Case Studies
Case studies from work I own
Each study covers open-source code or a tool I built and still run, with the stack chosen for the problem.
AI Engineering
Agents that edit code only after a human approves the plan.
Full-Stack Engineering
Open-source data pipelines and libraries, with the code and figures public.
Open source · Local search data
15,246 businesses from 1,400 Google Maps requests
An open-source toolkit that crawls Google Maps into a business directory. No paid API call runs without an explicit yes.
- TypeScript
Outcomes
- Inside Dubai
- 14,981 businesses
- Categorised
- 99.5% of businesses
- Crawl errors
- Zero
Open source · Payments UI
Dirham and Riyal libraries, 65,000+ npm downloads
Two open-source libraries draw the new UAE Dirham and Saudi Riyal signs in apps, whatever fonts a device has.
- TypeScript
Outcomes
- dirham downloads, Feb to Sep 2026
- 61,673
- riyal downloads, Apr to Sep 2026
- 3,950
- dirham monthly downloads, Mar to Aug 2026
- 4,057 to 15,405
SEO & AEO
Measuring whether Google and AI engines cite a site, and why.
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