CTO at Neuroject · building since 2007
I architect AI-driven platforms and scalable digital products. CTO at Neuroject, building the alignment layer for construction enterprises.
layer 1 · NeuroBuild
layer 2 · SmartClaim
layer 3 · Attendum
layer 4 · Logger
layer 5 · Active-Classone frame · 16.7 msplayed 100× slower
L1 Render16.7 ms a frame
Layer 1 · Render
The click lands on one pixel. To learn who owns it, the browser hit-tests down through the page’s compositing layers. These are the layers I’ve built and led.
layer 1 of 5Next.js · Laravel · AWS · Autodesk APS
The alignment layer for construction enterprises: one multi-tenant platform for BIM models, WBS, quantity take-off, bills of quantities, tenders, and 4D progress reports, now with AI for natural-language questions and early risk warnings. I lead it as CTO.
neuroject.com ↗layer 2 of 5FastAPI · OpenAI · pgvector · SvelteKit · TypeScript
AI-assisted R&D tax credit claims for the UK, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa. I work across the FastAPI and pgvector API, the SvelteKit app, and the TypeScript client SDK, and added its security gates: secret scanning, Semgrep, and Trivy on every pull request.
smartclaim.uk ↗layer 3 of 5ESP32 · nRF52840 · React Native · Next.js
Attendance monitoring live at universities in the UK and US. I wrote the firmware for the ESP32 card readers (NFC, RFID, BLE, over-the-air updates) and the nRF52840 Bluetooth beacons, and built the iOS and Android app, the staff dashboard, and a Canvas LTI app. At a single university, it has more than 200 devices online, covers over 100 classrooms and 10,000 classes, and has received over 3 million records in the past two years.
attendum.com ↗App Store ↗Google Play ↗layer 4 of 5Hardware · Firmware · GSM · Sensors · Telemetry
GSM weather stations that take several sensors each and send their logs home. The fleet has been online for over 15 years: more than 50 active stations and over half a billion records.
layer 5 of 5React · Redux · Firebase · Office.js
An LMS with live exam proctoring and Azure Face identity checks. I built the user dashboard, an Office add-in that brings live polls and word clouds into PowerPoint and Word, and the product website.
active-class.com ↗L2 Event loop< 50 ms a task
Layer 2 · Event loop
CTO at Neuroject, building the alignment layer for construction enterprises. Building since 2007: robots, IoT and firmware, then web, mobile and AI platforms.
console.trace()October 2026
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at cto (neuroject.com)
at chiefFullStackEngineer (neuroship)
at <anonymous> (2007)runningJune 2024 – Present
runningMay 2026 – Present
L3 HTTP · TLS1 round trip
Layer 3 · HTTP · TLS
The request leaves over TLS 1.3. Here’s what comes back.
response · stream 1HEADERS
DATA · stream 1frame 1 of 3
I started building websites as a freelancer in 2007, studied electrical engineering with a focus on control systems, and spent my university years building robots, including a 1st place at RoboCup IranOpen 2010.
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Since then I’ve built for an electronics and IoT company, a grocery marketplace, an edtech company and a construction-tech company. Today I’m CTO at Neuroject, leading the platform that connects BIM, schedules, budgets and risks for construction enterprises, and bringing AI into it.
DATA · stream 1frame 3 of 3 · END_STREAM
Along the way I’ve shipped apps to the App Store and Google Play, hardware that’s still logging data after 15 years, and fixes to open source projects like Gatsby and DefinitelyTyped.
L4 Network≈ 30 ms an ocean
Layer 4 · Network
Upstream is where packets go, and where fixes belong. Pull requests to open source packages that, together, are downloaded more than 300k times a week.
src moeBabazadehdst gatsbyjs/gatsby2022Security
Removed the deprecated uuid@3.4.0 from gatsby-cli and gatsby-plugin-sharp.
That version can fall back to Math.random(), which is unsafe for IDs. npm flagged it on every install.
