Abi Raja
Founder at WhimsyWorks, Inc.
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAbi Raja is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 17 years of experience building product-focused web and mobile experiences from startup proofs-of-concept to acquisitions. Based in New York, they currently lead WhimsyWorks, shipping projects like Pico and Screenshot To Code while drawing on prior leadership as Head of Engineering at Patio and a technical product manager role at Lifion by ADP. Abi blends hands-on front-end expertise in React, TypeScript, and Tailwind with UX-focused documentation work—contributing notable improvements to Expo’s docs and tooling to make developer flows and mobile views smoother. Early-stage founder experience includes PeerCDN, a Mozilla-supported project that was acquired by Yahoo!, where Abi later rebuilt Yahoo’s video player at scale. Comfortable toggling between coding, product strategy, and developer UX, they have a Stanford CS background and a knack for turning screenshots and ideas into practical, polished interfaces.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
NUS High School of Mathematics & ScienceBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Stanford University
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
abi/screenshot-to-code
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025
Drop in a screenshot and convert it to clean code (HTML/Tailwind/React/Vue)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 85 PRs, 423 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Abi added a basic UI with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS to the screenshot-to-code project. They implemented an image upload component using react-dropzone for screenshot input. Furthermore, they integrated code preview and mobile/desktop view. The primary focus was to build the user interface components and functionality using React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
expo/expo
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
An open-source framework for making universal native apps with React. Expo runs on Android, iOS, and the web.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:121 commits, 8 comments, 4 issues in 9 months
Contributions summary:Abi primarily contributed to the documentation of the Expo framework, making numerous improvements to the documentation website. They focused on enhancing the UI/UX of the documentation by replacing navigation elements, adding search functionality, and making the documentation mobile-friendly. Their work involved modifying React components, CSS, and layouts, demonstrating a focus on improving the user experience and the overall presentation of the documentation.
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