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Building scalable education platforms, SaaS products, and software ventures with real users and long-term value.

Abed Al Ghani Mosbah Shaaban Founder of Apelr & Senior Software Engineer

Beirut, Lebanon
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Abed Al Ghani Mosbah Shaaban
01 About

Founder Statement

I'm a full stack developer and founder working on serious, long term projects. I design and ship products end to end, from architecture and infrastructure to the interfaces people use every day. My focus is on building durable systems that create real value: education platforms, enterprise software, and ventures designed to compound over time.

20K+ Monthly Users
6+ Years Building
2 Ventures Founded
02 Experience

Experience

Poyesis

Senior Software Engineer

Own end-to-end technical delivery of a client platform across frontend and backend, from planning and technical decisions to deployment and production support, reporting directly to the team lead.

  • Take ownership of feature planning, prioritization, and implementation, aligning technical decisions with client needs.
  • Collaborate directly with the client in weekly meetings to discuss feedback, shape new features, and turn ideas into actionable development plans.
  • Improve existing implementations through database query refinement, concurrent processing, and more consistent frontend data synchronization.
  • Manage deployments and ongoing production support, maintaining continuity from development through release.

Software Developer

Developed full stack web applications using React, Vite.js, and Tailwind CSS for the frontend, and Node.js, Nest.js, and Prisma ORM for backend services.

  • Implemented secure user authentication with Amazon Cognito.
  • Built and deployed web applications using GitHub Actions and AWS.

Full Stack Developer & Founder

Apelr

Build and maintain a nationwide education platform hosting Brevet and Baccal aureate official exams (GS, LS, SE, LH), serving over 20K monthly active users.

  • Design an intuitive user interface that enables fast exam access and easy navigation, helping students study efficiently across multiple devices and browsers.
  • Manage content curation and classification by academic level and subject, ensuring consistent updates and quality material aligned with official Lebanese curriculum standards.
  • Oversee platform growth strategies, including SEO optimization and social media outreach, resulting in increased engagement, retention, and organic traffic from students across Lebanon.
  • Technologies used: TurboRepo, EC2, RDS, S3, Next.js, Vite.js, Nestjs, Radix UI.
03 Capabilities

What I bring to the table

Grouped by how I create value, not by tools alone.

Product Engineering

Translating business requirements into shipped products. From user flows and system design to polished interfaces that people actually use.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTanStack StartDesign Systems

Full Stack Development

Complete ownership across frontend, backend, databases, and deployment. I build systems I can maintain and scale.

Node.jsNestJSPostgreSQLPrismaConvex

Systems Thinking

Architecting for reliability, maintainability, and growth. Monorepos, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure that supports long term product evolution.

AWSDockerTurboRepoCloudflareGitHub Actions

Growth & Analytics

SEO, analytics, and data informed decisions. Understanding what users do and optimizing for reach, retention, and organic growth.

PostHogGoogle AnalyticsSEO

AI Product Thinking

Integrating AI into products with intention, augmenting workflows and learning experiences without replacing human judgment.

OpenAIAI SDKLLM IntegrationPrompt Engineering

Business Building

Founding and operating ventures from zero. Content strategy, user acquisition, and building products that sustain themselves over time.

ApelrGegabase

Technologies I work with

A broader snapshot of the languages, frameworks, platforms, and tools reflected across my GitHub work and professional projects.

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonPHPDartJavaSwiftC++C#LiquidHTMLCSSSQL

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTanStack StartTanStack RouterTanStack QueryTanStack DevtoolsVueSvelteAstroViteTailwind CSSRadix UIReact Hook FormZodZustand

Backend & Desktop

Node.jsNestJSExpressLaravelFastAPIElectronFlutterSocket.IOArduino

AI Technologies & Coding Agents

CodexClaude CodeopencodeVMLXOpenAIAnthropicCursorChatGPTGitHub CopilotVercel AI SDKOpenAI Agents SDKMCPOllamaElevenLabsLocal LLMsPrompt Engineering

Data, Auth & Cloud

PostgreSQLPrismaConvexWorkOSWorkOS AuthKitFirebaseSupabaseAWSCloudflareNetlifyVercelAzureDockerTerraformShopify

Tooling & Quality

GitPnpmBunTurborepoGitHub ActionsVitestESLintPrettier

Product & Design Tools

VS CodePyCharmFigmaAdobe XDIllustratorPhotoshopWordPowerPointExcelGoogle DriveGoogle DocsGoogle Sheets
04 Featured Work

Featured Work

Selected ventures and products, built for impact, not portfolios.