★ 56k163k downloads a week
src moeBabazadehdst nanostores/persistent2022Data loss
Synced storage events only for the store’s own key.
Opening the app in a second tab wiped saved data.
★ 38382k downloads a week
src moeBabazadehdst HuolalaTech/react-query-kit2026Type safety
Opt-in strictVariables: typed query variables become required at the call site.
A forgotten argument compiled fine and only failed at runtime.
★ 48631k downloads a week
src moeBabazadehdst DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped2025Type safety
Typed the optional RegExp filters on the Forge Viewer’s getPropertyHashes.
Calls that Autodesk documents failed to type-check.
★ 51k22k downloads a week
src moeBabazadehdst microapps/gatsby-plugin-react-i18next2021Bug
Added forwardRef support to the localized Link.
Refs passed to localized links were silently dropped.
★ 1195.4k downloads a week
L5 Servers0.5 ms in the rack
Layer 5 · Servers
Behind one hostname, a pool of instances. Behind the platforms, a pool of smaller builds: apps, sites, firmware and tools.
target groupweb and mobile
A React Native app on both stores that helps students starting university get to know their course, campus, city, and career options.
Expo · React Native · TypeScript
education.guide ↗App Store ↗Google Play ↗Online tutoring for every child: diagnostic tests, courses, quizzes, and 1-to-1 lessons over live video. I built the dashboard and the website.
Next.js · MUI · VideoSDK · Uppy
school.how ↗The product website for Learning Kit, built for 0&1.
Next.js · AWS Amplify
learningkit.com ↗The product website for Exam Kit, an online exam monitoring system by 0&1.
Nuxt · Tailwind CSS
examkit.com ↗target groupdevices and IoT
An electronic pressure and flow controller: embedded hardware and firmware that hold pressure and flow at their setpoints. In production.
Hardware · Firmware · Process control
A compact PLC controller built on STM microcontrollers: the board and firmware for automation on a small footprint. In production.
STM · Firmware · PLC
Device telemetry on plain shared PHP hosting: ingest, rollups, alarms with hysteresis, OTA firmware, and reports. No Composer, npm, or build step.
PHP 8 · Vanilla JS · OpenAPI
target grouptools and libraries
A native macOS app that finds duplicate and look-alike photos by how they look. Fully offline, and nothing is ever deleted.
Swift · SwiftUI · Vision
Reads matrix keypads as a FreeRTOS task, with built-in debouncing and configurable layouts and pin maps. Portable across microcontrollers.
C · FreeRTOS
Code ↗L6 Database≈ 100 µs a page read
Layer 6 · Database
Finding one row among half a billion takes a handful of page reads. Here are the rows that describe me, then the whole archive.
=# SELECT value, label FROM stats;
| value | label |
|---|---|
| 11.8k+ | commits since 2021 |
| 10+ | products live |
| 5 | devices in production |
| 0.5B+ | sensor records logged |
| 2 | apps on App Store and Google Play |
| 300k+ | weekly downloads of packages I patched |
(6 rows)
=# SELECT year, title, made_at FROM archive ORDER BY year DESC;
| year | title | made_at |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | react-query-kit: strictVariables ↗ | Open source |
| 2026 | SmartClaim ↗ | SmartClaim |
| 2026 | Pulse IoT | Personal |
| 2026 | Photo Dedup | Personal |
| 2025 | Forge Viewer types ↗ | DefinitelyTyped |
| 2024 | NeuroBuild ↗ | Neuroject |
| 2024 | Education Guide ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2024 | Attendum Canvas LTI app | 0&1 |
| 2023 | Attendum app ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2023 | Attendum card reader firmware ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2023 | Attendum BLE beacon | 0&1 |
| 2023 | Learning Kit website ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2023 | Exam Kit website ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2023 | 0&1 website ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2023 | matrix-keypad-freertos ↗ | Personal |
| 2022 | School.how ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2022 | UK Flour Millers dashboard ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2022 | Gatsby: insecure uuid removed ↗ | Open source |
| 2022 | nanostores/persistent: tab sync fix ↗ | Open source |
| 2021 | Active-Class dashboard ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2021 | Active-Class Office add-in | 0&1 |
| 2021 | Active-Class website ↗ | 0&1 |
| 2021 | gatsby-plugin-react-i18next: Link refs ↗ | Open source |
| 2017 | Grid-tie multicell inverter (paper) ↗ | arXiv |
| 2012 | Self-balancing robot with fuzzy control | University of Tabriz |
| 2010 | RoboCup IranOpen Deminer Challenge, 1st place | University of Tabriz |
| 2009 | Small Size League soccer robots | University of Tabriz |
| — | Logger: GSM weather stations | In production |
| — | EPC: pressure and flow controller | In production |
| — | Mini PLC | In production |
| — | Pipe inspection robot | Robotics |
(31 rows)
L7 Kernel≈ 100 ns a syscall
Layer 7 · Kernel
The kernel decides what runs, when, and with what permissions. Here’s what has been scheduled since 2007.
