AI Coding6 min read
Meta, OpenAI and GitHub bet on multi-agent coding
Meta bought Conductor, OpenAI is buying Pierre and GitHub shipped Copilot Projects. What happened, the Conductor deadlines, and what it means for developers.
Shaheer Q.
Full-stack engineer, founder of Shipworthy
Shaheer Q. is a full-stack engineer in Lahore with 5+ years building web and mobile apps in React, React Native, Node.js and PostgreSQL, and writes Shipworthy.
Hands-on experience
- Software engineer at Techlio (Lahore, July 2024 to present): leads full-stack projects in the MERN stack and React Native from architecture to deployment, currently an AI-powered sports video analysis dashboard and a real-time maritime surveillance portal, and manages a team.
- Lead full-stack software engineer at AstroSync (remote, December 2020 to present): delivers web and mobile products for clients in Egypt, including e-commerce, learning management, MIS, ERP and hotel booking systems; provides technical leadership and code review.
- Software developer at GLOW Consultants (Islamabad, September 2023 to March 2024): backend architectures, databases, MIS apps and data dashboards (Node.js, React, Python, Power BI, Tableau), deployed on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
- Builds serverless apps on AWS with SST and CDK (Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, S3, CloudFront), including this site.
- Uses AI coding agents daily on production work: Cursor and Claude Code side by side through mid-2026, then Claude Code on every project from October 2026.
- Solo developer of allsquads.com, a Warframe squad-matchmaking site integrated with Discord over WebSockets, with more than 6,000 registered members (React, Socket.IO, Express, PostgreSQL).
- Built Gauss Prime, a Discord bot with warframe.market price listings and game world-state trackers, and WFRIM, an Electron desktop app for Warframe inventory and trading.
- BSc Computer Science, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar (2019–2023), CGPA 3.71/4.00.
Articles by Shaheer Q. on Shipworthy
AI Coding7 min read
Cursor vs Claude Code (2026): why I moved my projects to Claude Code
Cursor vs Claude Code in 2026: an AI editor against a coding agent, compared on agents, setup, models and pricing, and why my projects moved to Claude Code.
Software Engineering5 min read
Parsing a game's log file: a Warframe tracker in Electron
How I built WFRIM, an Electron app that reads Warframe's log file to track relics and trades: parsing, timestamps, deduplication, languages and auto-updates.
AI Tools9 min read
Warp terminal in 2026: features, agents, pricing, privacy
A guide to the Warp terminal from its docs: Blocks, the Warp Agent, running Claude Code in it, the Free, Build and Max plans, and what telemetry it collects.
System Design7 min read
Real-time matchmaking with Postgres NOTIFY and Socket.IO
How allsquads.com matches Warframe players in real time across Discord and the web: Postgres as the event bus, Socket.IO fan-out, and the races I had to fix.
Developer Productivity8 min read
Raycast vs Alfred for developers (2026)
Raycast vs Alfred for developers in 2026: platforms, pricing, AI, extensions, sync and privacy compared from each vendor's docs, and which fits your setup.
System Design16 min read
System design interview prep: the 12 patterns that matter
Twelve system design patterns that recur in interviews and in production, each with the problem it solves, its trade-offs, and how to explain it out loud.
DevOps & Cloud6 min read
Build a serverless API on AWS with CDK: Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront
A full-stack todo app on AWS with CDK: Lambda, an HTTP API, DynamoDB and a React front end on S3 and CloudFront, plus the two bugs the first version shipped.
DevOps & Cloud5 min read
Amazon SQS producer and consumer in Node.js, step by step
Build an Amazon SQS producer and consumer in Node.js: long polling, visibility timeouts, deleting only after success, and the fixes it needs before production.
DevOps & Cloud6 min read
Stream private S3 videos with CloudFront signed URLs and SST
How I stream videos from a private S3 bucket through CloudFront signed URLs: one SST deploy, a Lambda that signs URLs, a password lock, and the costs to watch.
Building in Public2 min read
Building Shipworthy #1: why a blog with XP
Why this developer blog will reward readers with XP, streaks and unlockables, what counts as earning it, and the anti-abuse rules that keep it honest.
System Design2 min read
Idempotent writes in DynamoDB with a guard item
How to make a DynamoDB write safe to retry: a guard item, a conditional TransactWrite, and why that beats checking first and writing second under load.
Building in Public3 min read
How Shipworthy runs Next.js 16 on AWS with SST
The serverless stack behind this site: Next.js 16 on Lambda and CloudFront via SST and OpenNext, plus the four deploy gotchas that cost me the most time.