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16 phases, one direction

The complete path — for readers who want depth beyond the homepage highlights.

01
CuriosityThe Beginning

Became obsessed with how computers work beneath the surface — operating systems, networking, application internals, and automation.

OS InternalsNetworkingAutomation
02
BuilderBeyond Tutorials

Started building real APIs, full-stack systems, and deployment pipelines. Explored Docker, Linux servers, reverse proxies, SSL, and container routing.

DockerLinuxAPIsDeployment
03
CybersecurityFirst Bug Bounty

Entered ethical hacking and bug bounty research. Submitted a first report involving a misconfigured subdomain — the beginning of active security research.

Bug BountyReconEthical Hacking
04
Game Automation2024 — Automation

Developed a human-like QA behavior simulator and game automation bot using Playwright and Selenium. A major step in systems thinking and complex state management.

PlaywrightSeleniumQA Automation
05
Social Super-Platform2024 — Platform Scale

Built an ambitious full-stack platform combining mechanics of YouTube, Telegram, Instagram, and Discord, powered by Cloudflare R2 and Supabase.

SupabaseCloudflare R2Full-Stack
06
Multi-LLM Trading System2024–Present — AI Systems

Engineered an autonomous algorithmic trading system utilizing a consensus layer between Gemini Pro, GPT-4, and FinBERT for real-time market analysis.

Gemini ProGPT-4FinBERTTrading
07
IqamaPrintProduction Platform

Built a full-stack cloud-native platform digitizing Saudi government document services. 15K+ services, 8.5K+ users, 98% satisfaction — in production.

ReactSupabaseCloud-Native
08
SoleSetFounder (Sold May 2026)

Founded and successfully exited SoleSet — an ecommerce platform sourced from Indian manufacturers. Designed and built the catalog, custom cart, admin portal, and payment gateway integration. Sold the business in May 2026.

EcommerceFounderAcquisition
09
Advanced SystemsLow-Level Engineering

Explored DirectX11, ImGui, and real-time rendering. Developed ACE KEY (a cryptographic API key engine) and advanced Win32 DLL injectors.

DirectX11Win32 APICryptographyC++
10
HiddenAIMarch 2025 — Research

Research on LLM-powered agentic systems and DLL proxy hijacking with defensive detection focus. Published technical report with MITRE ATT&CK mapping.

LLMsDLL HijackingMITRE ATT&CKYARA
11
PHANTOM2025 — Autonomous Agent

Developed an Autonomous Pentest Agent featuring a 33-class attack framework. Combines an AI intelligence layer with Electron, React, Python, and Playwright.

Agentic AIPentestingElectronPython
12
Project AETHERExploring

Exploring immersive 3D commerce interfaces — synchronized product environments and spatial interaction patterns.

3DImmersive UX
13
CP-Unlocker2026 — Open Source

Developed CP-Unlocker, a stealth Chrome extension to force-enable clipboard and right-click utilities on restricted code editors, featuring low-level DOM API hook overrides to bypass behavioral tracking.

Chrome ExtensionJavaScriptDOM APIStealth Module
14
Authera2025 — Platform

Built an anti-piracy licensing platform with HMAC-SHA256 request signing, hardware ID binding, auto-updates, and a zero-dependency C++ SDK using native WinINet & Bcrypt.

C++WinINetBcryptHMAC-SHA256Cloudflare R2
15
HiddenAI2025 — Research

Real-world implementation of HiddenAI research — a capture-proof Windows overlay with process manager, terminal, internet control, and FPS counter built on DirectX 11, Dear ImGui, and Win32 APIs.

C++DirectX 11Dear ImGuiWin32 API
16
DarkPatternHunter2025 — Research

Created a browser extension and research paper to detect deceptive UX dark patterns on websites using DOM-based heuristics, inline warning bubbles, and dataset generation.

JavaScriptChrome ExtensionDOM HeuristicsUX Research