Mohamed Bashir

ProductDesignTechnology

I design and build products, and write all of the code with AI. I lead product at Nasiye, Somalia's leading streaming platform.

This site is where I keep notes on what I make, so I remember how it came together.

Work

Past work, broken down. How it was, what I changed, and how it shipped.

  1. Redesigning Nasiye, the first timeUser interviews locally and in the Somali diaspora informed our research, design, and prototyping.Redesign2025
  2. Nasiye v3: designing it againThe redesign worked, then Nasiye outgrew it. More content, kids, TV and live. This is the second design solution.Redesign2026

For fun

Apps I design for myself, because I wish they existed.

  1. Iqra, a quieter daily practiceA Quran, du'a and tasbih app, with a ring that counts your dhikr.Side project2026
  2. Wish, the wallet I wish existedMobile money, redesigned three ways. One job: see, send and understand your money.Side project2026
  3. Hiddo, the first Somali UI libraryThe open foundation for Somali digital products. I'm preparing v1.Side project2026

Logbook

Typing scores, what I'm watching this week, design notes and small things I build for fun.

  1. Hiddo, the first Somali UI library. Preparing v1in progress
  2. Plaininvoice, invoices without the admintry it ↗
  3. Craft Note 002: Waiting Is Part of the ExperienceDoherty
  4. Craft Note 001: Complexity Has to Live SomewhereTesler
  5. Play button, six variants, prototyped in codeFigma
  6. Video scrubber that shows buffered timeFigma

Writing

  1. Redesigning Nasiye through user research
  2. Waiting Is Part of the ExperienceCraft Note 002
  3. Complexity Has to Live SomewhereCraft Note 001

Shelf

What I'm reading right now.

Reading

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The story of success: why some people do so much better than others, and how much of it is timing, practice and where you start.

2008309 pages↻ Drag to turn

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