About

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Ahmed Helal

Cairo, Egypt

Full-stack developer building cross-platform AI products — desktop, mobile, and web — most often with Python or TypeScript on both ends of the stack. I care about products that ship: clean architecture, considered UX, and the kind of polish that survives real users.

Story

I work across the whole stack and across platforms. On a given week that might mean a FastAPI or Django service, a Next.js storefront, a Flutter app, and a Qt or Electron desktop client — shipped from one head so the pieces actually fit together.

Lately the work centers on local-LLM tooling — like Lucy, a coding agent that runs entirely on your own machine — and on multi-tenant marketplace platforms. I care about the unglamorous parts that decide whether software survives real users: clean architecture, considered UX, and polish under load.

Stack

Backend

  • PythonPython
  • DjangoDjango
  • DRF
  • FastAPIFastAPI
  • PostgreSQLPostgreSQL

Frontend

  • Next.jsNext.js
  • ReactReact
  • ReduxRedux
  • TypeScriptTypeScript
  • JavaScriptJavaScript
  • Tailwind CSSTailwind CSS

Cross-platform

  • FlutterFlutter
  • QtQt
  • ElectronElectron
  • ViteVite

DevOps & infra

  • DockerDocker
  • NGINXNginx

AI & tooling

  • OllamaOllama
  • Local LLMs
  • PyInstaller

Momentum

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Platforms
web · mobile · desktop · AI
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Languages
Python · TS · Dart · SQL · C++
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Years building
since 2020
Shipping
Status
always building something

Timeline

  1. Now

    Building cross-platform AI products

    Local-LLM tooling and full-stack platforms across desktop, mobile, and web.

  2. 2026· Mobile

    Aquaponics Monitor

    Solo developer (app, firmware, ML)

    An IoT aquaponics system — a Flutter app paired with ESP32/ESP8266 firmware, plus on-device plant-disease detection via TensorFlow Lite.

  3. 2026· Web

    EasyBela

    Full-stack lead

    Bilingual multi-merchant marketplace for Egypt — Django + DRF backbone, Next.js storefront, Flutter mobile, Paymob and COD checkout.

  4. 2026· AI

    Frydai

    Lead developer (founding team)

    A private AI "operator" you run from Telegram — it handles competitor research, ad creative, landing pages, and Shopify ops for e-commerce brands.

  5. 2026· AI

    Lucy

    Sole developer (architecture, front-end, back-end, packaging)

    A local-first LLM coding agent — Electron + FastAPI with a 7-step setup wizard that gets Qwen2.5-Coder running on a fresh machine in under five minutes.

  6. 2026· Web

    Marvira

    Full-stack developer

    A tiered e-commerce storefront platform — Lite, Pro, Enterprise — with a Django 5 + DRF backend and a Next.js App Router front-end. Bilingual AR + EN.

  7. 2025· Web

    ECE-SIS

    Full-stack developer

    A student information system — assignments, records, and analytics dashboards. Django + DRF behind a React + Redux Toolkit UI with Recharts.

  8. 2025· Web

    GradeGain

    Full-stack developer

    A full-stack education platform — course management, student authentication, and grade tracking. Django + Celery API with a React 19 SPA.

  9. 2025· Mobile

    Gym Membership App

    Mobile developer (Flutter)

    A fitness-club mobile app — membership tiers, a store cart, and QR-coded offers members scan in person. Flutter with persistent auth.

  10. 2025· Web

    HRMS

    Full-stack developer

    A full-stack HR & project-management system — employees, departments, attendance with shifts and grace periods, and project/task assignment. Django + React, Arabic-first.

  11. 2025· Web

    Kaffo

    Front-end developer

    The marketing site for Kaffo, a software house — an animation-heavy, bilingual (AR/EN) Next.js site with smooth scroll and motion choreography.

  12. 2025· Mobile

    Playzo

    Mobile developer (Flutter)

    A sports-court booking and team-matchmaking app — browse courts, book and pay, form teams, and chat. Flutter with charts and secure token storage.

  13. 2025· Web

    Samara

    Full-stack developer

    A security-guard operations system — guard shifts, scheduled site visits, supervisor visit reports, and attendance-violation logging with photo evidence. Django + React, Dockerized with SSL.

  14. 2025· Web

    Tkaful

    Full-stack developer

    A membership & financial system for a cooperative (takaful) association — rank-based subscriptions, loans and installments, monthly billing, and bank reconciliation. Django + React, Arabic-first.

  15. 2024· Web

    ProGym

    Full-stack developer

    A full-stack gym management platform — QR/barcode check-in, tiered subscriptions with freeze, a shop with inventory, and payroll/financials. Django + Celery + React.

  16. 2024· Desktop

    Shield Doors

    Solo developer

    A two-part product for a door manufacturer — a Next.js marketing website and an offline Windows desktop app for bilingual (AR/EN) quotations, PDFs, payment milestones, and reports.

  17. 2023· Mobile

    Social Market

    Mobile developer (Flutter)

    A social shopping app — product discovery, wishlists, cart, and profiles on a Firebase backend with Google sign-in and dark mode.

  18. 2022· Desktop

    YouTube Downloader

    Solo developer

    A Windows desktop app (Python + Qt) that downloads YouTube videos and whole playlists with subtitles and quality/format choices — plus a companion Chrome extension.