Available for technical advisory & fractional CTO work

M. Shaharyar

> Technical Founder & Advisor

  • Built 150k LOC collaborative platform (solo)
  • 1000+ beta users across real-time editing system
  • Former contractor: INTERPOL (Operation Storm Makers II) anti-human trafficking data analysis

I help early-stage startups build the right product. Former INTERPOL contractor, built a 150k LOC platform solo.Based in 'Pakistan'

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Highlights

Engineering focus

Architected production systems handling 1000+ concurrent users

Built custom Rust NLP engine for semantic analysis at scale

Designed real-time collaborative editor using Operational Transformation

3+ years IT Director for national-level conferences (MUN)

Selected Work

Engineering & Product

Novus Atlas (NOVA)

Production Platform

[Next.js][React][TypeScript][Rust (NLP core)][PostgreSQL][Qdrant][WebSockets]

A complete creative writing ecosystem with real-time collaboration, AI-powered quality analysis, and semantic content discovery. Designed to replace platforms like Royal Road and Wattpad.

Impact & Stats

  • 1000+ authors in closed beta
  • 150k+ lines of production code
  • Custom Rust NLP engine processing large documents
  • Real-time collaboration with offline-first architecture

Key Learnings

  • "How to architect systems that scale without over-engineering"
  • "Building real-time features that work reliably at scale"
  • "Balancing performance with developer experience"
  • "Solo founder execution strategies"
case study

OpenOT

Open Source Library

[TypeScript][WebSockets][Operational Transformation]

Production-ready OT framework that powers collaborative editing experiences like Google Docs. Built to be framework-agnostic with pluggable transport and storage layers.

githubcase study

Voice Activity Detection

ML/Audio Processing

[Rust][FFmpeg][WebAssembly][DSP]

High-performance voice activity detection using Mel spectrograms and FFT analysis. Designed for browser deployment via WebAssembly.

Expertise

Technical proficiency & domain knowledge

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • Rust
  • Python
  • SQL

Frameworks

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Hono
  • Node.js
  • Electron

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • Qdrant (Vector DB)
  • Redis
  • MySQL

Specializations

  • Real-time collaborative systems (OT/CRDT)
  • Semantic search & NLP pipelines
  • AI integration (embeddings, quality analysis)
  • High-performance backend architecture
  • Product-focused UI/UX engineering

Industries

  • Content & Publishing Platforms
  • Collaborative Tools
  • AI-Powered Applications
  • Developer Tools

Writing

Thoughts on design and semantics

Let’s collaborate

Open for consulting, partnerships, and advisory

Reach out via email, schedule a call, or review the latest resume to get a sense of how I architect collaborative AI products.

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