Corey Schaf

I’m a lead and product engineer with roughly 17 years in the trade. I build dependable systems, turn lived problems into products, and occasionally disappear into strange worlds.

Based
Buffalo, NY
Building
Ghost Labs
Exploring
Games, AI, narrative

Selected work

Three places where the through-line becomes visible.

Founder · product engineer

Ghost Labs / Everkin

Ghost Labs is my solo product company. Everkin grew out of managing complex care for four cats and wanting a calmer, more reliable way to keep the details together.

Visit Ghost Labs

Creator · game developer

Red Bird Games / Project Whisper

Red Bird Games is where I trade service boundaries for atmosphere, tension, and worldbuilding. Project Whisper is an Unreal Engine 5 ghost hunt built around that instinct.

Visit Red Bird Games

Engineer · maintainer

Open-source field tools

Libraries, API clients, data tools, and experiments built in the open. Some solve a recurring problem; others are simply where curiosity led.

Browse GitHub

Capabilities

Tools I reach for, grouped by the work they help me do.

Systems and services

  • Go
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • SQL
  • Postgres
  • Redis

Cloud and delivery

  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • BigQuery

Product and exploration

  • AI / ML
  • Unreal Engine
  • Narrative worlds
  • Product strategy

Have a project, problem, or strange idea?

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