Ansari Bilal · India

Sales agent by day.
Builder by night.

Self-taught app builder — shipping AI tools, desktop apps, and open-source projects, and writing honestly about what actually worked.

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ExperimentsGraphify: Notes Into a Queryable Knowledge GraphTurn Markdown notes into a queryable knowledge graph — entities, relationships, edges any LLM agent can traverse. My second brain setup inside.InsightsMeta Astryx: Rust-Powered Successor to React Native?Meta open-sourced Astryx — a Rust runtime replacing React Native's JS bridge. I built a hello-world and analyzed what it means for cross-platform.InsightsAura.build Review: The AI App Builder I Actually UseI tested Aura.build against Lovable, Bolt.new, and v0. Here's where Aura wins, where it still hurts, and why it's the AI app builder I actually kept using.InsightsSuperhero UI: The Boldest React Library of 2026?Superhero UI is loud, colorful, pop-art — the anti-shadcn. I rebuilt a dashboard with it. When it wins, hurts, and vs Aceternity and Magic UI.ExperimentsAgency-Agents: Running a Multi-Agent Team in Claude CodeAgency-agents treats AI agents like a consultancy — PM, engineer, designer, QA — with clear roles and hand-offs. I tested it against CrewAI and AutoGen.TutorialsBuild a Free WhatsApp Bot in Node.js with OpenWAAutomate WhatsApp with pure Node.js — no Twilio, no Business API, no per-message fees. Full setup with QR login, message handlers, media, and a template repo.TutorialsWhat Shizuku Actually Unlocks (And the Apps Worth Granting)Upstream Shizuku has been quiet since June 2025, yet its app ecosystem is thriving — audio engines, automation, and a new wave of on-device AI agents. A field guide.TutorialsAgent Deck Setup: The Commands and Shortcuts That MatterBeyond the discovery piece: install paths, the shortcut map, MCP and skill attachment, cost tracking and the phone-side conductor — straight from the repo's docs.TutorialsGander Reads PDFs on Android With Zero PermissionsAn 897-star MIT viewer that holds no INTERNET permission at all — one 5 MB APK for PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, media and code. Buried Treasure №8.Insights12 Weeks of Blogging as a Builder: What Actually Got TrafficTwelve posts, three months, one SPA. The traffic data shows which posts worked, which platforms didn\’t, and the SEO moves that actually drove visits.TutorialsNoodle Stores Every API Request as a Versioned YAML FileA keyboard-first REST client built around readable YAML request files — Git-reviewable, scriptable, and readable by the coding agents already editing your repo. Buried Treasure №7.Tutorialsusage Tracks Claude Code and Codex Quota in Your Menu BarA local-first tracker that reads Claude Code and Codex logs straight off disk — quota, burn rate and cost with zero API calls. Buried Treasure №6 digs in.

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