Shariq Hirani
About
I build software for a living, and a few too many things on the side.
I'm a founder and habitual builder. This site is where I think through shipping products, the teams behind them, and the AI shift happening in real time. Mostly I'm curious, and bad at leaving things alone. See what I'm focused on now and the work I've shipped.
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How engineering teams actually run — versus how they're written about.
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Shipping fast vs. shipping right is really a fight about risk tolerance, not technique.
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AI tooling only counts when it holds up under real, sustained use — not demos.
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The leap from senior engineer to lead is asymmetric — and the move back is under-discussed.
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Behind the decks. -
Off-grid — Nusa Penida. -
Overcommitting to a key lime pie. -
Serious about a good burger. -
On stage, now and then.
Got a hard engineering problem,
or a team that needs to ship faster?
I help teams turn hard platform and AI problems into systems they can ship and operate. That might mean pressure-testing an architecture, untangling delivery risk, or building agent workflows that hold up in production. If you need a technical collaborator or advisor, send me the problem.