icemelt8

199 karma · joined August 27, 2012

currently working on https://wetarseel.ai

Experienced Frontend Engineering Manager with a strong foundation in TypeScript and JavaScript and deep expertise in frameworks like Next.js, Remix, and React.js. I specialize in leading teams, mentoring developers, and driving the delivery of scalable, user-focused web applications that deliver real business value.

Current Interests: - AI development with Machine learning and local MCP servers. - Crypto and Blockchain development on the Solana chain and Ethereum Dapps.

I have a proven track record of success in: • Hiring and building high-performing engineering teams. • Mentoring and empowering individuals to achieve their career goals. • Effectively communicating with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives. • Delivering high-impact projects, including the largest property classified portal, the 3rd largest car rental app in KSA, and the largest B2B travel portal in the GCC.

Additionally, I am the founder of a marketing startup, combining technical and entrepreneurial expertise to deliver innovative solutions.

I thrive on creating value, scaling teams, and launching products that make a meaningful impact on millions of users across the GCC region.

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icemelt8··on Next.js 15.1 is unusable outside of Vercel

I noticed that I actively got downvoted on this comment, it seems there are malicious actors who are against NextJS and Vercel company for some reason.

Instead of being cowards, please reply what features of Next do not work in self hosting through a simple 1 line Docker image?

icemelt8··on Next.js 15.1 is unusable outside of Vercel

No framework, create a SPA using vite

icemelt8··on Next.js 15.1 is unusable outside of Vercel

I still dont understand the lie, that its difficult to host next.js.

I am hosting several nextjs apps for my day job. We just put them in a docker and throw them on the server, whats the confusion?

icemelt8··on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

I'll take Linux seriously when I can play Starcraft 2 and Fortnite on it

icemelt8··on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

not a single EA game works on Wine/proton

icemelt8··on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

You haven't used Photoshop for 15 years?

icemelt8··on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

Adobe Photoshop? Microsoft Excel?

icemelt8··on Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates

Who here is old enough to know that Greensock was actually a flash library?

icemelt8··on Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

Score: 4246 pts 6 avg. years off

I am not american or native english speaker or never have been outside Asia

icemelt8··on “Most promising signs yet” of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System

we are alone as God only populated earth.

icemelt8··on JSX over the Wire

I knew this post would eventually peddle me nextJS, and it did!

icemelt8··on Googler... ex-Googler

What he meant is that the whole capitalist culture, less regulations, creates a more thriving economy which creates more jobs and hence more options to go to.

icemelt8··on EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

As a React developer, how does one even compile something like this

icemelt8··on GPT-4.5

they are trying to copy Grok 3

icemelt8··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

Working on my startup https://wetarseel.ai which uses WhatsApp API for message broadcasts and creating whatsapp bots to converse with incoming messages.

icemelt8··on Deepseek: The quiet giant leading China’s AI race

That is such a well-informed inside joke about Taliban, I am amazed.

icemelt8··on Htmx 2.0.4 Released

Tell me I have autism without....

icemelt8··on Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

Thats true most people in Pakistan don't own a laptop and don't ever intend to buy one. It makes me irrationally angry when people are buying flight tickets on the phone even though having access to a laptop.

icemelt8··on RollerCoaster Tycoon was the last of its kind [video]

Its strange to dedicate whole life to one subject, feels childish

icemelt8··on Trailbase: Fast, single-file, open-source app server built using Rust and SQLite

its very hard to host it, there is no official docker compose file

icemelt8··on Trailbase: Fast, single-file, open-source app server built using Rust and SQLite

The admin UI is not good, text is overlapping everywhere, and want to see how you show relations in the UI, for me this is the first thing I look for in any DB UI

icemelt8··on Show HN: Myphotos.site – Make a gallery website from Google Photos

such a cute idea! But in this social media age, does anyone actually visit a website?

icemelt8··on I Followed the Official AWS Amplify Guide and Was Charged $1,100

ever since I learnt self-hosting, it feels so liberating

icemelt8··on IronCalc – Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine

Because of your comment, I discovered OnlyOffice.

icemelt8··on A Simple open-source Phone programmable with Arduino

Sorry for my curiosity, but what are you doing in Pakistan?

icemelt8··on PayloadCMS: Open-Source, Fullstack Next.js Framework

Still very very far from Wordpress, just the Yoast SEO plugin is worth the drama in wordpress.

icemelt8··on Show HN: One – A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first

is zero a paid product?