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01 / IntroductionEngineer & independent builder

Minhaz Karim

I build the things
I wish existed.

Native apps, developer tools, and independent businesses. Built around real problems in my work and everyday life.

Building nowLondon, United Kingdom
Software engineeringNative appsDeveloper toolsIndependent businesses
02About

I'm an engineer drawn to the space where technology becomes useful in everyday life.

I build across the web, iOS, and macOS: a home for my wife's paintings, a companion for my electric car, local device controls, and tools that make developing software a little easier.

03Selected work

The work, so far.

From everyday problems to working software.

Raisa Paints Originals gallery displaying floral, still-life, and landscape paintings.
The Originals gallery
01Live website
Gallery & commerce

Raisa Paints

An independent home for my wife's paintings. A gallery and shop for originals and prints, with the tools to manage artwork, media, and orders behind the scenes.

Explore the gallery
QuietDrive Home screen showing an MG ZS EV, battery level, cabin temperature, and vehicle controls, using sample data.QuietDrive trip planner showing a sample route, charging stop, and estimated arrival battery.
Home & trip planner · sample data
02Private beta
iOS · EV ownership

QuietDrive

An independent MG companion built around everyday EV ownership: saved vehicle readings, charging costs, trip planning, and service records. Fresh readings stay under the driver's control.

Ask about QuietDrive
Redesigned Dyson controller with monochrome fan and heating controls, labelled modes, and an oscillation-angle picker using sample readings.
Redesigned menu-bar controls · sample data
03Source available
Open source · macOS

Dyson macOS Controller

An unofficial native menu-bar app for compatible Dyson devices. Fan, heating, and air-quality controls use local MQTT, with credentials in Keychain and no analytics.

View the source
Smart VLC in dark mode, showing Continue Watching, TV Shows, Movies, and playback progress on demo clips.
Dark-mode library & continue watching · demo media
04In development
iOS · Personal media

Smart VLC

A native player for my own media library. Combines AVFoundation and VLC playback with NAS browsing, offline downloads, subtitles, and a place to pick up where I left off.

Ask about Smart VLC
Top of the Lipi Fashion home page, introducing personal tailoring with appointment links and an approach card.
The Lipi Fashion home page
05Live website
Business website

Lipi Fashion

A mobile-first tailoring website with appointment requests, available slots, and an owner dashboard for services, pricing, and bookings.

Visit Lipi Fashion

Small tools. Less friction.

A few smaller builds that make the everyday work easier.

TypeScript package

Sitegate

Published on npm

A lightweight server-side password gate for staging sites, previews, and internal tools.

Private developer tool

Foundry CI

Private tool

My self-hosted CI setup, with a custom Woodpecker dashboard for builds, logs, and runner queues.

VS Code extension

Smart Fold Toggle

On the Marketplace

One-click folding at a useful outline depth, with a quick way to expand everything again.

04Operating principles
01

Useful over loud.

Start with a real problem. Let the work earn the attention.

02

Own the details.

The last ten percent is where care becomes visible.

03

Keep shipping.

Small finished things teach more than perfect plans.