Sartaj
Chicago
Now
a public todo list
- For work, I build AI products at Devoted Health, a unicorn health tech company.
- For civic duty, I built govbot at Chi Hack Night, a tool for activists and journalists to keep politicians honest.
- For passion, I make weird art like smart gloves, leather bags, and infinity rooms. Currently making music with Windy City Wavs.
Core Personal Writings
essays for the past & future me (and you)
- The Audacity To Influence Through Design. (Apr 12, 2019)
- Learn Your Brain. Work Out Your Brain. (Nov 13, 2025)
Creative Past
a super short novel
- Designing a luxury bag with the person I created a smart glove with.
- 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)