I like building things that probably shouldn’t be simple —
and then trying to make them make sense anyway.

Most of what I do sits somewhere between AI, systems design, and curiosity.
I don’t really follow roadmaps. I follow obsessions.

• how memory should work (and why most systems get it wrong)
• intelligence as a living process, not a database
• architectures that age, decay, and evolve
• building things that feel more alive than correct
• turning abstract ideas into systems you can actually run

I mostly build because it’s fun.
The fact that some of it ends up useful is a bonus.

An open-source attempt to model cognition the way humans actually experience it: imperfectly, emotionally, and selectively.

It explores ideas like:

• memory that fades unless it matters
• internal state influencing perception
• personality as an emergent property
• forgetting as a feature, not a bug

TBHP exists because I couldn’t stop thinking about these things.
It’s research-y, unfinished by nature, and constantly evolving.

This is the more grounded side of what I do.

Tokens United is where systems stop being philosophical and start paying rent: custom web platforms, clean architecture, and solutions that don’t collapse the moment a business grows.

It’s less experimental, more practical —
but still built with the same obsession for structure and longevity.

I spend most of my time thinking about structure before code.

Tools change.
Patterns stay.

That said, I usually reach for:

• Python
• Django
• React
• LLMs (local & hosted)
• a lot of architecture diagrams that never see daylight

• 🎸 I am a guitarist (Les Pauls, obviously)
• 🌊 I am an Advanced Scuba Diver (SS thislegorm shipwreck has got to be my favorite dive of all time)
• ✈️ traveling, especially places that feel slightly unreal
• 🎥 films that care more about ideas than explosions (Interstellar never leaves)

All of it sneaks into how I design systems, whether I like it or not.

If something here overlaps with what you’re thinking about, you can reach me at:

• general stuff: info@yassinrakha.com
• Tokens United: tokensunited@yassinrakha.com

No pressure.
I’m probably building something either way.