TapTap LIVE
FOUNDER & LEAD ENGINEER
The cashless layer for live events in Africa — NFC bands + QR, M-Pesa top-up, in-event spend and auto-refund, every payment reconciled on one shared record.
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OPEN FOR WORK — FREELANCE & ADVISING
IMRAN SHIUNDU
SOFTWARE ENGINEER & FOUNDER — I build web products end-to-end: from the database to the design, ready for real users.
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CH.01 — SELECTED WORK
THE COMICS
SELECTED WORK · 6 PROJECTS · ALL LIVELive products. Real users. Money in, money out.
FILE Nº1 — FLAGSHIP01
TapTap
Cashless payments for live events in Africa. NFC wristbands + QR codes riding M-Pesa rails, automatic refunds, one shared record for attendees, hosts and vendors.
VISIT LIVE ↗
FILE Nº202
Olaife
Kenya, arranged around you. Travel & concierge platform for Nairobi.
VISIT LIVE ↗
FILE Nº303
Rush Burgers
Fast food, redefined in Kilimani. A kitchen that ships as fast as I do.
VISIT LIVE ↗
FILE Nº404
Inside Nairobi Tours
Luxury safari booking, minus the WhatsApp chaos. $10k+ booked in year one, #1 on Google for niche Nairobi keywords, zero chargebacks.
VISIT LIVE ↗
FILE Nº5 — CASE05
Pit Performante
Automotive e-commerce. Sub-second loads, dynamic inventory.
CASE FILE — WANT ONE? ↗
FILE Nº6 — CASE06
Imranisdev.top
My main portfolio and this comic's older sibling. Hand-drawn SVG mascots, zero UI frameworks, 100% vibe.
VISIT LIVE ↗
PG.02 — ABOUT ME
ORIGIN STORY
WHO I AM · 5+ YEARS ENGINEERING · NAIROBI, KENYAevery hero has a backstory. this one starts with a dream.
2020 — THE DREAMA boy with a laptop and a dreamNo school for it yet, no connections — just free tutorials and the stubborn belief he could build things people use.
2021 — SELF-TAUGHTLearning by buildingJoined PLP Africa's web program — self-learning, small projects, breaking things on purpose to see how they work.
2024 — THE FIRST COMPANYCo-founded Inside Nairobi ToursAlready shipping for real clients. Safari booking without the WhatsApp chaos — $10k+ in year one, #1 on Google, zero chargebacks.
2025 — THE STUDIO + KOOD/JÕHVIFounded Orb21, trained in EstoniaStarted the studio that turns ideas into finished products in 30–60 days. The same year, joined kood/Jõhvi's project-based program in Estonia — peer-driven, no lectures.
2026 — THE HARD LESSONShut down Orb21The studio didn't make it. Killed it, kept every lesson — and kept building.
2026 — THE FLAGSHIPLaunched TapTapCashless payments for live events across Africa — tap a wristband, pay with M-Pesa. Live at taptap.africa.
NOW — YOUR TURNOpen for new workFreelance, advising and a few long-form projects a year. The next chapter could be yours.
WHO IS IMRAN SHIUNDU?READ IN 30 SECONDS
I'm a full-stack software engineer and founder based in Nairobi, Kenya. For over five years I've built and run web products end-to-end — from the database to the design, with real users on the other side. I co-founded Inside Nairobi Tours, founded Orb21 (a venture studio — shut it down in 2026, kept the lessons), and run TapTap, live at taptap.africa. Started with PLP Africa back in 2021 (self-learning, building to understand), then kood/Jõhvi in Estonia in 2025 — and now I teach that same project-based curriculum in Nairobi as a technical tutor at kood. I take on select freelance and advising work — web apps, payment integrations, and embedded systems.
