About

I make the web feel
a little more human.

I'm Zaigham — a full-stack developer who spent the first half of my career at big companies building things nobody used, and the second half helping small teams build things people love.

Islamabad, Pakistan · GMT+5Fueled by cortados

My story

A short hero's journey.

Every good product has a clear arc. So does every good career. Here's the short version of mine.

  1. 2017· The Call

    I was a mechanical engineering grad debugging CAD macros at 2am — and loving it more than the actual work. That was the hint.

  2. 2019· The Ordinary World

    First dev job. Junior on a sprawling Angular monolith. I learned how NOT to build software, which is its own kind of gift.

  3. 2021· Crossing the Threshold

    Left the safety of a big team. Started shipping side projects on weekends. One of them got 12,000 users. Something clicked.

  4. 2023· The Road of Trials

    Consulting full-time. Learned that the hard part is almost never the code — it's scoping, decisions, and knowing what to say no to.

  5. 2026· The Return

    Now I work with founders I genuinely like, on products I'd happily use. This site is part of that story. You might be too.

What I value

Four things I won't compromise.

Start with the user, always

If a feature doesn't change a real person's day, it doesn't ship. Pretty demos are a trap.

Less, but better

I'd rather remove ten things than add one. Small surface area = fewer bugs, clearer product.

Curiosity over ego

The best idea wins. I change my mind weekly — and I'll tell you when a different stack fits better.

Own the outcome

I measure myself by whether the product actually works in the wild, not lines of code shipped.

Toolbelt

The boring list of tools I reach for.

I care more about the thinking than the stack — but people keep asking, so here it is.

Frontend
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind
shadcn/ui
Framer Motion
Backend
Node
Bun
Postgres
Prisma
tRPC
Redis
Infra & Tooling
Vercel
Fly.io
Cloudflare
GitHub Actions
Sentry
Things I like too much
Linear
Figma
Raycast
Arc browser
Obsidian

Still reading? We'll probably get along.

If any of this resonates, there's a good chance we'd make something great together.

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