Faeez Kader · Gauteng, South Africa

I build web software end-to-end — and ship something every day.

Computer Science graduate. Former shop-floor manager. Twelve products live, built in the last few months.

Available for work12 live products · 2026

Selected work

A recipe platform for a real spice brand, reached by scanning the packet.

The problem

Akhal's Spice and More is a real shop — the one I used to help run. Customers kept asking the same question at the counter: what do I actually cook with this? The packets had no room for recipes, and a link nobody types is a link nobody visits.

The build

Every packet gets a QR code that lands on that spice's own recipe page. Behind it: a Next.js app with a Postgres database, an admin dashboard where the shop manages recipes without touching code, and a design that works one-handed in a kitchen. Deployed on a custom domain the brand owns.

The result

Live in production at akhalsrecipes.com and printed on real packaging in a real store. My first piece of software with users who don't know me.

Also live

AegisPaste code, get severity-ranked findings: bugs, vulnerabilities, fixes.↗NocturneLocal-first AI creative studio: cinematic images, motion backgrounds, generated components.↗AuroraShopping intelligence built on one rule: nothing on screen is invented.Code ↗PeonyA calm planner: days, weeks, habits, goals and reflection in one unhurried place.↗CaliberResume optimizer: ATS score, bullet rewrites, missing keywords.↗StockSenseInventory forecasting born from managing real stock in a real shop.↗SentinelSecurity operations console: live threat feed, risk scoring, auth events.↗LumenA writing studio that turns rough notes into finished prose.↗

How I
work

Ship daily

I put something live every day. Small, frequent releases keep projects moving — every build on this page went from empty repo to live URL in weeks, not months.

Quality is non-negotiable

Managing a store taught me a simple rule: if it's not right, it doesn't go out. I apply the same rule to interfaces — error states, empty states and edge cases included.

Real projects only

Everything here has real users or real stakes — a paying client, my own job hunt, a live store. That's where the actual learning is.

Plan for failure

Free tiers expire, API keys go missing, mobile browsers block autoplay. I build the fallback first, so nothing breaks when a dependency does.

About

I managed a shop before I wrote software.

Before university I was assistant manager at Akhal's Spice and More, a family spice shop — a team of six, stock control, budgets, and the daily problems a small business throws at you.

That experience shaped how I build. Retail runs on systems — inventory, cash-up, staffing — and when one breaks, you feel it immediately. Software is the same, just faster to fix.

I've since finished my Computer Science degree at Varsity College, and I ship web products daily. My first client was the shop itself: a recipe platform that's now printed on their packaging in stores.

Java, C# and Kotlin from my degree. TypeScript, React and Next.js from shipping. Open to graduate and junior developer roles, and to freelance work.

Degree: BCompSci — Varsity College
Before: Assistant manager, retail
Stack: TypeScript · React · Next.js · Java · C#
Base: Gauteng, South Africa

Contact

Get in touch.

Open to graduate and junior developer roles, freelance builds and collaborations.

kaderfaeez@gmail.com

GitHub ↗071 670 1079 CV (PDF)