Artur Khalikov
Software Engineer · Guitar · Climbing · Cycling
Lead Software Engineer at Tequipy, previously Platform Engineer at Revolut. I build practical tools — including Guitar Coach, a personal AI-driven system that turns guitar practice into structured, tracked progress.
About
Background
Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience in platform engineering, developer productivity, and distributed systems. What drives me is building systems and tooling that let engineers move faster and love their work — whether that's a high-throughput ledger, a company-wide code quality plugin, or a zero-downtime DB migration. Off the clock you'll find me on the guitar, on the wall, or on the bike — a climber, a cyclist, and a lifelong learner. Guitar Coach, the project below, is that same tooling instinct pointed at my own practice.
Project
Guitar Coach
🎸 Guitar Coach
A personal AI practice system for learning guitar across three instruments — but really, a bet on consistency. Inspired by Atomic Habits, it's built to make guitar a lifelong journey that brings happiness and joy — small reps, day after day — rather than just drilling chords or songs (though musical literacy is on the roadmap too). Under the hood: three instrument coaches (electric, acoustic, classical) on structured curricula — JustinGuitar, Steve Stine theory, Bradford Werner's classical method — with every session logged, progress tracked per instrument, and a two-clock streak system keeping the habit alive. It all lives in one Git repo and auto-deploys the contribution-style heatmap below.
- Three instrument coaches with shared theory spine
- Two-clock practice streak tracking
- Instrument-colored contribution heatmap
- Teacher-lesson overlay + per-year view
- Markdown practice journal
- Auto-built & deployed via GitHub Actions
Roadmap
Where this is going
Guitar Coach began as a personal system — the plan is to grow it into a proper product for guitar learners, the way good training tools often start as something built for one person.
Web dashboard
PlannedA full web app over everything the system already tracks — instruments, curricula, and journal in one place, no Git required.
- Instrument & curriculum browser
- Session journal & progress
- Interactive heatmap & stats
Mobile app
PlannedLog a session the moment you finish playing — not when you're back at a laptop. The real key to staying consistent.
- Quick session capture
- Offline logging & sync
- Streak tracking on the go
Wearable nudges
ExploringLesson and streak reminders pushed to your watch, so a practice clock never quietly expires.
- Lesson reminders
- Streak-at-risk alerts
- Gentle practice nudges
Contact
Get in touch
Happy to chat about engineering, tooling, or guitar.