About

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
- Python
- Django
- DRF
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
Frontend
- Next.js
- React
- Redux
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS
Cross-platform
- Flutter
- Qt
- Electron
- Vite
DevOps & infra
- Docker
- Nginx
AI & tooling
- Ollama
- Local LLMs
- PyInstaller
Momentum
Timeline
Now
Building cross-platform AI products
Local-LLM tooling and full-stack platforms across desktop, mobile, and web.
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.
2026· Web
EasyBela
Full-stack lead
Bilingual multi-merchant marketplace for Egypt — Django + DRF backbone, Next.js storefront, Flutter mobile, Paymob and COD checkout.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.