Rao Zaeem logoAwareness

The Lab

A Page That Can Prove I’m Also A Developer

A nerd inside me wanted to show off!

Name
Rao Zaeem
Handle
@zeystiv
Currently
Building Systivia
Based in
Karachi, Pakistan
Random fact
I like to have cats on my profile picture.

Don’t Read This

Most developer follow the same formula in their portfolio — techy design, a skills list, some projects, education, a few blog links. Honestly, when I started building this, I didn't know what I wanted. I just wanted something live on raozaeem.com. It started messy, ugly, confusing, unstructured. This is me shaping it into something that actually feels like mine.

Since you're still reading this despite being told not to — fine, I'll yap. The heading was bait. So was the little game asking for your age. Worked, though!

Here's the actual point of this section: my landing page is entirely about my philosophy — the root of who I am, the shift I believe in, why I write and put my work out publicly. There was no room left for a developer portfolio. So I built this page — the Lab, to give it one.

Projects

What I’m building

mobile-app

Systivia: Identity-Led Habits

The problem is obvious: chasing outcomes doesn't build habits. Everyone has tried it at some point and failed. But most people never find the real reason — they just blame themselves, or their ability to build habits. The truth is, the problem was never you. You were just doing it the wrong way.

We don't build habits by chasing outcomes. We build them by focusing on who we believe we already are. If you believe you're lazy, forcing yourself to the gym will never become a habit — you're fighting who you believe you are, not becoming someone new. Someone who believes they're disciplined doesn't have to force it. They just show up.

Systivia tracks your habits by tracking your identity. Not streaks, not outcomes — who you're becoming. Identity persists. That's what builds habits that last.

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community

Systivia Circle

Doing it alone is hard. Motivation fades, accountability disappears, and there's no one to notice when you show up — or when you don't. Most people trying to change end up isolated in it, and isolation is exactly where habits go to die.

Systivia was never meant to be just an app. It's an ecosystem — and this is where that ecosystem lives. A place to find people who are actually doing this too, not just followers, real connections. Share your progress, swap what's working, find someone to hold you accountable when you don't feel like it. Inspire someone on a hard day, get inspired on yours. Less a server, more a club for people building who they want to become.

Community doesn't replace identity — it reinforces it. Surround yourself with people becoming who you want to be, and becoming gets easier. That's the whole point.

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Background

Education

They say I needed it

2024 – 2026
Bachelors in Computer Science
Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi
2021 – 2023
Intermediate
Government Degree College Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 7, Karachi

Skills and tools

What I work with.

Picked out the ones that I enjoy using the most, but not limited to just these

Frontend
React JSNext JSTailwind CSSApollo ClientReact Query
Backend
Nest JSExpress JSGraphQLRest APIBullMQWebSocket
Database
PostgreSQLMySQLSQLiteMongoDBRedisDrizzlePrisma
Languages
JavascriptTypeScriptPython
CMS
KeystaticPayloadmarkdown
Mobile
React NativeExpo
Tools & DevOps
GitGitHubDigital OceanVercelNginxpm2
Linux / Systems
UbuntuArch Linux

My Setup

The everyday toolkit.

The stack that keeps me productive — a fast kernel, a desktop that stays out of the way, and tools I actually enjoy using.

System

Distro
CachyOS
Based On
Arch Linux
Kernel
Linux (CachyOS)
Desktop
KDE Plasma
Session
Wayland
Browser
Chrome
File Manager
Dolphin

Shell & Terminal

Terminal
Konsole
Shell
Fish
Prompt
Starship

Editor

Editor
Neovim
Config
LazyVim
Theme
Tokyo Night
Language
TypeScript

CLI Tools

Git TUI
LazyGit
Package Manager
pnpm
File Viewer
bat
File Finder
fd
Grep
ripgrep
Fuzzy Finder
fzf
Smart Cd
zoxide
Ls Replacement
eza
Sys Monitor
btop