Journal

Thinking out loud about engineering and life.

March 16, 20264 min read

Rebuilding the Portfolio for Mobile — A Week of Decisions

What it took to go from a desktop-first portfolio to a proper mobile experience: M3 design system, page-level architecture splits, an AI chatbot, and a few honest trade-offs.

Engineering

Design

The Flowers of Multan

Every spring brings me back to a flower mela in Multan — my mother, my siblings, rows of jasmine and tulips, and a strange purple bloom called the Apple of Sodom that stopped me in my tracks. A childhood memory about beauty, gratitude, and studying God through nature.

March 9, 20261 min read

Why I Built This Portfolio

A backend engineer's reflection on building in public, shipping 11K lines of production code, and why I finally put my work on the internet.