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Client Testimonial
"I had the great pleasure of working with Usman on two Edtech startups. We designed and launched multiple iterations of the SaaS products, won backing from two prominent tech accelerators, and pivoted multiple times. Usman's keen insight into product management and his unyielding results orientation were critical factors in our success."
How I Build Products
Challenging Assumptions
Reimagined banking UX through conversational AI when the industry standard was static forms and menus. BAINK's voice-first architecture demonstrated that unbanked users need a natural language interface, not another complex banking app.
Technical Depth in Unfamiliar Domains
Shipped DeFi products by mastering smart contracts, liquidity protocols, and Web3 architecture—despite zero prior blockchain experience. Translated complex technical constraints into product decisions that balanced innovation with user safety.
Pivoting Under Pressure
Recognized Squadra's growth plateau and executed a platform pivot from standalone app to Slack integration. Drove 10x user acquisition by ruthlessly prioritizing distribution over feature completeness.
Shipping Despite Constraints
Designed and shipped Applaudience's analytics dashboard when design resources weren't available. Owned the full stack from user research to final implementation.
Thoughts & Opinions
Recommended Readings
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Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference
A deep dive into why LLM inference isn't deterministic and how to achieve truly reproducible results in language model inference.
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Software Is Changing
Andrej Karpathy's perspective on how software development is fundamentally transforming with the rise of AI and large language models.