Raffael Schneider raffaelschneider

Hey, I’m Raffael 🌿

I build automation-first platforms and edge/web ingress systems that survive production reality. Applied security is one arena of the same problem: systems under pressure, adversarial inputs, and messy constraints.

Based in Basel, Switzerland
Writing: https://raskell.io
Speaking: RSAC 2026

What I work on

Platform automation (workflows, guardrails, self-service, operability)
Edge systems (reverse proxies, policy, observability, safe change)
Applied security (signal > noise, pragmatic controls, incident-driven improvements)
Preference: open standards and sustainable solutions over vendor lock-in

Selected projects

Flagship

Zentinel zentinelproxy — Security-first reverse proxy on Cloudflare Pingora. Programmable security agents, pure Rust ModSecurity engine, SDKs in 7 languages. (GitHub)
Archipelago archipelag-io — Distributed compute, locally powered. Edge infrastructure workloads from GPU nodes to mobile devices. (GitHub)
Cyanea cyanea-bio — Bioinformatics platform built with Phoenix/Elixir and Rust. Think GitHub for life science and R&D. Tools to accelerate genomic research through fast, collaborative data infrastructure. (GitHub)
hx arcanist-sh — Extremely fast Haskell package and project manager, built in Rust. (GitHub)
Basel Haskell Compiler (BHC) arcanist-sh — Next-generation Haskell compiler targeting predictable, low-latency performance — no GC pauses. (GitHub)

Labs

Shiioo — The Virtual Company OS. Agentic enterprise orchestrator: DAG workflows, event sourcing, MCP tools.
Conflux — Schema-aware config state coordination. CRDT document engine with pluggable storage backends.
Sango — CLI diagnostic tool for web edge infrastructure: TLS, HTTP protocols, security headers. (GitHub)
Terrarium — Societal simulation engine where LLM-powered agents form emergent civilizations.
Ushio — Traffic replay tool for understanding edge and WAF behavior. HAR support, URL rewriting, behavioral diff.
Paw & Claw — HD-2D-stylized turn-based tactics game built with Rust/Bevy.
Driftscape — Ambient soundscape platform — composable, location-aware, AI-powered background music. (Very early)
Awesomeify — Index GitHub repos and generate static awesome-list sites.
Learn You the Web — An e-book explaining HTTP, DNS, TLS, and the protocols that hold the web together. (GitHub)