Featured Projects
A showcase of production-ready projects built over five years of professional software engineering. Each project represents a real-world challenge solved with clean architecture and modern technology.
My Work
Featured Projects
A curated selection of production-ready projects demonstrating expertise in React Native mobile development and Next.js web applications.
Offline-First Note App
Production notes application with offline support, structured state management, and automatic cloud sync.
Weather Mobile App
Real-time weather application with location-based forecasts, intuitive UI, and historical weather data.
Real-Time Chat Platform
Full-featured messaging app with user authentication, instant notifications, and media sharing.
API-Driven Blog CMS
Content management system with markdown support, full-text search, and optimized content delivery.
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Visit GitHubHow These Projects Were Built
Every project in this portfolio began with a clear understanding of the problem to be solved. Wajahat's engineering process starts with discovery — understanding the user's needs, the business constraints, and the technical environment before writing a single line of code. This approach reduces rework and ensures that the final product genuinely serves its intended purpose.
Mobile applications are built with React Native using a feature-based folder structure that keeps related code collocated and prevents the codebase from becoming fragmented as the project grows. State management is handled with Redux Toolkit, which provides a predictable single source of truth, powerful DevTools debugging, and the RTK Query library for efficient API data fetching with built-in caching.
Web applications follow Next.js best practices: server components for data-heavy pages, client components only where interactivity is required, API route handlers for secure backend operations, and static generation for content-heavy pages that benefit from CDN caching. All web projects are optimized for SEO with proper metadata, structured data, canonical URLs, and sitemap generation — the same optimizations applied to this very portfolio site.
Technology Choices & Trade-offs
One of the most valuable skills a senior engineer develops is the ability to make informed technology trade-offs. Not every project needs a complex state management library — sometimes React Context is the right tool. Not every mobile feature needs to be built in React Native — sometimes a WebView or a native module is the better choice. Wajahat brings the experience to make these decisions correctly the first time, saving projects from costly rewrites.
His database choices reflect the same pragmatism. Firebase is excellent for rapid prototyping and real-time features, but PostgreSQL with a well-designed schema is superior for complex relational data. Realm provides exceptional offline support in mobile apps, while Redis is perfect for caching and session management in web backends. Understanding when to use which tool comes from years of working across different project types and scales.
Quality & Testing Standards
All projects include comprehensive test coverage. Unit tests with Jest ensure individual functions behave correctly. Integration tests verify that components interact as expected. End-to-end tests with Detox (for mobile) and Playwright (for web) confirm that complete user flows work correctly in real device environments. A project without tests is a project that cannot be maintained or scaled safely.
The technical foundations behind these projects are detailed in the Skills section. Clients who have worked on these types of projects have shared their experiences on the Testimonials page. Deep technical explanations of specific patterns used in these projects appear in the Blog. Learn more about the person behind the code on the About page. Ready to start your own project? Visit the Contact page.