commit 04b033ad60cf5d990c2a697ddad77ce770770dc0
Author: Prad Nukala <prad@sonr.io>
Date:   Mon Aug 10 11:44:42 2026 -0400

    docs(docs): add README with personal profile and badges

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+<p align="center">
+  <img alt="header" src="https://shieldcn.dev/header/gradient.svg?title=Prad+Nukala&amp;subtitle=Engineer+and+Founder+building+decentralized+identity+infrastructure.&amp;logo=https%3A%2F%2Fpradnukala.com%2Favatar.png&amp;logoColor=556a8d&amp;size=wide&amp;mode=dark&amp;font=geist-mono" />
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://x.com/basedprad"><img alt="Custom badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=ri%3APiXLogo" /></a>
+  <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/pradn"><img alt="badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=lu%3ALinkedin" /></a>
+  <a href="https://medium.com/@prnk28"><img alt="badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=ri%3AFaMedium" /></a>
+  <a href="https://discord.com/users/788422222930640936"><img alt="badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=discord" /></a>
+  <a href="mailto:i@prad.nu"><img alt="badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=lu%3AMail" /></a>
+  <a href="https://pradnukala.com"><img alt="badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=lu%3AGlobe" /></a>
+</p>
+
+## About Me
+
+I help shape the open standards behind user-owned identity as a working-group member at the W3C ([DIDs](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/did/former-participants/), WebAuthn, [WebAssembly](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/wasm/former-participants/)) and the Decentralized Identity Foundation (UCAN, DWN). I've been shipping software since age 12 — three apps with over 1M downloads, technical writing read 120k+ times, and bylines in Fast Company.
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img alt="chart" src="https://shieldcn.dev/chart/github/commits/prdlk.svg?align=true&amp;bg=transparent&amp;logo=false&amp;title=Commit+History+%28prdlk%29" />
+</p>