Software engineer · building in public
Ali Arain.
I taught myself to code and never stopped shipping. I design, build, and ship AI products, MVPs, and native Mac apps, end to end.
I never studied computer science; I just started building things and never stopped. Broke them, fixed them, shipped them, did it again. In 2022 I started raptrX, bootstrapped and profitable, now a team of five. I'm also co-founding Zepyoc, a voice-first recruitment platform.
Software Engineer at CommandCode.ai, building the desktop app (opens in a new tab)
2026 Showreel
A 15-second look at what I'm building and shipping.
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Building in public
What I've been shipping, live from GitHub.
0 contributions in 2026
For founders & hiring managers
- I ship end to end: product sense, AI systems, web, and native Mac.
- I own 0 → 1 — prototypes, launch, iteration — without a large team.
- Production products in fintech, AI hiring, and marketplaces. NotchPrompt hit #8 on Product Hunt.
- Open source on npm + pub.dev: askai, Fluttrify, Bank Alfalah Payment, AssetKamKaro.
- Fixed-price, scoped upfront — no surprise invoices.
Work
Products I built end-to-end. Everything else lives in builds.
Your Mac won't let you forget — full-screen calendar takeover
Reads your calendar locally via EventKit, no server. One-key quick reminders anywhere.
Local-first personal finance — no cloud, no bank connections
Budgets, goals, invoicing, and a live "can I buy this?" verdict built on your actual runway.
Teleprompter that lives in your Mac notch — screen-share invisible
Word-level real-time highlighting, 3 overlay modes, 100% on-device. #8 on Product Hunt.
AI-powered ATS — post a job, screen everyone, swipe the shortlist
Replace resume triage with scored shortlists your team can review in minutes.
Memory infrastructure for AI — cited context or honest refusal
Gives models real memory so answers cite sources or decline instead of guessing.
Tourism marketplace — travellers meet real local experiences
Connects travellers with vetted hosts instead of generic tour bundles.
Packages
Open source on npm and pub.dev — small tools that solve real problems.
Complete Bank Alfalah payment gateway for Flutter. Bridging Pakistani fintech and mobile.
Asset optimization and lazy loading for Flutter. Automatic compression, memory-efficient caching.
Tools
Free, no-signup developer tools I build and leave open. They run entirely in your browser.
Writing
Launch notes, essays, and how I build.
- complexity is easy. simplicity is the skill.: building CommandCode’s desktop app taught me the hard part isn’t adding. it’s deciding what not to build, and defending that decision against every voice that wants one more thing.
- why I built NotchPrompt: A teleprompter that hides in your Mac notch, stays invisible on screen shares, and tracks your words in real time. Here is why I built it.
- NotchPrompt v2.0: word tracking, floating mode, and 30+ new features: We shipped v1 a few weeks ago. Now v2 is out and it is a completely different app. Real-time word highlighting, 3 overlay modes, multi-page scripts, PPTX import, and a lot more.
- InstantDeploy.site: the agent-first hosting layer: Hosting layer for agents,publish static sites globally in under 2 seconds with zero configuration. Built for Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf.
- begin: start now. messy, unprepared, afraid. willingness beats talent. the table gets built because someone put their hands on the wood.
- launching Ground: memory for AI systems: most AI systems fail quietly because memory is vague, stale, or untrusted. Ground is the missing memory layer: versioned, cited context, or an honest refusal.
- launching SLCT: hiring fast with a minimal ATS: built a minimal ATS that feels premium for candidates and decisive for teams. create a job, screen with AI, close the role.
- launching NovaWriter: writing with AI that learns your voice: built a markdown editor with local AI that actually sounds like you. free, open source, native macOS app.
Stack
What I reach for to ship fast and keep things maintainable.
Have an idea worth shipping?
Bring me the problem. I'll bring back a working product: designed, built, and shipped end to end.