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Talha Shaikh.

Full-stack Developer

I'm a junior full-stack developer who learns by building real projects.

Self-taught developer from Karachi, about 1.5 years into coding. I mostly work with Next.js, React, and TypeScript, and I learn best by building things and fixing what breaks — from a furniture store and a resume builder to some applied AI work.

About

Still learning, building as I go

I'm a self-taught full-stack developer based in Karachi, about a year and a half into writing code. I work mostly with Next.js, React, and TypeScript, and I learn best by building projects and figuring out what breaks.

The project I've put the most into is Botaura — an AI chatbot platform for small businesses in Pakistan that answers from their own content and runs full WhatsApp order automation. I built the whole thing solo — architecture, backend, frontend, and infra — and I'm registered as a Meta WhatsApp Tech Provider for it.

I've also built a furniture e-commerce store (Comforty) on Next.js and Sanity, a resume builder in plain HTML/CSS/JavaScript, a library management system, and a few other things — most of them solo, to learn a new tool or idea.

Right now I'm studying at GIAIC (Cloud Native Applied Generative AI) and looking for a junior full-stack or frontend role where I can keep learning and be useful.

Role
Full-stack Developer
Focus
Frontend · Full-stack · Learning AI
Status
Open to junior roles
Based
Karachi, Pakistan

Projects

Things I've built

Personal and course projects I built while learning — with the problems I ran into.

Botaura

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AI chatbot platform for Pakistani SMBs, with deep WhatsApp commerce — from lead gen to order automation.

  • Multi-tenant platform where each business gets an AI chatbot trained on its own content.
  • WhatsApp Business automation: Q&A, a full COD order flow, a team inbox, and broadcast campaigns.
  • Strict server-side tenant isolation, and a single Tech Provider token routed by phone_number_id.
Next.js 16TypeScriptFastAPINeon PostgrespgvectorWhatsApp Business APIGrok / OpenRouterCloudflare R2

Comforty — Furniture Store

A furniture e-commerce front end built on Next.js with Sanity as the CMS.

  • Pulled the product catalog from Sanity and built listing and product-detail pages.
  • Made a cart that keeps its items when you move between pages or refresh.
Next.jsSanityTailwind CSSTypeScript

Resume Builder

A resume builder in plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — fill a form, see a live preview, print it.

  • Live preview that updates as you type, built with plain DOM and JavaScript.
  • Print / save-as-PDF that keeps the resume clean and leaves the form controls out.
HTML5CSSJavaScript

Bait-ul-Kutub LMS

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Full-stack Library Management System with AI-powered search and real-time tracking.

  • Modeled the full library domain (books, members, loans) in PostgreSQL via Prisma, with real-time availability tracking.
  • Added an AI-powered search and recommendation layer over the catalog using the OpenAI SDK.
Next.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQLOpenAI

AI Humanoid Robotics Platform

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Interactive platform for teaching Physical AI and humanoid robotics with ROS 2.

  • Built an interactive teaching platform that visualizes ROS 2 architecture for Physical AI concepts.
  • Integrated OpenAI-powered search so learners can query robotics topics in natural language.
Next.jsPythonROS 2OpenAI

The Arqa — E-Commerce

High-performance fashion store with a custom admin panel and Stripe checkout.

  • Built a headless storefront on Sanity CMS with a custom admin panel for catalog management.
  • Optimized for Core Web Vitals and SEO (90+ Lighthouse) and integrated Stripe checkout.
Next.jsSanityStripeTailwind

Stack

Skills, grouped by where they live

Frontend

  • Next.js (App Router)
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Framer Motion

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Prisma
  • REST APIs

AI / RAG

  • OpenAI SDK
  • LangChain
  • RAG & retrieval
  • Vector search (pgvector)
  • Prompt engineering

Database

  • PostgreSQL
  • Neon
  • Supabase
  • MongoDB

Infra / Tools

  • Vercel
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Sanity CMS

Integrations

  • WhatsApp Cloud API
  • Meta Tech Provider
  • Webhooks
  • Stripe

Contact

Let's talk

Open to remote full-stack and AI-engineering roles.