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I assemble ideas
and build them.

Full-stack engineer, founder, and product builder. I've shipped at Microsoft, led engineering at AI startups, and launched products used by thousands — assembled piece by piece, with intent.

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Haytham Hakim Haytham Hakim · Builder
70k
YouTube followers grown
4.7k
Waitlist built for Tribbel
1,000+
Strangers connected IRL
3
AI products shipped
Selected work

Products I've assembled.

Three products I designed and shipped end to end. Each one its own set of pieces — select a piece to see it live.

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Tribbel
Social connection, in real life.
A social app that connects like-minded people and turns them into real friends. Grew to a 4.7k waitlist and hosted meetups linking 1,000+ strangers — 72% monthly active in private beta.
Cofounder & CTO tribbel.com ↗
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Jrnly
Journaling, reimagined with AI.
An AI-powered journaling companion that helps you reflect, track how you feel, and make sense of your days — quiet, considered, and built to keep you coming back.
Builder jrnly.app ↗
Mindfulspace
A calmer place to focus.
A space to stay focused, organized, and productive. Built to help people slow down, clear their head, and get meaningful work done without the noise.
Builder mindfulspace.app ↗
The build log

How it came together.

The build so far, newest first.

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Founder · Full-stack Builder
KONQR
  • Built three AI-powered SaaS products end to end
  • Grew a YouTube channel to 70k followers
  • Exploring distribution and building in public
Remote / Global
Oct 2025 — May 2026
C
Lead Product Engineer
Cassi
  • Led design and engineering for an AI app for homeowners
  • Shipped the MVP as lead front-end engineer
  • Built a multi-modal AI agent with LangChain
New York City, NY
Apr — Sept 2025
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Software Engineering Consultant
Henry.AI YC
  • Advised on architecture and technical decisions
  • Built a React system to automate theme changes for their slides generator
  • Migrated the desktop experience to be mobile-responsive
New York City, NY
Mar — June 2025
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Cofounder & CTO
Tribbel
  • Designed and built the MVP for a social connection app
  • Grew the waitlist to 4.7k and connected 1,000+ strangers
  • Private beta held 72% monthly active users
San Francisco, CA
Feb 2023 — Apr 2025
M
Full-stack Software Engineer
Microsoft
  • Built Customer Insights — AI insights for enterprises under Dynamics 365
  • Shipped enterprise-facing software in React and TypeScript
  • Built incremental hydration for high-density datasets in C# and Scala
Seattle, WA
June 2020 — Feb 2023
B
Software Engineer
BrazenHaus
  • Built a cross-platform app with Java and TouchOSC to control a musical instrument
  • Cut latency ~32% across three microprocessors using C++
New York, US
May — Aug 2019
The foundation

What I'm built on.

I studied multivariable calculus, dw.

Education

University of Rochester
B.S. Computer Science · Minor in Computer Engineering
GPA 3.43 · Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Digital Media Specialist leading the 3D-printing team and coaching students on design software.
Rochester, NY · May 2020
African Leadership Academy
Cambridge A-Level Physics & Maths
Admitted in a year with a 2.5% acceptance rate. Earned a full-tuition merit scholarship for academic excellence.
Johannesburg, South Africa · 2014 — 2016

Awards

✦
Excellence in Creative Thinking
Annual prize at African Leadership Academy — won two years running (2015 & 2016) for creative thinking in class and beyond.
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Allan Gray Foundation Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement
1st place (2016). Signed credentials and five years of investment funding for my venture.
The kit · tools I build with
React TypeScript Next.js Node.js LangChain AI Agents C# Scala C++ Java Product Design Full-stack Building in Public
Off the clock · what I'm into
🎧 DJing 🧗 Rock Climbing 📖 Storytelling 🎨 Design 🏃 Running

Have something worth building?

I'm always up for thoughtful, ambitious work. Reach out and let's figure out the first piece together.

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