STARX / founder-led studio  ·  Cairo → worldwide

Built like a partner.
Not billed like a
vendor.

StarX Solutions is a senior software studio led hands-on by its founder. We design, build, and look after the web, mobile and backend platforms that real businesses run on — long after launch.

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02  ·  Why StarX exists

Most companies hire a developer — then spend months managing one.

Agencies hand you off. Freelancers need babysitting. The middle is exactly where products quietly die — and StarX is built for the founders stuck in that gap.

01.

You're just another ticket.

Account managers, junior devs, hand-offs, slow replies. Every change request becomes a process, and your product becomes a queue.

"Three weeks to change a button. That was the moment we knew the agency was the problem." — CEO · early-stage SaaS
02.

You end up managing them.

Specs, chasing, QA, scope creep. You wanted to hand work off — instead, you quietly became the project manager you never wanted to be.

"I was paying a freelancer to build, and a full day a week to brief and unblock them." — Founder · logistics platform
03.

Nobody owns the result.

The build ships. The invoice clears. And nobody is still asking whether the software actually moves the business forward.

"Two weeks after launch we found out half the integrations weren't even live." — Operations lead · healthcare
03  ·  What we build

Full-stack capability. No agency overhead.

Six practical disciplines, one accountable lead. The product can need web, mobile, backend, AI, automation or design — but the client still deals with one senior partner.

/ 01 — web platforms

Web platforms that feel as solid as the business behind them.

Dashboards, portals, marketplaces and customer-facing sites — fast, accessible, built to be edited rather than feared, and ready to scale from day one.

// stack
stack: [ react, next, astro, ts ]
data:  [ postgres, prisma ]
infra: [ vercel, fly, aws ]
tests: [ playwright, vitest ]
// p95 < 200ms · LCP < 1.4s
/ 02 — mobile apps

Native-quality apps people actually open the next morning.

iOS and Android products customers come back to. Designed for offline reality, shipped properly through the stores, monitored long after release.

// stack
core:  [ flutter, swift, kotlin ]
ship:  [ fastlane, eas ]
data:  [ realm, sqlite ]
watch: [ sentry, datadog ]
// 60fps interactive · offline-first
/ 03 — backend & APIs

The quiet engine room — that simply stays up.

Secure APIs, databases, integrations and cloud infrastructure. Boring on purpose: monitored, documented, and easy for whoever inherits it.

// stack
api:   [ node, laravel, go ]
data:  [ postgres, redis ]
infra: [ aws, terraform ]
pay:   [ stripe, paypal ]
// 99.95% uptime · runbooks shipped
/ 04 — AI systems

AI that supports operations — not demos that impress once.

LLM-powered features wired into real workflows: retrieval, tool use, guardrails, and the plumbing that keeps them useful in production.

// stack
llm:   [ claude, gpt, opus ]
rag:   [ pgvector, pinecone ]
tools: [ mcp, fn-calling ]
evals: [ braintrust, langsmith ]
// grounded · auditable · cheap to run
/ 05 — workflow automation

Workflows that quietly do the job a human used to.

End-to-end automations that read your inbox, your sheets, your CRM — and act. Custom where it matters, off-the-shelf where it doesn't.

// stack
flow:  [ n8n, temporal, make ]
llm:   [ openai, anthropic ]
data:  [ postgres, airtable ]
ops:   [ slack, gmail, hubspot ]
// hours saved · errors down · zero handoffs
/ 06 — product design

Design that survives contact with engineering.

Flows, interfaces and design systems that actually ship — drawn with engineering reality in mind, not handed over as fragile decoration.

// stack
draw:  [ figma, framer ]
proto: [ origami, principle ]
sys:   [ tokens, components ]
test:  [ usertesting, hotjar ]
// ship-ready · accessible · WCAG AA
04  ·  How we work

A partner from the first call → to long after launch.

Four phases. No surprises. The same person you started with is the one shipping, the one on the call, and the one still around six months later.

Phase 01 · Week 1—2

Discovery

We map the business, not just the brief. Users, money flow, operational pain, and what version one must prove.

Audit & scoping doc
Fixed price & timeline
Tech & product map
Phase 02 · Week 2—12

Build

Fast, visible progress. Working software every week — not static reports, not slide decks, not assumptions.

Weekly working demos
Live staging access
Direct founder access
Phase 03 · Week 12—14

Launch

We ship properly: tested, monitored, documented. No one is left guessing what's running where, or who to call.

Deploy + monitoring
Docs & runbooks
30 days of support
Phase 04 · Month 4 →

Partner

After launch we stay: improvements, fixes, and honest advice on the business shape growing around the product.

Continuous shipping
Strategic reviews
Roadmap ownership
06  ·  The founder

Hi — I'm Ahmed. I build software like the business is my own.

For ten years I've designed and shipped web, mobile and backend platforms for companies across four continents — first as a freelance developer, now as StarX Solutions.

Clients keep telling me the same thing: it feels less like hiring a developer and more like gaining a partner. I care how the product performs, what it costs to run, and whether it genuinely earns its keep — and StarX Solutions is that relationship, made formal.

Ahmed doesn't just build what you ask for. He pushes back on the parts that don't make sense — and ships the parts that do, faster than anyone else we've worked with.

— Client
10+
Years building
30+
Platforms shipped
350+
Verified client reviews
07  ·  Working together

The model depends on what the business actually needs.

Some projects need a focused build. Others need ongoing product ownership. We start with the problem, the risks, and the business goal — then shape the right proposal.

Comparison
Best-fit structure →

Project Build

For a defined product, rebuild, or major feature.

Recommended

Technology Partner

For software that needs continuous ownership.

Best for
A defined product to build, ship, and hand off.
Software is core to your business and always evolving.
Commitment
Fixed scope · 4 — 14 weeks
Monthly · rolling, scale up or down
Working demos
 Every week
 Every week
Strategic input
During scoping
 Always-on · roadmap owned
Priority access
 Direct line, same day
Post-launch
30 days of support
 Continuous · indefinite
Commercials
Proposal
Quoted after discovery

Scope, timeline, integrations, handoff needs, and operational risk are priced together.

Retainer
Scoped after audit

Monthly scope depends on roadmap ownership, response level, maintenance load, and shipping cadence.

08  ·  Start here

Let's build something worth running.

Tell me what you're trying to build. You'll get a senior, honest answer — and a partner who'll still be here long after launch.

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