# Abdul Rashid Founding engineer and engineering lead at Reclaim Protocol. Work spans product and infrastructure, from the experience people use to the systems that keep it running. Outside work, I explore **spatial computing**, especially tangible user interfaces that connect physical objects with digital systems. Current interests include AR, projection mapping, and computing beyond the screen. - [Say hello](mailto:abdulrreshamwala@gmail.com) - [GitHub](https://github.com/AbdulRashidReshamwala) - [Resume PDF](https://abdulrashid.dev/abdul-rashid-resume.pdf) ## Selected projects ### [Popcorn](https://popcorn.reclaimprotocol.org/) ![Popcorn logo]() - [Read why we built it](https://blog.reclaimprotocol.org/posts/why-we-built-popcorn) - [Source code](https://github.com/reclaimprotocol/popcorn-oss) An open-source browser cloud built for scale, security, and performance. Browser fleets scale from 10 to 10,000 pods, with a live view designed for phones. Touch, typing, gestures, and reconnection make remote sessions feel like a local browser. Built the regional fleet and mobile viewer together, keeping browsers warm for fast allocation and adding capacity as demand grows. Sessions combine end-to-end encryption, confidential hardware, and hardware attestation for a verifiable browser environment. #### 30-day snapshot 1 October 2026 - **Browser sessions:** 529,739 - **Browser hours:** 30,603 - **Median allocation:** 643 ms ### [Playfield](https://projectplayfield.com/) ![Playfield logo]() - [Explore Playfield](https://projectplayfield.com/) - [Why I’m building it](https://abdulrashid.dev/blog/why-im-building-playfield/) An iPhone, a projector, and a wall that plays back. A spatial computing experiment that turns a wall into games controlled by your hands. Defend a city, cook imaginary soup, or draw in the air. The phone tracks your hands and runs the game; the projector brings it into the room. ![Playing Meteor Keeper on a wall with hand tracking in Playfield]() Meteor Keeper, one of the games in the playground. [All projects →](https://abdulrashid.dev/projects/) — AI-agent research, Sentilytics, and Tap Tap ML. ## Blog ### [Why I’m building Playfield](https://abdulrashid.dev/blog/why-im-building-playfield/) From EyeToy with friends to games on a wall. A story about the joy of playing with your body. ### [Can you leave your agent alone for ten hours?](https://abdulrashid.dev/blog/can-you-leave-your-agent-alone-for-ten-hours/) Building evaluation harnesses that let AI agents work with more autonomy. [All posts →](https://abdulrashid.dev/blog/) — Browser clouds, faster mobile proofs, and notes from building. ## Experience ### [Reclaim Protocol (YC W21)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/99052824/) Nov 2023–Present Full-time - **Founding Engineer:** Jan 2026–Present · Remote - **Engineering Lead:** May 2024–Present - **Software Engineer:** Nov 2023–May 2024 Work spans the full stack: native and web SDKs, developer tools, verification agents, and the infrastructure behind them. Led projects from implementation through evaluation and production operations. - Led the Reclaim app’s migration from React Native to Flutter, alongside work on mobile SDKs, web SDKs, and developer tools. - Built [Popcorn’s browser cloud](https://abdulrashid.dev/projects/#popcorn) and mobile live viewer, bringing together regional fleet operations, elastic scaling, end-to-end encryption, and hardware attestation. - Built and evaluated AI agents for creating verification flows. An [autoresearch harness](https://abdulrashid.dev/blog/can-you-leave-your-agent-alone-for-ten-hours/#automated-ai-research) compares models and approaches, guides experiments, and fine-tunes smaller models, reducing agent cost by **97%** and making execution **30% faster**. - Led the [gnark migration](https://blog.reclaimprotocol.org/posts/gnark-migration), moving mobile proof generation from a WebView to native Go. Average proof time fell from about **40 seconds to 4–5 seconds**. - Built Glassbreak, a Slack-based system for managing cloud permissions and tracking access for audits. - Built internal tools for engineering and operations: an AI review agent, a log viewer, and triage and Snitch bots for investigating production issues. [Full experience →](https://abdulrashid.dev/experience/) — SaaS Labs, Amazon, Procedure, and earlier roles. ## Let’s talk Interested in something I’m building, have an idea to share, or just want to chat about something nerdy? Say hello. [abdulrreshamwala@gmail.com](mailto:abdulrreshamwala@gmail.com) - [GitHub](https://github.com/AbdulRashidReshamwala) - [X](https://x.com/abdul_rashid_r) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdul-rashid-reshamwala-141525181/) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYAyEnZHbSDIenU18KsD3HQ)