Blog
My journey into tech, the teams I've led, and how Form24 came together — written down as I go.
Why We Priced Form24 to Undercut International Competitors
Form24's paid plans start at $4 a month. That number wasn't picked to look aggressive — it was picked because it's what actually makes sense for the businesses we're building for.
Behind the Scenes: Building Form24 with Next.js and Appwrite
A look at the stack behind Form24 — Next.js on the frontend, Appwrite as the backend — and why that combination made sense for a small team shipping fast.
Form24 vs Google Forms: Why We Built a Local Alternative
Google Forms is free and everywhere — so why build a competitor? Because free and everywhere isn't the same as built for the people actually using it here.
How Form24's AI Form Generator Actually Works
Instead of dragging fields onto a canvas, Form24 lets you describe the form you need in plain language — and generates a working form from that description.
Introducing Form24: AI-Powered Forms for the Uzbek Market
Form24 is a SaaS platform for building forms, purpose-built for Uzbekistan — localized, affordable, and integrated with the tools people already use.
Why I'm Building a Team, Not Just Projects
After the bookshop project's success, I made a decision that's shaped everything since: stop chasing individual projects, and start building a team meant to do something meaningful.
From Curiosity to Craft: How My Relationship with Code Changed
Looking back across competitions, paid projects, freelancing, and a new city, the throughline isn't any single achievement — it's how curiosity slowly turned into craft.
Working with International Collaborators as a Young Developer
Through networking, I ended up working remotely with a developer from Tajikistan, already deep into university — and being evaluated as a master by someone years ahead of me.
Rejection, Then a Yes: What Pitching Taught Me
The bookshop project only happened because we didn't stop after the first rejection. Here's what that specific sequence — no, then yes — taught me about pitching ideas.
The Bookshop Website We Built and Traded for Books
We had an idea: build bookshops a website in exchange for books, not cash. The first shop said no. The second said yes — and it became one of the best moments of the whole journey.
Building an AI Book Recommendation Engine as a School Project
After a bookshop website project, I got curious about AI — and built a school project that recommends books based on what someone's actually passionate about.
Why I Started Gifting Books Instead of Things
Reading changed enough about how I think that I started giving books as birthday gifts — a small habit that says more about my values than most things I could say directly.
Why I Read About Algorithms, Communication, and Leadership
Somewhere along the way, reading became as core to how I grew as coding was — and the mix of subjects I chose wasn't random.
How I Approach Debugging: Never Let the Team Get Stuck
The rule I've carried through every team project: don't just fix the bug, fix the person's understanding of it — so the team never gets stuck the same way twice.
Four Projects, One Year: What Shipping Repeatedly Teaches You
In my first year at the new school, my friend group shipped four projects across different tech stacks. Repetition, not any single project, is what taught me the most.
Learning to Live Independently at 15
Moving to Tashkent with my cousin meant learning to run a life, not just a project — and that skill turned out to matter as much as anything I learned about code.
Why I Moved Cities for a Specialized IT High School
At the end of 9th grade, I left my hometown for a specialized high school in Tashkent. It was the decision that turned a hobby into a trajectory.
Three Months of Freelancing as a Teenager: What I Learned
After building my first paid project, I spent three months freelancing — two real client projects and a handful of smaller gigs that taught me lessons no course could.
My First Paid Project: A B2B Platform for My Former Teacher
My old ITC teacher had a small business and an idea for a B2B platform. Building it was the first time code turned into an actual paycheck.
Business Process Modeling (BPMN) for Teenage Developers
BPMN sounded like corporate jargon until I had to use it to lead a real team project. Here's why understanding how businesses work made me a better developer, not a worse one.
Leading a 5-Person Dev Team at 15
Most of my team was older than me. Here's what it actually took to lead them through a shared project — and why age turned out to be irrelevant.
What a Free Leadership Course Taught Me About Being a Developer
After finishing my first programming course, I was invited to a free, intensive month for top students — where the lesson wasn't syntax, it was that developers need to lead, not just code.
Building My First Real Project: An E-Commerce Admin Dashboard
My certification project was a fully functional e-commerce admin dashboard — the first time I had to plan, build, and finish something without a syllabus telling me what came next.
Winning My First Programming Competition
I didn't expect to win. I was the youngest student in the room, and first place came as a genuine surprise — one that changed how I saw what was possible.
How I Started Coding at 13
Curiosity, not a career plan, is what put me in front of a keyboard at 13 — and why my family backed it before I ever wrote a line of production code.