Mahmoud Hashemi

Mahmoud Hashemi

Usually building, always maintaining.
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About

Technical. 15+ years in fintech, from PayPal to SimpleLegal (YC S13) to Stripe. I’m a people person, but I’m proud of my 80-20 career IC / management ratio. Love Python. I maintain several popular open-source libraries, and helped found a non-profit that runs the largest regional Python conference (https://pybay.org). I have a deep-seated love of knowledge in general and Wikipedia specifically. I maintain a handful of wiki-oriented projects, of which https://listen.hatnote.com is the most popular.

Links

Hatnote / Listen to Wikipedia
GitHub
PyBay
Personal blog
LinkedIn

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Maker History

  • FinFam
    FinFamCollaborative financial planning with open-source expertise.
    Sep 2025
    • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntApril 8th, 2024

Forums

Thorin•

5mo ago

My "Pre-Launch Anxiety" Checklist

Hey everyone,

As a first-time founder gearing up for my first launch, I found myself getting overwhelmed by all the moving parts. To keep my sanity, I started building out a super-detailed checklist.

Mahmoud Hashemi•

5mo ago

FinFam - Collaborative financial planning with open-source expertise.

FinFam - Collaborative financial planning for friends, families, experts, and anyone else you trust. Turns Google Sheets into a GitHub for personal finance. Share your financial insights with a tight circle or the whole world. #BuildInPublic? #EarnInPublic
Mahmoud Hashemi•

5mo ago

Hey hey! I'm Mahmoud 🤗

First time poster, first time founder. After spending 15+ years in fintech in the bay, going from PayPal to SimpleLegal (YC S13) to Stripe, I'm solo founding a B2C fintech.

Most of my previous launches have been open-source libraries (these) and Wikipedia-oriented work (e.g., L2W) on HN and Reddit. PH sure has changed a lot since I first gave it a look! Was originally thinking an HN launch in a couple weeks, but honestly PH has come so far since I first looked at it, I'm thinking it might be a better fit.

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