$ ps -o pid,stat,start,time,cmd --sort=-start
| STAT | START | TIME | CMD |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | May 2026 | 5m | Neuroship · Chief Full Stack Engineer (contract)Contract role alongside Neuroject. |
| R | Jun 2024 | 2y 4m | Neuroject · Chief Full Stack Engineer → CTOBuilt NeuroBuild, then CTO of the alignment layer for construction enterprises. |
| exit 0 | Feb 2021 | 3y 4m | 0&1 · Lead Frontend DeveloperActive-Class LMS and proctoring, Attendum firmware and apps on both stores. |
| exit 0 | Aug 2020 | 6m | Alget.nl · Senior Frontend DeveloperA React marketplace that took local grocers online. |
| exit 0 | Oct 2012 | 7y 10m | Niknam Electronic Rayan · Software → Senior Software EngineerIoT platforms, live GPS tracking and connected devices. |
| exit 0 | Aug 2007 | 5y 2m | Freelance · Web DeveloperWebsites and web apps for clients in PHP, JavaScript and jQuery. |
exit 0February 2021 – June 2024
exit 0August 2020 – February 2021
exit 0October 2012 – August 2020
exit 0August 2007 – October 2012
L8 CPU0.3 ns a cycle
Layer 8 · CPU
Everything above compiles down to fetch, decode, execute. These are the languages and platforms I write in, and the instructions retired so far.
instruction set8 extensions
perf statinstructions retired
11.8k+ commits since 2021
4,700+ of them across the five codebases of NeuroBuild.
L9 Siliconpicoseconds a switch
Layer 9 · Silicon
The bottom of the stack is what I studied: electrical engineering with a focus on control systems, then nanoelectronics. Below it: the degrees, the robots and five devices in production.
education and early work2008 – 2017
University of Tabriz. Thesis: a two-wheel self-balancing robot with real-time fuzzy control.
A team of five fully autonomous robots playing a real match.
Deminer Technical Challenge.
Mobile Robotics.
University of Tabriz. Thesis: plasmonic wave sources based on multilayer structures.
Design, engineering and optimization of a grid-tie multicell inverter for energy storage.
devices in production5
Several sensors per station, with logs sent home over GSM.
50+ stations · 15+ years online · 0.5B+ records
Embedded hardware and firmware that hold pressure and flow at their setpoints.
In production
Built on STM microcontrollers, for automation on a small footprint.
In production
NFC, RFID, BLE and over-the-air updates. Wireless, with a battery that lasts about 16 months.
200+ devices online · 3M+ records in 2 years · 10K+ classes covered
Bluetooth proximity check-in, updated over the air with DFU.
In production
The response climbs back up: out of the silicon, through the kernel, the database and the servers, across the ocean, decrypted, resolved, painted. Every click does this.
200 OK · back at the surface
CTO at Neuroject, building since 2007. Tell me what you’re building: the platform, the product or the team behind it.
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