Turningideasintoproducts,
andproblemsintosolutions.

I'm a Computer Science Engineer who obsesses over the gap between engineering and user experience. Currently building experiments, scaling ideas, and exploring hardware.

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@hashim

Building

Mohammed Hashim

CS Engineer & Founder

Restaurant & cafe owners interviewed for Tastory: 13
Doctors interviewed in person for DocCo: 30+
Fisclok downloads, on word of mouth alone: 103
YouTube subscribers, built from zero: 27.7K
Global Game Jam 2026: Best Game Designer

// origin story

My journey didn't start with a startup.

I've never been limited to one discipline. Long before I wrote production code, I was figuring out how things work.

The Foundation

Before engineering college, I created MH TECH MALAYALAM. During that period, I handled everything independently — shooting, editing, content development, marketing, and community activities.

I became a founding member and admin of the PES Gaming YouTubers Kerala community, and worked with Booyah as their Kerala PES YouTube coordinator. I eventually paused YouTube to focus on engineering, but the foundation was already laid.

“Before I learned how to build software, I learned how to build things, communities and experiences.”

Pre-Engineering Credentials

CommunityPES Gaming YouTubers Kerala — Founding Admin

ContentMH TECH MALAYALAM — Solo Creator & Producer

CoordinationBooyah — Kerala PES YouTube Coordinator

ContentTechnologyProductsStartupsDesignProblem Solving

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THE JOURNEY

The Beginning

CHILDHOOD

Before 2018

Interest in computers, technology and DIY projects.

Gaming Creator

MH TECH MALAYALAM

2018 – 2021

Built an audience from zero: 27.7K subscribers and 1.95M views across 372 videos. Community building, company collaborations, and tournament organization.

Computer Science

ENGINEERING

2021 – 2025

Independent learning beyond the syllabus.

Early-stage Gaming Startup

CUSTODIAN GAMES

Nov 2023 – Apr 2025

Game level evaluation, creative problem solving, investor pitching, and events.

Hardware & IoT

SMART MIRROR

Jan 2024 – Apr 2025

Raspberry Pi, AI, home automation, and team leadership.

Flutter Intern

ANNOLIVE

Dec 2024 – Jan 2025

Professional development workflows in Bangalore.

A Different Path

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Sep 2025 – Present

Founded AstriOrb, a product-focused technology company.

Flagship

TASTORY

Sep 2025 – Present

Ground validation across Kozhikode and Kochi. 30+ people surveyed, 13 restaurant and cafe owners interviewed.

AstriOrb Products

PRODUCT BUILDING

Sep 2025 – Present

Building Tastory, Fisclok, and other independent products under the AstriOrb umbrella.

React Native

FISCLOK

Jan 2026 – Present

Built for my own finances while teaching myself React Native. Friends asked to use it, so I published it: 103 downloads and a 5-star rating on word of mouth alone.

Best Game Designer Award

GLOBAL GAME JAM

30 Jan – 1 Feb 2026

Supporting continued game-design and creative problem-solving.

Validation

DOCCO

May 2026 – Present

30+ doctors interviewed in person across three towns, plus the managing director of a major hospital group.

Co-founder / CTO

CUEROLL

Jul 2026 – Present

Co-founded a creator platform and led its technology. 27+ creators and 20+ published pieces in the first two months.

Now

BUILDING

Present

Building products, exploring technology, and working across software and hardware.

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PRODUCTS &
EXPERIMENTS

A collection of things I've built. From solving personal problems to building platforms and testing hardware concepts.

EXPLORE

TASTORY

Food discovery built around people, not paid opinions.

People surveyed in personas of 2026-09: 30+
Restaurant & cafe owners interviewedas of 2026-09: 13
Food districts covered on the groundas of 2026-09: 2

FlutterFirebaseProduct Design

EXPLORE

Food / Discovery / Local CultureFounder / Product Builder @ AstriOrbMVP CompletedSep 2025 – Present

EXPLORE GET IT ON PLAY

FISCLOK

A personal problem became a public product.

Downloads, all word of mouth, no promotionas of 2026-09: 103
Play Store ratingas of 2026-09: 5.0 ★
Cost to users: Free, ad-free

React NativeMMKV StorageUI/UXProduct Strategy

EXPLORE GET IT ON PLAY

Finance / Personal ProductivityFounder / Product Builder @ AstriOrbLaunchedJan 2026 – Present

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

ASTRIORB WEBSITE

The digital home for my product studio.

ReactGitHub PagesUI/UXProduct Design

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

Corporate Website / BrandingFounder / Developer @ AstriOrbCompleted2025

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

VIRTUAL BUSINESS CARD

A seamless way to connect and share my professional identity.

