★ Full-stack dev · Founder · Author · Consultant — Dubai Based
I build
software that
makes brands grow.
Talha Khan — founder of Athleasy, published author, and one pair of hands
shipping web & mobile products end to end for 15+ years.
Coffee in, software out ★
Your spreadsheet called — it wants to retire ★
Works on my machine. And yours. ★
No agencies, no layers, just code ★
Backups that actually restore ★
Zero-drama deployments ★
Fluent in Laravel & human ★
From idea to uptime ★
Building software, not slide decks ★
Turning bottlenecks into buttons ★
Cloud-native, coffee-powered ★
Less meetings, more shipping ★
Automating the boring stuff since 2014 ★
Code that survives Monday mornings ★
Pixels, APIs & problem solving ★
Making complex things feel simple ★
CTO mindset, hands-on execution ★
Because manual work is a bug ★
Built to scale, not just launch ★
SaaS, AI & business automation ★
Reliable systems. Happy users. ★
Ideas shipped faster than excuses ★
Deploy. Monitor. Improve. Repeat. ★
Turning chaos into dashboards ★
Where business meets engineering ★
From MVP to millions of requests ★
Laravel by day, infrastructure by night ★
Solving problems with code and caffeine ★
Building products people actually use ★
Shipping features, not promises ★
Making technology work for humans ★
AI with purpose, not hype ★
Scaling platforms without scaling headaches ★
Clean code. Clear thinking. ★
Turning requirements into reality ★
Developer, architect, problem solver ★
Creating software that pays for itself ★
Business-first engineering ★
From whiteboard to production ★
Built in Dubai, deployed worldwide ★
01 / About
One pair of hands, end to end.
Laravel & PHP back-ends, clean front-ends, MySQL underneath,
deployed and hardened on AWS. Co-author of the published
Web Developer's Reference Guide, long-time Stack Overflow contributor,
consultant, father — and chronically curious about applied AI.
LaravelPHP
MySQLAWS
JavaScriptNode.js
PythonPayments
AutomationSaaS
DevOpsAI
TK
02 / Education & Credentials
Two master's degrees, and still studying.
Master of Science · 2023
MSc — Artificial Intelligence
University of West London · UAE
Master of Science · 2012
MSc — Information Technology
University of Education · Lahore
+ BSc Computer Science · Govt. College, Lahore · 2010
03 / Experience
Fifteen years, one through-line.
2024 — Now
Founder & Lead Developer
Athleasy · Dubai
2017 — 2024
Software Development Manager
Hamilton Aquatics · Dubai
2015 — 2017
Solutions Architect
Hamilton Aquatics · Dubai
2014 — 2015
Senior Software Engineer
Walnut Media · Lahore
2013 — 2014
Programmer Analyst
The Beaconhouse Group · Lahore
2012 — 2013
PHP Developer
East West Systems · Lahore
2009 — 2012
Web Developer
Tossdown · Lahore
2009
Web Development Intern
Hooked Technologies · Lahore
2009
IT Intern
Packages Ltd · Lahore
04 / Featured
Athleasy — academy management, made easy.
One platform. Bookings, payments, attendance, reports.
Built and run solo, Athleasy powers the daily operations of sports academies
across the UAE and Saudi Arabia — so coaches can coach instead of chasing spreadsheets.
Scheduling & online registration
Attendance & athlete progress
Gateways & installment plans
Waivers & e-signatures
Finance & retention reports
Selected clients
Elite Sports Academy
Multi-sport academy
UAE · KSA
Ultimate Athletics
Track & field club
UAE
Speedo Swimsquads
Swimming squads
UAE
…and 10+ more across the UAE, KSA, UK & Pakistan
Sports is where I'm known — not where I'm limited.
The same engineering runs anything with bookings, payments, users and reporting.
I've built e-commerce, hospitality finance tracking, BPO staff management, recruitment
tools and heritage sites. If it lives on the web, I can build and run it.
Sports & fitnessE-commerceHospitality
RecruitmentBPO & opsSaaS platforms
05 / Services
Everything between the idea and the uptime.
/01
Product engineering
Full platforms in Laravel & PHP — booking systems, dashboards, customer portals — built clean and built to last.
/02
Cloud & DevOps
AWS architecture, deployment, disaster recovery, security hardening, monitoring and backups that actually restore.
/03
Payments & integrations
Payment gateways, recurring billing and installments, CRM sync and third-party APIs — webhooks done right.
/04
AI & automation
Practical AI in real workflows — assistants, bots, internal tools and automations that quietly save hours every week.
06 / Writing & elsewhere
Words, code & the occasional photograph.
Also shipped