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My first full-time position out of college was at Cambridge Systematics, a transportation consulting company in Boston, from 2013 to 2015. While I was there, I supported development of NYC MTA’s Bus Time app, a real-time bus tracking app on web and mobile. It was a splendid way to kick off my software engineering career, gaining exposure to mapping libraries like LeafletJS and Mapbox.
You can check out the app here: https://bustime.mta.info/ and the open source repo here: https://github.com/camsys/onebusaway-nyc
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I like to follow it with: “What should it make easier?”
Booking a service. Buying a product. Managing an order. Finding an answer without opening five tabs.
That’s where the interesting work starts. Not with choosing a framework, but with understanding what’s getting in the way.
The goal isn’t just a finished website. It’s a useful one.
"Spot on, James! A website should solve a real business problem first—whether it's simplifying checkout or streamlining bookings. Tech stack comes second, UX and efficiency come first."
👋 I am new to Contra and I did my first post without realizing I hadn't even introduced myself!
Hey! I am Abuzar.
I build AI agents, automations and full web apps for small businesses and freelancers:
🤖 Agents that reply to new leads and follow up so nobody goes cold
💬 Chatbots that answer customers using your own documents
🔗 Connections between your apps, so data moves on its own instead of through copy-paste
💻 Custom web apps and dashboards, from idea to launch, when off-the-shelf tools just dont fit
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For 3.5 years I built payment systems at a fintech company, where my whole job was making sure money never disappeared.
Now I make busywork disappear instead 😄
Off the keyboard, you will find me watching cricket or on a long motorcycle ride somewhere outside Lahore 🏏🏍️
I've noticed this community is full of amazing designers, editors and creatives, and I'm the guy who loves the techy plumbing behind the scenes. So I'm curious 👇
What's the most annoying non-creative part of your freelance week? Invoicing, client onboarding, chasing feedback, organising files?
Tell me in the comments. I'll reply to each one with an idea for how to automate it 🤝