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I'm Samad, a 4th year computer science student at the University of Edinburgh. I enjoy building unique and accessible user interfaces. Below you can find where I've worked and what I've made.

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class: CS student
level: 4th year
base: Edinburgh
status: open to work

experience

Software Engineering Intern
May 2026 – Aug 2026
NatWest Group
- Built the React and TypeScript front-end for a dashboard mapping 2,500+ applications.
- Made reusable Tailwind and Framer Motion components across 10 features, incl. dark mode.
- Demoed it to a senior panel; usability testers unanimously preferred it to the old system.

skills

languages7

frameworks & libraries6

tools7

projects

Amazon runner-up
team of 8
SDP Industry Day
CaddyMate
Autodesk Inventor · 3D printing · Laser engraving · Python · Flask · ROS 2
A smart trolley that guides older shoppers to each item and lifts their shopping to waist height.
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code demo
solo
Edinburgh AI Hackathon
Reverse CAPTCHA
Python · FastAPI · Playwright · scikit-learn · LLMs
A CAPTCHA that lets AI agents in, keeps humans out, and works out what kind of visitor just arrived.
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code demo
solo
Chrome Web Store
Blockr
TypeScript · React · Vite · Chrome Extensions (MV3) · Vitest · Figma
A privacy-first website blocker for Chrome that keeps all its data on your device.
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code play
team of 6
Hack the Burgh 2025
WikiWatch
TypeScript · Next.js · Python · Ollama · VADER
Turns Wikipedia's live edit stream into newsroom-style headlines with a local LLM, then reads the mood of each one.
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code demo
solo
Edinburgh Award
Zen
Kotlin · Android SDK · Room · MVVM · Espresso · GitHub Actions · Figma
A focus and productivity app for Android, designed in Figma first.
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codeno
demo
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You are here
This website
Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Zod · Vitest · Playwright
A retro pixel-art portfolio, built one small pull request at a time.
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codeno
demo