Bismillah…
I am a curios kid who turned into an engineering generalist. I am 30 years old at this point in my life when I am writing this.
I used to take apart toys and random appliances when I was a kid, not because they were broken, but because I wanted to see what’s inside. Later, I picked up programming. Then came robotics, image processing, AI, hardware design, mobile apps, and countless other software and hardware projects—for clients, companies, and just for fun.
I never said “I don’t know how to do that” and backed off. Instead, I learned what was needed—on the go, in the middle of the job, while the clock was ticking. It was chaotic sometimes, but I loved the challenge.
Eventually, I joined Synopsys and got deep into ASIC verification. On the side, I kept hacking on personal projects, each one teaching me something new. I gained a wide range of skills.
But at some point I started asking: Should I continue as a generalist forever?
And the answer felt like a no.
The Question That Found Me
I wanted to go deep. Not just jump into whatever looked shiny. I wanted to answer one powerful question that could guide my path—something worth dedicating my life to. Something that, even when I’m gone, people might remember me by.
So I looked back at everything I’d done. Almost all of it revolved around computers. Hardware schematics, firmware, code, chips, verification—all tied to one core thing: the processor.
Then the big question hit me:
How does the ultimate processor work?
Not the ones we design.
The one that designed us.
Wait… who is “us”? My brain is me, right?
So if I study the brain… isn’t that just my brain trying to understand itself?
That idea alone is wild.
But also, beautiful.
Why the Brain?
All of this curiosity around CPUs, architecture, and computation somehow led me to the human brain—this organic computer that learns, adapts, thinks, heals, and feels.
I don’t just want to understand how it works for the sake of science.
I want to talk to it. Work with it.
Not to solve abstract math problems or create some mind-controlled future tech (though cool).
I want to ask:
Can the brain help heal the body?
Can it fix what’s broken inside us?
I’m not talking miracles or sci-fi stuff.
Just simple, humble questions like:
Why can’t the brain, which controls this whole body, help reverse something like diabetes?
Why do we leave that to pills from companies more interested in profit than real healing?
I want to explore if it’s possible—using engineering, neuroscience, and technology—to help the brain do what it’s capable of, naturally.
That’s what neuroengineering means to me.
And this blog, this category, is where I’ll document that journey.
