Rashid Aziz
Founder CEO at Basic
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRashid Aziz is a founder and software leader with nine years of experience building user-owned web platforms and scalable products. As Founder & CEO of Basic and Basic Labs since 2022, he directs product, engineering, and growth from New York City. He previously co-founded Hutsy (YC S19), raised a $225K pre-seed, and led engineering for a tech-enabled real estate platform with web and mobile apps. Earlier roles include software engineering at Riya Collective and co-founding Sophire, delivering web and mobile projects for diverse clients. He holds a BS in Integrated Digital Media from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering, with hands-on experience across full-stack web, mobile (React Native), and backend systems. His motto, "coding for the user-owned web," underscores a practical, creator- and buyer-centric approach to building.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorBachelor of Science - BS, Integrated Digital Media, Bachelor of Science - BS, Integrated Digital Media at New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
Github Skills (39)
storage9
indexeddb9
offline-storage9
react9
database8
reactjs8
javascript8
react-components7
material-ui7
env-file6
material-design6
typescript6
env4
websql4
environment-variables4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
shpaces/shpaces
May 2019 - Apr 2020
A Productivity Tool for all your other Productivity Tools
Contributions:9 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
productivity-toolproductivity-toolsproductivity
basicdb/basic-cli
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
cli for creating & managing basic.tech projects
Contributions:16 releases, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 4 months
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