Sartaj
Chicago
I like making stuff and helping people.
Now
a public todo list
- For career: coding focused on AI architecture & frontend @ Devoted Health.
- For activism: Chi Hack Night â Windy Civi, making social media bots that keep politicians honest.
- For closing old chapters: Designing a luxury bag with the person I created a smart glove with.
- For self-expression: Making music with Windy City Wavs.
Core Personal Writings
letters for the past & future me (and you) (inspired by
Harsh Patel)
- The Audacity To Influence Through Design. (Apr 12, 2019)
- Workout Your Brain. (Oct 13, 2025)
- On Balancing Reality & Empathy.
- The Will To Live.
- Team Sam & Sartaj.
Creative Past
a super short novel
- Designed an AR Filter to demonstrate how how much trash we throw away every day. (2021)
- Designed & built a full-size infinity room that could reflect video. (2019)
- Used up all my savings, so I rebuilt as a full time as a software engineer in Chicago, using mHUB as a homebase. (2018-2020)
- Founded Mayu, an e-textile smart glove company, in the Nebraska tech scene. (2016-2018)
- Began career as a UX Designer, software engineer, & startup facilitator in the Austin tech scene. (2014)
- Needed a portfolio piece, so built a see-through touch screen DJ kit. (2011)
- Didn't work, so I went back to school and graduated with Rhetoric & Writing, with a focus on UX Design. (2011)
- Took a stab at doing music full time. (2010)
- Created a forum/social-media with a religious debate focus that peaked as 1 million pageviews/month. (2005)
- Made a calc game for my TI-83. (2005)
- Made a Geocities, the original social media. (2001)