I build software, products, and ideas worth shipping.
Software engineer, indie maker, and curious builder. I work on AI, backend systems, developer tools, and small products that solve real problems.
Currently building
Koji
Building · 2026 – Present
Self-hostable portfolio and blog platform for developers.
Koji on GitHub · Read the story
SalahMate
Live · 2026 – Present
A product focused on prayer times, habits and circles.
BreakReminder
Shipped · 2026
A quiet macOS menu bar app that nudges you to rest your eyes, built around the 20-20-20 rule.
BreakReminder on GitHub · Download BreakReminder
About me
I'm a software engineer with 7+ years of experience building backend systems and internet products.
I've worked on systems used by hundreds of thousands of users, built data pipelines processing millions of records, worked across AWS and Python, and led engineering projects from idea to production.
But my favourite part of engineering isn't the job title or the technology.
It's building things.
I spend a lot of my free time experimenting with ideas, launching side projects, learning new tools, and occasionally turning a crazy idea into something real.
By the numbers
From the systems I've worked on.
- 7+ years shipping backend systems, since 2018
- 500K+ users on systems I built, mobile and web
- 4.5M records ingested via Scrapy
- 60% uplift on the recommendation engine, via AWS Kinesis
- 20+ clients on OpenEdX, 10k+ learners
- $500/mo saved moving a warehouse off Redshift
Philosophy
I like building the parts of software nobody notices until they break — the pipelines, services, infrastructure and systems underneath the product.
I care about clean code, but even more about the person who has to understand it at 2am. Good systems should be kind to whoever comes after you.
Selected projects
Koji
Self-hostable portfolio and blog
SalahMate
Prayer times, habits and circles
BreakReminder
macOS menu bar app for eye breaks · Shipped
HireBolt
Recruiting platform · Acquired, 2023
Now
- 🛠 Building small software products
- 🤖 Exploring AI agents and AI-powered products
- 🖨 Experimenting with 3D printing and physical products
- ✍️ Writing about things I'm building
- ☕ Trying to ship more than I plan
Updated October 2026
Writing
I write about things I'm building and what I learn along the way.
Enjoyed something I've built?
I build small products, experiment with new ideas, and share what I learn along the way.
If something here was useful, you can support my work with a coffee.
Let's build something.
I'm always interested in interesting ideas, products, and technical problems.