ReactGitHub PagesQR Code

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

Digital Identity / NetworkingFounder @ AstriOrbCompleted2026

EXPLORE

DOCCO

Don't build first. Ask first.

Doctors interviewed in personas of 2026-09: 30+
Towns validatedas of 2026-09: 3
Hospital groups engaged at MD levelas of 2026-09: 1

FlutterFirebaseMobile Development

EXPLORE

Healthcare Workflow / BookingProduct Builder @ AstriOrbReady for pilotMay 2026 – Present

EXPLORE

PROJECT CONTINUUM

A focused workspace for your ideas, tasks and what matters most.

FlutterLocal Storage

EXPLORE

Productivity / WorkspaceFounder / Product Builder @ AstriOrbIn TestingJul 2026 – Present

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

CUEROLL

Sometimes the work you build for yourself becomes the reason someone else trusts you with theirs.

Creators onboardedas of 2026-09: 27+
Content pieces published in first 2 monthsas of 2026-09: 20+

ReactFlutterProduct LeadershipTechnology Architecture

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

Creator Ecosystem / StartupCo-founder / CTOActiveJul 2026 – Present

EXPLORE

SMART MIRROR

My final-year project became an opportunity to build beyond the syllabus.

Raspberry PiPythonJavaScriptGoogle Assistant API

EXPLORE

IoT / AI / HardwareTeam LeadAcademic / CompletedJan 2024 – Apr 2025

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

MH TECH MALAYALAM

The first place I learned to build an audience.

Subscribersas of 2021-12: 27.7K
Lifetime viewsas of 2021-12: 1,951,927
Videos publishedas of 2021-12: 372

Video EditingMarketingCommunity CoordinationTournament Organising

EXPLORE VISIT SITE

YouTube / CreatorCreator / Community BuilderPast Experience2018 – 2021

EXPLORE

NAVIGATION, WITHOUT THE MAP

Experimenting with minimal interfaces.

Wearable UIGoogle MapsHardware Integration

EXPLORE

Mobility / HardwareHardware & Product @ AstriOrbEarly testingAug 2026 – Present

// system capabilities

CORE ENGINE.

Technology is just one tool in the arsenal. True product velocity requires a hybrid stack of engineering, systems design, and product sense.

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// philosophy

HOW I WORK

A systematic approach to navigating ambiguity and building useful things.

FIND THE PROBLEM

I naturally look for what is broken, inefficient or missing. Great engineering starts with understanding the actual pain point.

LEARN WHAT IS NEEDED

I don't wait until I know everything before starting. Agility means learning exactly what is necessary to overcome the next hurdle.

BUILD

Ideas become useful only when they become something people can actually use. Execution and shipping are the only true metrics of progress.

VALIDATE

Talk to people. Test assumptions. Learn before scaling. A product built in a vacuum rarely survives contact with reality.

TAKE OWNERSHIP

When building something independently, product, technology, coordination and execution often become one unified responsibility.

// active radar

WHAT I'M
BUILDING
NOW.

A live snapshot of active products, experiments, and technical explorations.

MVP COMPLETED

ASTRIORB PRODUCT

TASTORY

Working toward the next stage and funding/commercialization of the food discovery platform.

READY FOR PILOT

ASTRIORB PRODUCT

DOCCO

Development complete. Looking for clinics and hospitals to pilot doctor booking and live queues.

ACTIVE

EXTERNAL

Cueroll

Leading product & technology contribution at Cueroll.com.

EARLY TESTING

ASTRIORB LABS

BIKE NAVIGATION

Smartwatch turn-by-turn software in early testing. Research on a dedicated bike display starts in October 2026.

IN TESTING

ASTRIORB INTERNAL

PROJECT CONTINUUM

A hybrid workspace for solo founders and freelancers — project progress, idea capture, notes, events and daily tasks in one place.

// freelance

SELECTED WORKS.

Engagements across game testing, creative consulting & web development.

WEB DEVELOPERElgraficoads

ELGRAFICOADS

Designed and developed a complete web presence for Elgraficoads, a graphic advertising agency.

Website Development

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PC GAME TESTERChronigma

CHRONIGMA

Conducted in-depth PC game testing, identifying critical bugs, gameplay imbalances, and UX friction points before release.

QA & Game Testing

View Project

CREATIVE CONSULTANTHopz Corp.

JOKER ON THE SPRING

Provided creative consulting and strategic direction for the Joker On The Spring product line at Hopz Corp.

Creative Direction

View Project

// vision

“Local knowledge
over paid hype.”

I build for the people who live with the problem. Before DocCo, I sat down with 30+ doctors. Before Tastory, I walked the food districts of Kozhikode and Kochi. Starting from Kerala, I want to build products people trust because real people shaped them, not advertising budgets.

ASK BEFORE BUILDING