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Prince Shammah

Building at the intersection of craft and code.

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01 // Selected Work

Projects I've built

A selection of projects I've worked on — from client work to personal experiments.

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Marcus Cassel

2024

A memorial website for the Marcus Lives Foundation, honoring Marcus Ray Cassel and supporting young people through sports, education, and faith.

  • Laravel
  • Ionos
  • GitHub Actions
Case study Live
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Nollyflix

2024

A streaming front-end for Nigerian cinema, built on the TMDB API with a fast, image-first browsing experience.

  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • TMDB API
Case study Live

Video Plucker

2024

A desktop video downloader built with Rust and Tauri — paste a link, pick a quality, save to disk.

  • Rust
  • Tauri
  • TypeScript
Case study Live
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Powersuite

2024

A company website for Powersuite, built with React and Tailwind CSS.

  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vercel
Case study Live
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OAKK Care

2024

A website for OAKK Care RCFE, a board and care residential facility offering compassionate senior care in Carson, CA.

  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
Case study Live
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02 // Software

Apps & tools

Desktop and mobile apps I've built and maintain.

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Video Plucker

Pluck videos from YouTube, X, TikTok & more — straight to disk

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Video Plucker for Android

Video Plucker on your phone — browse, tap, download

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Video Plucker Extension

Send videos from your browser to the desktop app in one click

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AdGuard Manager

Local adblock DNS proxy with per-app bandwidth monitoring

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03 // Writing

Latest posts

Thoughts on development, tools, and the occasional rabbit hole.

The Windows 11 Start Menu Is a React App — And That's a Problem

With the launch of Windows 11, Microsoft promised a more modern, fluid, and responsive user experience. However, under the hood, one controversial decision has sparked debates among developers, power users, and system performance enthusiasts alike.

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Mastering Axios + React Query Invalidation for Better Data Fetching

When building React apps, data fetching is one of the trickiest parts to get right. You need to fetch, cache, revalidate, and sometimes manually update your data when the server changes.

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Why I Ditched Electron for Desktop Development

I built a desktop downloader with Rust and Tauri because Electron kept eating my RAM. Here's how that went.

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04 // Contact

Let's build something

Have a project in mind, or just want to chat? I'm always open to new opportunities and interesting conversations.

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