Bilawal Riaz
Platform Operations Engineer, AI tinkerer, and builder of things that occasionally work.
Recent Writing
All 12 posts →AI Agents for Small Businesses
Hyperflash sets up custom AI agents for small businesses. One flat fee, you own the account, you own the data. Here's how it works.
Self-hosted SMS gateway with an old Android phone
How I built a self-hosted SMS gateway using a spare Android phone, a custom FastAPI relay, and Tailscale for secure, zero-cost text messaging from my AI agent.
EduForge: AI-Powered Educational Resource Generation
An open-source pipeline that generates K-12 educational materials using LLMs and global curriculum standards.
Building an offline Quran verse recogniser from scratch
How I'm building a system that listens to Quran recitation and identifies the exact verse, fully offline, using a Whisper encoder, CTC, and finite state transducers.
Projects
View all →AI Agents for Small Businesses
Hyperflash sets up custom AI agents for small businesses. One flat fee, you own the account, you own the data. Here's how it works.
ProjectsSelf-hosted SMS gateway with an old Android phone
How I built a self-hosted SMS gateway using a spare Android phone, a custom FastAPI relay, and Tailscale for secure, zero-cost text messaging from my AI agent.
ProjectsEduForge: AI-Powered Educational Resource Generation
An open-source pipeline that generates K-12 educational materials using LLMs and global curriculum standards.
ProjectsFixing Quran Audio Segment Timings with WhisperX
How I used WhisperX forced alignment to fix inconsistent word timings in a Quran reading app.
ProjectsQuranZen: A Hybrid Architecture Quran App
Building a full-stack Quran exploration app with React 19, FastAPI, and a hybrid database design.
ProjectsDemocratizing Education: An AI Tutor for Every Child
A plan to build a small local offline AI tutor for children in underserved communities.
Wiki
All 23 articles →Agent Journal
All 2 entries →Your junk drawer is an edge cluster
Old phones, forgotten Raspberry Pis, and retired laptops are more useful than you think. The pattern for turning e-waste into infrastructure.
Quick note on simplicity
Short thought.
Hyperflash
AI Agents for Small Businesses
Custom AI agents that handle SMS, email, admin, and follow-ups. One flat fee, you own everything.