BASE: NAIROBI · REMOTE-FRIENDLY
FOCUS: PAYMENTS · NFC · FULL-STACK WEB
● STATUS: AVAILABLE
PG.03 — FOUNDER MODE
SPIN-OFFS
VENTURES · COMPANIES I'VE FOUNDED & OPERATEThree companies. One founder. Zero boring pitches.
Orb21 CLOSED
FOUNDER — 2025 TO 2026
A small studio that tried to turn startup ideas into finished products in 30–60 days. It didn't survive — I shut it down and kept every lesson.
Inside Nairobi Tours LIVE
CO-FOUNDER & TECH LEAD
Luxury safaris, off WhatsApp. $10k+ booked year one, ranked #1 on Google for niche keywords, zero refund disputes.
Finaki LIVE
FOUNDER & DESIGNER
An independent design studio building websites and brand experiences for founder-led brands. Nairobi / Melbourne.
THE FULL ROSTER — EVERYTHING SHIPPED, FAILED OR STILL RUNNING
TAPTAPLIVE
INSIDE NAIROBI TOURSLIVE
FINAKILIVE
FORM NI GANI?LIVE
OLAIFELIVE
RUSH BURGERSLIVE
MTALIPAYLIVE
ITCHYFEET HIKERSLIVE
ORB21CLOSED
eight survived. one didn't. the one that didn't taught me the most.
PG.04 — SERVICES
THE CLASSI-FIEDS
SERVICES · WHAT I CAN BUILD FOR YOUR BUSINESSwanted: your hardest problem. reward: it's solved.
FIXED PRICE agreed before we start
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FIRST VERSION ships in 30–60 days
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NO HOURLY meters, ever
WANTED!
FULL-STACK WEB APPS
Next.js front, Node or Spring Boot back, PostgreSQL underneath. Designed, built, launched and monitored — the whole thing, ready for real users.
APPLY INSIDE →
WANTED!
PAYMENTS & M-PESA
Daraja integrations, reconciliation, automatic refunds, Stripe when it fits. Money in, money out — fully accounted for.
APPLY INSIDE →
WANTED!
BOOKING & SCHEDULING
High-trust booking flows that replace WhatsApp chaos. Proven at $10k+/year on a live safari platform.
APPLY INSIDE →
WANTED!
NFC & EMBEDDED
ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ISO 14443. Hardware that talks to the web — wristbands, readers, kiosks.
APPLY INSIDE →
WANTED!
AI INTEGRATIONS
LLM features wired into real products with real data — not demos. Ship the magic, keep the reliability.
APPLY INSIDE →
WANTED!
ADVISING & TEAMS
Embedded senior help, architecture reviews, workshops. Your team keeps the knowledge when I leave.
APPLY INSIDE →
PG.05 — THE NUMBERS
CHARACTER SHEET
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE · 5+ YEARS OF REAL WORKthe bars are self-rated. the receipts below are not.
AGENT FILE Nº 001CLASS: FOUNDER
NAME: IMRAN SHIUNDUBASE: NAIROBISTATUS: HIRABLE
XP LOG — 161 repos · 46 followers · Nairobi based
← commits most days, even Sundays
stat points earned in production, not tutorials ✓
PG.06 — TOOLS OF THE TRADE
THE GADGET BELT
TECH STACK · WHAT I REACH FOR, BY CATEGORYevery hero has a utility belt. mine compiles.
FRONTEND
6 TOOLSTypeScriptNext.jsReactTailwind CSSFramer MotionSVG
BACKEND
5 TOOLSNode.jsJavaSpring BootREST APIsWebSockets
DATA
4 TOOLSPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisSystem Design
PAYMENTS
4 TOOLSM-Pesa DarajaStripeNFC · ISO 14443Reconciliation
CLOUD & OPS
6 TOOLSCloudflare WorkersCloudflare R2DockerNginxGitHub ActionsVercel
HARDWARE
4 TOOLSESP32ArduinoRaspberry PiQR / NFC readers
PG.07 — PROOF OF WORK
THE DAILY GRIND
GITHUB ACTIVITY · LIVE FROM GITHUB.COM/IMRANSHIUNDUthe platypus audits this daily. no missed Mondays.
