Kinza Sheikh
Full-Stack & AI Solutions Developer
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life humbles you in ways you don't expect.
i was busy working on a project, building things, solving problems, feeling like i was finally getting somewhere.
then one small problem made me realize i need to go back to my fundamentals.
not because i know nothing, but because somewhere along the way, i got too comfortable building on top of things i hadn't mastered properly.
that's the weird part about becoming a developer.
humbling right?
how many developers have had this moment?
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Day 1: starting to build an AI that reads invoices for you and knows when to ask for help instead of guessing:
Plan so far: FastAPI + MongoDB + React, with an LLM doing the extraction and a confidence-scoring layer flagging anything uncertain for human review.
No code yet, just the architecture today. If you've dealt with manual invoice processing (as a founder, bookkeeper, or freelancer) , what's the most annoying part of it? Want to make sure I'm solving the real pain point, not just the interesting technical one.
#buildinpublic #genai #FastAPI #MongoDB #AIengineering #softwaredevelopment #womenwhocode
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I spent the last few weeks building something I actually needed to exist: a layer that stops SaaS leads from dying between a landing page form and a sales rep's inbox.
Meet LeadSync.
What it does:
→ Normalizes and dedupes every incoming lead before it ever touches your CRM
→ Scores each lead with a deterministic engine (fully transparent, no black box) and tags it HOT / WARM / COLD
→ Routes leads to the right CRM Salesforce and HubSpot based on rules you define, not a fixed pipe
→ Logs every sync attempt, so a failed handoff never fails silently
I built the whole thing solo: FastAPI + MongoDB backend, an abstract multi-CRM connector architecture, retry/backoff logic, the full pipeline. Every decision , bugs included , gets documented as I go in my "Build Log" series here on LinkedIn.
If you're an early-stage SaaS founder and leads are quietly slipping through the cracks between your forms and your CRM, this is the exact problem I spend my nights solving , either with LeadSync directly, or by building the equivalent inside your own stack.
I'm taking on a few new clients this month. If that's you, drop a comment or send a DM , happy to walk through what I've built and how it maps to your setup.
#BuildInPublic #SaaS #CRM #B2BSaaS #StartupFounders #LeadGeneration #SoftwareEngineering #FastAPI #Freelance #TechStartups
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Building an AI-powered CRM automation system.
It detects duplicate leads, scores & prioritizes them, then triggers actions automatically.
Less manual CRM work.
Faster lead response.
Better sales pipeline.
#AI #CRM #Automation #SaaS #B2B
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