggestion

tabdrift

Floating tab search overlay for Firefox, with a configurable shortcut, position and accent color.

  • typescript
  • firefox
open tool add-on source

artnet-proto

Art-Net protocol implementation for DMX lighting control over IP.

  • typescript
  • npm
npm source

esp-workbench

Terminal UI for ESP32 and ESP-IDF: auto-detects boards, builds, flashes, monitors and shows the partition table.

  • go
  • tui
  • esp-idf
release source

WILCO

Desktop app for X-Plane pilots: SimBrief flight plan, Navigraph AIRAC and OFP briefing in one place.

  • rust
  • desktop
download source

dualsense-xplane

PS5 controller haptics for X-Plane 12 on Linux: runway rumble, touchdown thump, stall buffet, over raw HID and UDP.

  • rust
  • linux
  • hid
write-up source

trello → plane

Free Trello to Plane migration tool. No sign-up, no data stored.

  • web
open tool source

sunergy-calc

Solar geometry, irradiance and PV energy calculations with no external APIs.

  • typescript
  • python
npm pypi ts py
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