Publishing website · archive search
Hadith Answers
A custom WordPress rebuild with multilingual semantic search, readable answer pages, and preserved archive URLs.
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Makeen Majlis.
Thoughtful websites.
Intelligent systems.
I design and build websites, AI products, and the infrastructure behind them. From a business's first impression to the search system behind a research archive.
Based in Atlanta.Working across the web.
Websites & e-commerceAI & retrievalData & databasesBackend & cloud
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A good website should
work as well as it looks.
Custom websites for businesses, publishers, and institutions. Considered design, a fast experience, and content you can actually manage.
Editorial website · digital archive
Al-Miftah
An editorial home for articles, audio, and publications, with meaning-based discovery and a lightweight custom theme.
Institutional website · online bookstore
Darul Hadith
A bespoke WordPress and WooCommerce rebuild connecting institutional information, scholarly resources, and a bookstore.
E-commerce · custom storefront
Fragranci
A bespoke WordPress and WooCommerce theme for a fragrance retailer, with a distinct brand and product browsing experience.
E-commerce · storefront improvements
Skin Deva
Storefront and shopping-flow improvements for a skincare retailer, from mobile layouts and navigation to cart and checkout refinements.
Custom themes. Useful content tools. Considered details.Explore website work
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Making knowledge
more accessible.
Istidlal brings multilingual search and source-grounded AI into one research workflow.
I build the whole system: document ingestion, Arabic and Urdu retrieval, ranking, citations, the product interface, and production infrastructure.
retrieval.pipeline
01 / ingestBooks. Documents. Sources.
Arabic · Urdu · English
02 / retrieveFull-text
02 / retrieveSemantic
03 / groundA useful answer.
An inspectable source. citation-grounded output
An inspectable source. citation-grounded output
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From the interface
to the infrastructure.
One engineer across design, development, data, and deployment. A considered website or a complex product, built around what people need to do.
01Websites & e-commerce
All services Distinctive, fast websites that make a business easier to understand, browse, and contact.
02AI knowledge systemsPrivate, source-grounded assistants and research tools built around your documents, data, and workflows.
03Search and retrieval infrastructureSemantic, full-text, and hybrid search systems for large or multilingual collections.
04Custom AI softwarePurpose-built SaaS products, internal tools, and workflow automation around a specific operational problem.
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Other things I'm building.
Focused software for research, reading, collaboration, and complex calculations.
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Something worth
building?
A new website, an archive that needs better search, or a product you've been thinking about. Tell me what you have in mind.