Projects

Every project on this blog is written as a series you can read in order. Pick one below and follow it from the first step to the last.

Desktop Apps

The story of my first software project, a Python and FFmpeg toolkit I built to cut, join, caption, and compose movie clips for recap videos, told step by step by a self taught maker, including the mistakes.

10 posts

Cloth Store Software

The story of the desktop software I built to take a clothing shop off paper, handling billing, stock, and honest profit records, written step by step by a self taught maker, including the mistakes.

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13 posts

Video Tools

The story of my first real build, a desktop video toolkit in Python and FFmpeg, from a cluttered first version to a working set of tools, including the bugs, the deletions, and the real code behind every fix.

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Websites and Niche Sites

Full websites and small niche sites, built and grown in public.

4 posts

Silver Rates Site

The story of silverrates.today, a live gold and silver rates site I built for Pakistani cities, told step by step. From the rate engine and city shortcodes to the fake prices bug that taught me what dishonest data costs, the rebuild to real pages, and the fight for AdSense approval, all of it first hand and plain.

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WordPress Plugins

Plugins I build for WordPress, and the lessons learned shipping them.

13 posts

Elite Limo Booking

The story of my most ambitious build, a complete limo booking plugin for WordPress with booking, payments, verification, and a driver dashboard, told step by step by a self taught maker, including what worked and what did not.

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10 posts

MaidsMe Pro

The story of MaidsMe Pro, a WordPress marketplace I built to connect domestic workers with employers, with a privacy first design that protects a worker's real phone number. Told step by step by a self taught maker, including the design I tore down and rebuilt.

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