Hi DEV Community! 👋
I'm Raqeeba Yasin, a Computer Science graduate from Gujrat, Pakistan. This is my first post here, and I wanted to introduce myself properly.
Who I am
I build full-stack web and mobile apps, and I'm especially interested in AI and cybersecurity. I graduated this year (August 2026) with a BS in Computer Science from the University of the Punjab, and I've spent the last few years learning by building real things.
What I've been working on
🏥 Smart Polio Record & Monitoring Portal (my final year project)
A bilingual (Urdu/English) public health platform that replaces paper-based polio vaccination records with a real-time system. I designed it for field health workers in low-connectivity areas. It uses React and React Native on the front end, Flask and PostgreSQL on the back end, an in-app chatbot for vaccinators, and district dashboards so supervisors can spot coverage gaps.
⚖️ QanoonSathi AI (National Gen AI Hackathon finalist)
An AI legal-literacy platform that makes Pakistani law easier to understand through a conversational interface grounded in verified legal sources. I led the front end and the team's repository organization in a 6-member team. We reached the national finals (HEC Pakistan × Pak Angels).
🔐 AI-Based Intrusion Detection System (research preprint)
Under the supervision of Dr. Muhammad Adeel, I wrote a preprint on using machine learning to classify network threats and detect anomalies in real time. Version 1 is published on SSRN, Zenodo, GitHub and Academia.edu, and I'm now working on version 2 with more models, more datasets and deeper benchmarking.
A few more highlights
- 🏆 Competed in 4 hackathons (3 international, 1 national) and peaked at #52 on the lablab.ai global leaderboard
- 📊 Scored 80.6% on Pakistan's National IT Skill Competency Test (HEC/MoITT)
- 🛠️ Led AUREX, a 10+ member student software house, from idea to delivery
- 👥 Led a 1,000+ student community as a Senior Wing Leader
- 📚 Published a book, The Amaya Principle: By the Time You See It, It Has Already Begun, available on Amazon
My tech stack
React, Next.js, React Native, Node.js, Python (Flask), Kotlin, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker, Jenkins and CI/CD.
What I learned so far
- Build for the real user. Designing for field workers with weak internet changed how I think about performance and simplicity.
- Teamwork beats solo talent. Hackathons and leading AUREX taught me that clear communication and organized repos matter as much as code.
- Security should come early. Researching intrusion detection made me see how much better systems get when you think about threats from day one.
What I'll share here
I plan to write about my projects and the mistakes I made building them, beginner-friendly explanations of AI and cybersecurity topics, DevOps basics (Docker, CI/CD), and my hackathon experiences.
Let's connect! 🤝
I'm open to internships, collaborations and relocation opportunities, and I'd love to learn from this community.
💬 I'd love to hear from you:
- What's one piece of advice you'd give a fresh graduate in tech?
- Which topic should I write about first: my intrusion detection research, building the polio portal, or hackathon lessons?
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to connecting with you all! 🚀
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