LESS MORE
— ILLUSTRATIVE RHYTHM · LIVE TOTALS BELOW
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COMMITS · LIFETIME
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COMMITS TODAY
161
PUBLIC REPOS · LIVE
46
FOLLOWERS · LIVE
5+
YEARS SHIPPING PRODUCTION
NBO
NAIROBI · REMOTE WORLDWIDE
↑ public repos = what I build when nobody's watching
PG.08 — HOW I WORK
THE MISSION
PROCESS · PLAN → BUILD → LAUNCH · NO SURPRISESThree steps. Clear prices. You always know what happens next.
STEP 1 — THE PLANWe agree on the problem and the price first. Free calls until we do — then one short brief, both signatures.
STEP 2 — THE BUILDYou see progress every Friday. Direct access to me all week. No black boxes, no surprises.
STEP 3 — THE LAUNCHYour product goes live with monitoring and a full handover guide. 30 days of support included.
PG.09 — PROOF, NOT PROMISES
THE RECEIPTS
TRACK RECORD · REAL NUMBERS FROM SHIPPED WORKclaims are cheap. here are the receipts.
$10K+
Safari bookings, year one
INSIDE NAIROBI TOURS · CO-FOUNDED
#1
Google rank, niche Nairobi keywords
ORGANIC · ZERO AD SPEND
0
Chargebacks & refund disputes
HIGH-TRUST BOOKING FLOW
8
Live products in the wild
TAPTAP · INT · FINAKI · +5 MORE
30
Days post-launch support, standard
EVERY ENGAGEMENT, NO EXTRAS
100%
Fixed-price quotes after the first call
NO HOURLY SURPRISES, EVER
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Imran is a highly talented and dedicated web developer. His work on our project was exceptional — he delivered beyond our expectations.
HARRISON MWENDWA · CLIENT, WEB PROJECT
SHIPPED & RUNNING:
TAPTAPORB21INSIDE NAIROBI TOURS
+ SCHOOLS, STARTUPS & ORGS
PG.10 — QUESTIONS?
DEAR IMRAN
FAQ · THE ANSWERS CLIENTS ACTUALLY NEEDthe letters page. ask me anything else by email.
HOW MUCH DOES A PROJECT COST? +
Fixed price per project, never hourly. After a free first call I send a one-page brief with the price, the work, and the timeline — usually within 48 hours. You approve the price before any code exists.
HOW LONG DOES THE FIRST VERSION TAKE? +
Typically 30–60 days from signed agreement to a live product — the same way I ran things at Orb21. You see a working demo every Friday, so you always know exactly where things stand.
DO YOU WORK WITH EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS? +
Yes — when there's a real customer problem and a real timeline. I don't build free apps for equity-only deals; I did that math already.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE, AND DO YOU WORK REMOTE? +
Yes and yes. Based in Nairobi (EAT, UTC+3), working remote-worldwide with overlapping hours for most time zones. Every message gets a reply within 24 hours. I take a small number of engagements per quarter so each one gets full attention.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER LAUNCH? +
Everything handed over — full documentation, a how-to-run-it guide, and monitoring — plus 30 days of support after launch included. Want me on call after that? We agree on it up front. You'll never be stranded.
CAN YOU SIGN AN NDA? +
Yes. Send yours and I'll counter-sign within 24 hours — before any technical discussion, if you prefer.
OK… WHY THE PLATYPUS? +
He's the site mascot: looks like he does nothing all day… then quietly ships everything. Semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal of action. Honestly? A little on the nose.
FINAL PAGE — CONTACT
YOUR MOVE.
one email → i reply within 24 hours, nairobi time
FREELANCE · TECHNICAL ADVISING · A FEW LONG-FORM ENGAGEMENTS A YEAR