Artem Zakirullin is the Founder of Files.md, a local-first, privacy-focused markdown knowledge base app, and a Software Architect and Staff Engineer with over 15 years of experience building and scaling complex software systems.

Artem studied at Orenburg State University (OSU) and built his engineering career at companies including TheSoul Publishing, where he advanced from Senior Engineer to Architect, before joining Inktech.

Artem is the author of the widely acclaimed open-source guide 'Cognitive Load is What Matters,' which has garnered nearly 12,000 GitHub stars and praise from industry figures including Andrej Karpathy and Rob Pike.

He has a strong track record of introducing engineering best practices, mentoring developers, and aligning technical decisions with product goals across large-scale organizations.

Files.md has been actively developed and used for over five years, championing a local-first, LLM-friendly approach to personal knowledge management with no data sent to external servers.