Codex — Binary Metadata & Event Platform

The Problem

Multiple security tools needed to know about every binary Adobe shipped — when it was built, what it contained, its signing status, its vulnerability scan results. There was no central system. Each tool built its own data collection.

What I Built

Codex — a centralized metadata store for every Adobe shipped binary, with an event-trigger system that notifies downstream workflows when new binaries are registered or status changes. Other systems subscribe rather than poll.

Technical Challenges

• Event-driven architecture triggering n downstream workflows reliably from a single source
• Metadata schema flexible enough for diverse binary types
• Complex workflow orchestration with guaranteed delivery
• Audit trail of every state change per binary

Architecture

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Results & Impact

• Backbone infrastructure for Adobe’s binary security pipeline
• Multiple downstream systems decoupled and event-driven
• Single source of truth for shipped binary metadata