Kosai Alhafez
محمد قصي الحافظDeveloper, video editor and composer, based in Damascus.
Open to remote work and relocation.
About
I'm Kosai. I write code, edit video and make music, and I like it when the three meet.
At work I run the Odoo system for a camera rental company in Damascus. I write the custom modules, automate the accounting, deal with clients and investors, and pick up a camera when there's a shoot. In my own time I edit short-form videos for B2B and SaaS brands, compose music, and build my own tools, including the editor I cut all my videos in.
- Tools
- ShortCut, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, C++, Python, JavaScript, raylib, Odoo 19 Enterprise, Odoo.sh, FL Studio
- Gear I know well
- Sony full-frame cameras and lenses, DJI gimbals, Blackmagic, Aputure lights and LED monolights, SWIT and Atomos monitors
- Languages
- Arabic (native), English (fluent)
Work
Sokoon Rental House, Damascus
- Wrote custom Odoo 19 Enterprise modules in Python and JavaScript for orders, customer payments and equipment records. Errors and manual work on those tasks dropped by about 80%.
- Automated accounting journal entries and keep track of income, expenses and customer payments.
- Calculate revenue and internal balances, and prepare equipment pricing for investors and clients.
- Work directly with clients and investors, and sit in on management discussions.
- Shoot on location for the company, in the city, on farms and at local events.
Freelance video editor
Short-form edits in the style of B2B and SaaS content: hooks, cutaways, captions, motion graphics, color and sound. I edit in ShortCut, the editor I built myself.
Earlier jobs
Delivery, security guard and cashier.
Projects
ShortCut
A desktop video editor I built in C++ for short-form content, with help from AI. It's my main editing tool and I use it every day.
View the codeBezier drawing app
A C++ illustration app built around a Bezier curve system you draw by hand.
View the codeUntitled action game
A 2.5D action game in C++ and raylib, with a soundtrack I'm writing myself. Early development, devlogs soon.
Video
A couple of sample edits. More are on the way.
Music
I write cinematic, orchestral and metal pieces, piano arrangements and game themes in FL Studio. Older tracks and some studio recordings are on my YouTube channel, and one of them ended up on another creator's channel.