Hi, I'm
Musa.
I was born in Iraq, grew up in Jordan, and landed in Houston when I was young — old enough to remember where I came from, young enough to make Texas feel like home. A lot of who I am comes from living in that in‑between, and I think it's why I care so much about making people feel understood — including through the things I build.
Where I'm from
Iraq, then Jordan, then Houston. Moving that much as a kid teaches you to read a room fast, to adapt, and to find the warmth in a new place. My family is still spread out — I've made the trip up to Canada a few times to see them, and those visits are some of my favorite weeks of any year.
Houston is home now, and it suits me: a city of a hundred cultures stacked on top of each other, where you can hear three languages on one block and find food from everywhere. That mix is basically how I grew up, so it feels right.
There's a whole life away from the screen.
I'm a builder, but I'm also a gym rat, a former photographer, and the friend who's always hunting for the next great place to eat. Here's the rest of me.
-
The discipline of the gym
I chased bodybuilding seriously for years, until an injury made me step back. It taught me more than any class did — patience, showing up on the hard days, and that real progress is slow and quiet. I still train most days, and I'll happily lose a few hours to tennis, football, basketball, or a pickup soccer game.
-
An eye behind the camera
Before code, I was a photographer and video editor. Framing a shot and cutting a story together is where I learned to obsess over the little details — and to care about how something makes you feel, not just whether it works.
-
Always up for good food
My favorite way to spend a night is going out to eat and trying something I've never had before. New flavors, new neighborhoods, new people — that's the whole point. Give me a recommendation and I'll probably go this week.
How I got into this
From fixing things to making them
I've always been the person who takes things apart to see how they work. That curiosity turned into a job fixing phones and computers, then teaching other people how the machine actually thinks, and eventually into writing the software myself. Somewhere along the way I realized the part I loved most wasn't the code — it was watching someone's problem quietly disappear because of something I made. That's still the whole reason I do this.
What I reach for
Mostly Python, React, FastAPI, and Swift, with whatever else a project needs picked up along the way. I'd rather learn a new tool than force the wrong one.
Education
University of Houston-Downtown
B.S. in Computer Science · finishing up December 2026
The classes I've enjoyed most are the ones that pull back the curtain on how computers really work — operating systems, security and cryptography, AI, and the art of building software that holds up.