Prajwal HD

Hi, I'm Prajwal

An AI engineer based in California. I build AI agents and the developer tools around themProjectsAll projectsAgent tooling and developer tools I have built, with live demos and writeups., right now emberdemberdemberd.hdprajwal.devRun untrusted AI-agent code in isolated microVMs you host yourself., a runtime that runs untrusted AI-agent code inside isolated microVMs. It's open source and self-hosted, so the code runs on your own machine inside your own network.

Before this I spent three years at OpslyftOpslyft2021 to 2023Cloud Engineer, and before that Software Development Engineer, on cloud cost and reliability. on cloud cost and reliability systems, then a Master's on adversarial ML and Android malware detectionPeer-reviewed paperElectronics, 2026Re-Evaluating Android Malware Detection: Tabular Features, Vision Models, and Ensembles.. At Opslyft that work saved enterprise AWS customers about $100K a month.

I'm open to full-time AI engineer, backend, and full-stack roles. If that sounds like your team, email me or book a call.

Projects

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Open FrameMake slides, carousels, thumbnails, and OG images with React and a coding agentopen-frame.dev
BaitBenchMeasures how often an LLM, writing a job application for you, falls for a prompt injection hidden in the job postbaitbench.hdprajwal.dev
emberdRun untrusted AI-agent code in isolated microVMs you host yourself, inside your own networkemberd.hdprajwal.dev
codexpassUse your Codex login anywhere, no separate API key to set upcodexpass.hdprajwal.dev

Research

Re-Evaluating Android Malware Detection: Tabular Features, Vision Models, and Ensembles

Hosahalli Dayananda, P.; Chen, Z. · Peer-reviewed, Electronics (MDPI), 2026

Compares tabular features, visual byte-plot images, and ensemble strategies for Android malware detection. Evaluates where modality choice changes the detection surface and where ensembles actually pay for themselves.

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Writing

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Stack

Languages
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Go
  • JavaScript
AI & ML
  • PyTorch
  • scikit-learn
  • Hugging Face
  • Model Context Protocol
Backend & Data
  • Node.js
  • Bun
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
Cloud & Infra
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Kubernetes
  • Firecracker
  • Linux
Frontend
  • React
  • React Native
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Electron
  • Astro
Workflow & AI
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini
  • v0
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions
  • Docker
  • Vercel
Analytics
  • PostHog

Talks

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Email is the fastest way to reach me, or you can book a call.

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