Hello, I'm Maytham Ajam
Client feedback tool with annotated screenshots on live sites
Built an embeddable widget (single script tag) with invite-only access and a dashboard to track feedback status. Spoke to multiple potential agency owners (B2B) and web freelancers (B2C) to find market validity.
Floor plan to staged interior renders (Acquired)
Implemented upload → style selection → image generation flow with credit-based pricing and downloads. Acquired 14+ users prior to acquisition through social media marketing.
Custom DNS server implementing RFC 1035 in Go
Implemented core parts of RFC 1035 (UDP listener, packet parsing, response construction). Currently extending toward lookup tables, forwarding, caching, and a web interface.
CyberPatriot-style scoring engine
Evaluates system state against predefined checks (users, groups, configs) and applies points and penalties. Rewrote from TypeScript (Deno) to Rust with modular checks and stricter error handling.
18 year old Freshman @ George Mason University with 6 years of programming experience. I've built and shipped SaaS websites, worked with AI integrations, and love experimenting with new technologies. From full stack web apps to systems programming in Go, Rust, and Deno.
Building beautiful minimal UI with aesthetic animations.
Building performant & scalable backends with modern frameworks & tools.
Integrating AI capabilities and analytics into applications
Design to deployment with modern dev tooling
Nine years of building, breaking, and learning. From Roblox games to production web apps—this is how I got here.
Where it all began
I first got started programming like most of us do, trying to make my own games. My first introduction to programming was Lua, for making simple Roblox games. I remember the first real project I was proud of was a Spray can simulator, where you click to spray a can and sell spraypaint to get money. It was obviously a lot of following tutorials and copying assets, but it was a big turning point in my life.
When programming clicked
After on and off programming with Roblox, I programming started to really click with Java by creating Minecraft plugins. I spent a lot of time folloiwng tutorials at first, but at some point I finally got out of tutorial hell and could actually create projects without guidance. I also slightly got into open source during this phase with a short lived library that made developing plugins easier.
The pandemic pivot
At some point in 2022 my friend had gotten a course on Udemy that taught web development, and I decided to get it as well. I immedietly loved web development because it was so easy to create amazing apps, coming from Roblox and Minecraft made web development very approachable.
Down to the metal
Taking a break from web development, I started to get into systems programming. This was sparked by the Cybersecurity club at my high school, where we competed in competitions, this made me create scripts to get points in the competitions; inspired by this competition (AFA Cyberpatriot) I wanted to create a scoring engine, I originally wrote it in Typescript with Deno, but then used it as the project to learn Rust with.
Framework enlightenment
I tried a few frontend libraries, including Vue, and Svelte, but they didn't really stick on like React. I had used component libraries for UI like Material UI, and Mantine, and eventually landed on Tailwind CSS. I had always been scared of NextJS because of getServerSideProps and all those other pages router functions, but I fell in love with it when the app router came out (2023).
Ready for what's next
I'm currently a freshman at George Mason University studying IT with a concentration on Cybersecurity, but I'm planning to get a job in Software Engineering. At this current state, I'm busy with freelance work, school, and SaaS projects. I'm very excited for whats to come in my future. If you have any questions for me feel free to email me at matees@matees.net!
Open to full time roles, internships, and interesting projects. Especially excited about teams building developer tools or anything pushing the boundaries of the web.
Have a project in mind? I'd love to hear about it. Email me and let's create something extraordinary together.
matees@matees.net