LEC

Language Immersion Platform

Enterprise backoffice managing language immersion programs with role based access for student registrations, bookings, travel, and accommodation logistics across international operations.

Impact Complete platform replacing fragmented manual workflows

Vite.jsNest.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQL +4
Full Stack Developer
Phonak
1,000+ users

Phonak

Enterprise VIP Network Platform

Custom platform for one of the global leaders in hearing aid solutions, serving 1,000+ VIP network members with full design ownership and Phonak web services integration.

Impact 1,000+ VIP members served with 100% custom development

TanStack StartTanStack QueryTanStack RouterZustandReact Hook Form +1

Maison Minceur

Wellness Center Operations

Backoffice platform for a premium wellness and slimming center operating across multiple locations in France, unifying operations, client management, and coordination across sites.

Impact Operations across several locations unified in a single platform

Next.jsNest.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQL +4
Full Stack Developer
Gegabase

Gegabase

Email Collection Infrastructure

No code email collection tool enabling branded landing pages with instant CSV export, built for small businesses that need simple, effective lead capture without complex tooling.

Impact Streamlined email collection for growing businesses

Next.jsTailwind CSSPrismaPostgreSQL
Phantom Strategy Lab

Phantom Strategy Lab

Solana Portfolio Dashboard

Local first Phantom wallet dashboard for Solana balances, portfolio exposure, liquidity risk, and Jupiter enriched token data.

TypeScriptSolanaPhantom WalletJupiterWeb3
Local TTS Gateway

Local TTS Gateway

Offline Voice API Gateway

Local FastAPI gateway for offline TTS and STT with OpenAI and APIs compatible with ElevenLabs, WebSockets, and realtime conversation flows.

PythonFastAPITTSSTTWebSockets +1
Hiring Agent

Hiring Agent

AI Resume Evaluation Workflow

AI guided resume evaluation and scoring workflow, extended from a fork with VMLX support.

PythonAIResume EvaluationVMLX

05 Main Venture

Apelr

Lebanon's education infrastructure for official exam preparation.

Apelr is a nationwide educational platform hosting official Brevet and Baccalaureate exam documents across all sections, serving students, teachers, and parents with structured, curriculum aligned resources.

Building toward AI guided learning that deepens understanding rather than replacing it, creating long term education infrastructure for Lebanon.

20K+ Monthly Active Users
3000+ Exam Documents
4+ Years Operating
Next.jsNestJSPostgreSQLAWSTurboRepo
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Apelr
06 Background

Education and professional certifications

A Education

BSc Computer Science

Lebanese International University

Sep 2022 to Jan 2026

B Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals AZ-900

Microsoft

ID: wBNCv-2FqG

Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp

SE Factory

University of London BSc Computer Science Orientation Course

University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London

ID: P42PPXJRKSTE

CCNA: Introduction to Networks

Cisco Networking Academy

ID: dae02ed0-b708-44fd-bd13-423fb90f5e94

CCNA: Introduction to Networks Course Completion

Cisco Networking Academy

AI or Your Students? You Don't Have To Pick One

McGraw Hill
07 Innovation

Patents & Inventions

Spoti

A software that helps you park your car faster. Spoti analyzes real time data coming from a camera and detects vacant and occupied parking slots. Then it sends those information to a database where any user check those information on the website.

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08 Principles

How I operate

The standards behind every project and decision.

Discipline over motivation

Consistency beats inspiration. Show up, ship, and iterate, regardless of how you feel on any given day.

Long term thinking

Build assets that compound. Optimize for durability and value creation, not quick wins.

Build useful things

Products should solve real problems for real people. Utility is the foundation of everything worth building.

Own the outcome

Take responsibility from concept to deployment. If it ships, it's on me, and that's how it should be.

Move with taste

Details matter. Design, copy, and craft reflect the seriousness of what you're building.

Create value before asking for value

Lead with contribution. Trust and opportunity follow builders who deliver first.

Contact

Discuss an Opportunity

Open to meaningful collaborations, ventures, and long term projects. Reach out when the work is serious.

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