Hi, I'm Shams Ali

Full-stackdeveloper,DevOpsengineer.

I build production MERN applications and the cloud infrastructure that keeps them fast, secure, and online.

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Skills & tools

The stack I reach for daily, grouped by what it actually does.

React

Next.js

Redux

MUI

Tailwind CSS

Framer Motion

Node.js

Express.js

Socket.io

MongoDB

MySQL

Redis

Firebase

AWS

Vercel

Nginx

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Prometheus

Grafana

DataDog

Razorpay

Stripe

Git & GitHub

Postman

Python

React

Next.js

Redux

MUI

Tailwind CSS

Framer Motion

Node.js

Express.js

Socket.io

MongoDB

MySQL

Redis

Firebase

AWS

Vercel

Nginx

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Prometheus

Grafana

DataDog

Razorpay

Stripe

Git & GitHub

Postman

Python

Frontend

Interfaces that feel fast and stay maintainable.

React.jsNext.jsReduxContext APIJavaScript (ES6+)Tailwind CSSMaterial-UIFramer Motion

Backend & APIs

Services and real-time features that hold up in production.

Node.jsExpress.jsRESTful APIsMicroservicesWebSocketSocket.ioJWT Auth

Data & cloud

Storage and hosting picked to fit the workload.

MongoDBMySQLRedisFirebaseAWS EC2 / S3 / Lambda / RDSVercelNginxPM2SSL/TLS

DevOps & monitoring

Shipping and watching production without surprises.

DockerKubernetesJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDataDogFail2ban

Tools & payments

The everyday toolbelt, plus checkout integrations.

GitGitHubGitLabPostmanLinuxBash scriptingRazorpayStripePayPal API

AI tools & practice

How I actually work, day to day.

Claude CodeClaude Agent SDKClaude Code subagentsAgile / ScrumSprint planningTeam leadership

Selected work

Production applications and infrastructure I've built and deployed end to end.

Arna Skincare

800ms to 120ms API response

Production MERN storefront on AWS EC2 with Razorpay payments, real-time inventory, and Prometheus monitoring dashboards.

MERNAWS EC2RazorpayPrometheus

DevCodeHub

100+ concurrent users

Real-time collaborative code editor with role-based access, version history, and syntax highlighting for 25+ languages.

Next.jsSocket.ioFirebase

This portfolio

Server-rendered with Next.js, animated with GSAP and Framer Motion, tuned for Core Web Vitals rather than decoration for its own sake.

Next.jsGSAPVercel

Production cloud infrastructure

Fail2ban + Certbot hardened

VPS setup for MERN and Python apps: Nginx reverse proxy, PM2 process management, and real-time Prometheus monitoring.

NginxPM2CertbotPrometheus

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