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Production work, real outcomes.

Riseup Asia products alongside clearly attributed past work by our Chief Software Engineer.


Chief Software Engineer’s Work

Alim’s past work, not with Riseup Asia.

AI testing platform

Validata

No-code AI testing for financial services.

A no-code AI testing platform for financial services that plugs into DevOps tooling and core banking systems such as Temenos, covering functional, regression, mobile, API and payments testing.

PythonDockerMongoDBAWSJava

Project details on request

Alim Ul Karim
Led by Alim Ul Karim
Validata logo

Alim’s past work, not with Riseup Asia.

20+

banking clients worldwide

  • 95% reduction in test design effort
  • 60% less time on test data preparation
  • 80% fewer environment provisioning delays
  • 100% no-code automation
  • 20x faster productivity
  • 25x faster delivery speed
Automated testing platform

AutoUT

AI-generated unit tests for large Java and C# codebases.

An AI-powered unit test automation platform for large-scale Java and C# applications. It generates, runs and optimises tests, integrates with CI/CD and produces maintainable suites on enterprise codebases.

JavaC#CI/CD

Project details on request

Alim Ul Karim
Led by Alim Ul Karim
Crossover logo

Alim’s past work, not with Riseup Asia.

50K+

lines of code covered

  • Automates 100+ unit tests
  • Integrates 3 engines
  • 50%+ coverage on legacy code
  • 30-40% faster execution
  • 100% standards compliance
Consumer-scale infrastructure

PersonalVPN

High-speed, no-logs VPN across 29 countries.

A secure, high-speed VPN service by WiTopia with 300+ servers across 29 countries, 256-bit AES encryption with 4096-bit key authentication, a strict no-logs policy and 24/7 in-house support.

NetworkingInfrastructureMobile

Project details on request

Alim Ul Karim
Led by Alim Ul Karim
personalVPN by WiTopia logo

Alim’s past work, not with Riseup Asia.

50K+

downloads

  • 300+ servers across 29 countries
  • Supports 8 devices at once
  • 5+ protocols including WireGuard and Stealth Mode
  • 256-bit AES with 4096-bit key authentication
  • 24/7 in-house expert support
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
Developer CLI

GitMap

Scan, clone and manage repositories from one command-line tool.

A cross-platform, Windows-first Git repository scanner, manager and navigator built to catalogue, clone and operate across many repositories from one CLI.

GoPowerShellShellGit
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GitMap terminal demonstration showing repository management commands
GitMap terminal demonstration

Open source

Go command-line tool

  • Scans and catalogues Git repositories
  • Parallel repository cloning
  • Cross-platform release installers
  • Repository navigation and management
Browser automation

Marco Chrome Extension

Workspace automation and deterministic macro execution in Chrome.

A Manifest V3 Chrome extension for workspace management, credit monitoring and AI-driven macro execution, supported by a modular script architecture and a Windows AutoHotkey sidecar.

TypeScriptJavaScriptChromeAutoHotkey
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Marco Chrome Extension projects interface
Marco Chrome Extension interface

Manifest V3

Chrome extension

  • Browser-side workspace automation
  • Credit monitoring workflows
  • AI-driven macro execution
  • Windows AutoHotkey sidecar
Environment automation

Dev Tools Setup Scripts

One-command development environment setup without manual installs.

An automated development-environment toolkit for configuring languages, databases, containers and local AI tooling through modular PowerShell and shell workflows.

PowerShellShellPythonWindows
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One command

Development setup

  • Modular environment setup scripts
  • Languages, databases and container tooling
  • Interactive grouped installer menu
  • Audit and health-check workflows
Engineering standards

Coding Guidelines by Alim

An opinionated, AI-first framework for predictable code quality.

A strict but adaptable engineering standards framework for Go, TypeScript, PHP, Rust and C#, designed around shallow control flow, testable code and consistent AI-assisted development.

GoTypeScriptPHPRustC#
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5 languages

Engineering framework

  • Language-specific engineering standards
  • Shallow control-flow conventions
  • CI-ready enforcement tooling
  • Graduated adoption levels for teams
Media library CLI

Movie CLI

Organise a personal movie and TV library from the terminal.

A cross-platform Go tool that scans local video folders, cleans filenames, fetches TMDb metadata, stores a library in SQLite and supports moving, renaming and undoing file operations.

GoSQLiteTMDbCLI

Private engineering tool

Concept artwork representing a terminal-managed movie library
Movie library management interface

Private tool

Go and SQLite

  • Local folder scanning and metadata matching
  • Clean file moving and renaming
  • Undo support for file operations
  • Library search, suggestions and statistics
Software project

Game Engine

Game Engine

A project our Chief Software Engineer has worked on.

Project details on request

Concept artwork representing a custom game engine development environment
Game engine development interface

Game Engine

Software engineering project

    Our Engineers’ Work

    Products designed, built and shipped by our engineers

    On-device AI chat

    LLM Player

    100% private, offline AI chat.

    Most AI chat apps depend on the cloud, which raises privacy and data-control concerns. LLM Player runs models locally and lets people switch models easily in a fast, lightweight interface, so conversations stay on the device.

    On-device AIAndroidPrivacy

    Available on Google Play

    LLM Player launch screenLLM Player on-device model interfaceLLM Player private chat interface

    4.9

    rating · 500+ downloads

    • Offline chat and private processing
    • Model library with bulk download
    • Storage control and progress tracking
    • Easy search and smarter prompts
    • Premium access and dark mode
    Transcription app

    Meeting Transcript

    Built for long conversations. No limits.

    Fast, accurate speech-to-text in a simple interface. Convert audio to text, organise transcripts with ease and keep meetings, lectures, interviews and content sessions on record without a time cap.

    Speech-to-textAndroidAI summaries

    Available on Google Play

    Meeting Transcript timeline screenMeeting Transcript recording interfaceMeeting Transcript transcript view

    Unlimited

    recording and transcription

    • Unlimited recording and transcription
    • Privacy protection on recordings
    • AI summaries and task highlights
    • Clearer audio and enhanced voice
    • Calendar sync and meeting capture
    • Interview notes, lecture capture, quick journaling

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    Ready when you are

    Put the engineeringproblem on the table.

    A senior leader will assess it.

    A focused 30-minute call with an engineering leader, not a salesperson. We define the technical risk, team shape and next step; scoped work receives a written proposal within 48 hours.

    Direct inquiry

    info@riseup-asia.com