Shariq Hirani
Hi, I'm Shariq.
I build a few things, and break a lot of things.
Be a little reckless with new tools. Disciplined about everything else.
Right now
- Oris — Local-first meeting notes for Mac.
- Agent Inbox — A local command center for coding agents.
- AskDocs — Embeddable search and RAG for product sites.
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Offline-First Is the Baseline
Building an offline-first AI meeting recorder forced me to invert the cloud default, changing reliability, privacy claims, pricing, and the stack.
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