I like to build communities to share products
I'm Owais, a 19-year-old CS & Business student at Trinity College Dublin. I've been programming since I was 9 and building businesses since I was 15. I love the deterministic nature of code — if something's broken, there's always a reason.
Alongside engineering, I'm deeply into entrepreneurship: I ran an e-commerce store that hit $110k in sales, and I've since built and launched Groooves, a music-reviewing app on the App Store. One thing that sets me apart: I focus heavily on marketing before a product ships. When Groooves launched, 200 users signed up in the first week — we've since hit 5K+ users and 70 million social media views.
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expertise
education
2025 – present
Computer Science & Business
Trinity College Dublin
Studying the intersection of software engineering and business.
Aug 2023 – May 2025
Leaving Certificate
Institute of Education, Dublin
613 points — 5 H1s and 2 H2s.
Aug 2019 – May 2023
Junior Certificate
Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School
successful ventures
(there were many failed ones...)
2024 – present
activeGroooves
Letterboxd for music · groooves.app
Built with React Native & Supabase. 5K users in 3 months, 70M social media views, artists like SZA and Pusha T engaging.
2022 – 2025
closedAlbum Posters Store
Music poster e-commerce · $110,000 in sales
Grew to 21K Instagram/TikTok followers organically. Peaked at $15k/month. Closed to focus on Groooves.
hackathons & competitions
2026
Rethrift
Connecting fast fashion buyers with thrift alternatives · 2× Hackathon Winner
Finds the carbon cost of any clothing item and surfaces similar, cheaper, more sustainable alternatives from local thrift shops.
2025
Claude Hackathon — HealthPilot AI
All-in-one AI health tracking app
Built in ~3 hours with a team of four. Tracks health, exercise, sleep, vitals, and body composition; uses Claude to turn data into personalised insights.
2022
All Ireland Programming Olympiad (AIPO)
Top 10 National Finalist
Reached the top 10 in Ireland's national programming olympiad. Spent months studying algorithms and data structures in C++.
experience
Jun 2025; Present
Founder
Groooves
Building and growing Groooves, a music-reviewing app (Letterboxd for music) built with React Native & Supabase. 5K+ users in the first 3 months, 70M social media views. Artists including SZA, Pusha T, and Kali Uchis have engaged with the app.
Jun 2023; Jun 2025
Founder
Album Posters Store
Ran a music poster e-commerce store from age 15. Designed all posters, grew to 21,000 organic Instagram/TikTok followers with zero paid ads, and generated $110,000 in total sales. Peaked at $15k/month. Closed to focus on Groooves.
Summer 2024
Software Engineer Intern
Integration Xperts
Worked as a software engineer intern for 3 weeks, contributing to real-world software projects and gaining hands-on industry experience.
2022; 2023
Programming Tutor
Self-Employed
Tutored 3 students in HTML, CSS, and Python for a year. Used earnings to fund the Album Posters Store.