Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn't fair.
— Severus Snape
Half Blood Labs is an open-source initiative born from a simple idea: pay tribute to Professor Severus Snape — the Half-Blood Prince — by building tools that help people. Not with magic, but with code.
Snape was complex: stern, misunderstood, and in the end, devoted to protecting others at great cost. This organization carries that spirit forward: serious engineering, no fluff, and a focus on tools that make real systems more reliable, secure, and maintainable.
We build libraries and tools that developers can trust. Nothing flashy for the sake of it — just solid, well-designed software that does the job.
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| prawn_ex | Prawn-style declarative PDF generation for Elixir. Pure Elixir, no Chrome or HTML. |
| route_shield | Route protection and security for Phoenix applications. |
| timeOS | Time and scheduling utilities for Elixir. |
| webhook-signature | Unified webhook signature verification for Stripe, Paddle, GitHub, Slack, and more. |
| lean_pool | Lightweight connection pooling for Ruby. |
| ecto_annotate | Annotations and documentation for your Ecto schemas and databases. |
- Tribute — To a character who showed that people are more than first impressions; that dedication and sacrifice can live behind a harsh exterior.
- Utility — To write and release tools that solve real problems: PDFs, webhooks, routing, pools, time — the unglamorous work that keeps systems running.
- Community — To share what we build so others can build on it. Open source, MIT where possible, and maintained with care.
We’re not here to collect stars. We’re here to ship things that work and that others can rely on.
Junaid Farooq — founder and maintainer
Senior Software Consultant · Elixir & Phoenix · Backend & distributed systems
It may have escaped your notice, but life isn't fair. — and we’re doing something useful anyway.
- Use our libraries — they’re open source and there to help.
- Report issues and suggest improvements on the relevant repos.
- Contribute code, docs, or feedback if you’re so inclined.
No drama. No gatekeeping. Just good tools and a nod to the Half-Blood Prince.
🇵🇰 · Half Blood Labs · Always
