About
My journey, values, experience, and the apps & tools I use every day




I grew up in my dad's computer shop in Dubai, taking things apart to see how they worked. That curiosity never left – it just changed shape over time. From tinkering with LEGO, to Hackintosh builds, to designing game skins and sharing them in online forums, I was always building something new.
How I built this site
Designed and built end-to-end in Claude Code – the site itself is the proof
There are no mockups handed off to development here – I design this site directly in the codebase with Claude Code, refining every detail against the live site in the browser. What you're looking at is the design file.
- Designed in
- Claude Code – no canvas tool in the loop
- Framework
- Astro 6 – pages ship as static HTML
- Interactivity
- React 19 islands – hydrated only where needed
- Styling
- Tailwind CSS v4 – design tokens live in CSS – no config file
- Motion
- Motion – springs and staggers, reduced-motion aware
- Hosting
- Netlify – serverless API routes
- $ pnpm build
- ▸ds:scancomponent-usage manifest✓
- ▸check:sectionsnav ↔ pages in sync✓
- ▸generate:search-metadatasearch metadata✓
- ▸astro buildstatic pages + API routes✓
- ✓ Build complete▍
Values
The principles that guide every design decision I make
Relentlessly Curious
I question everything. The best solutions come from asking 'why' until you hit bedrock – then asking 'what if?'
Think Big
I believe in ideas that feel slightly crazy at first. The people who think they can change the world are the ones who do.
Obsessed with Craft
Excellence lives in the details. Every pixel, every interaction, every micro-moment matters.
Simplicity Wins
Complex problems deserve simple solutions. If it feels complicated to the user, I haven't finished designing.
Ship to Learn
Progress over perfection. I'd rather learn from something real than debate something theoretical.
Play the Long Game
I make decisions for long-term impact, not quick wins. Lasting change takes time and persistence.
Experience
The places and teams that shaped how I design
Education
The unconventional path that led me here
Stack
The apps and tools I rely on every day to get things done