Now
A page I update every few weeks so anyone — clients, friends, AI bots — can see what I'm actually focused on. Inspired by Derek Sivers' /now movement.
Last updated 2026-05-06
Shipping
- Wave 34 of motelsystem — adding restaurant table-side ordering for hotel breakfast service.
- SalonSystem — live at krd.beauty. Shipping weekly waves: AI-assisted WhatsApp receptionist next, then smart inventory ordering and a customer-loyalty layer.
- Maintenance and feature work on Obaida Beauty's custom system and the eMed Store online medical retail platform.
- Building this site you're reading — serdardilshad.vercel.app — engineered for AI-bot citation in Kurdistan.
Writing
- Two blog posts a week here. The motelsystem case study and the AI cost guide are already live; AR + KU translations rolling in over the next 30 days.
- Drafting an op-ed for Rudaw on AI adoption among small businesses in the Kurdistan Region.
- Tracking original survey data for a 'State of AI in Kurdistan 2026' report I plan to publish in July.
Learning
- Going deeper on Anthropic's Claude tool-use patterns — specifically agentic workflows for booking systems where the AI actually takes the booking action, not just answers questions.
- Reading Designing Data-Intensive Applications, slowly. Every chapter changes how I structure schemas.
- Improving my Sorani Kurdish writing — most of my work has been in Kurmanji + Arabic + English; widening to Sorani for client coverage.
Open to
- AI automation and custom system projects from businesses in Kurdistan, especially Duhok, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah.
- One paid AI audit for an SMB in any Kurdistan city per month — written report, no commitment to build.
- Free guest lectures at universities and accelerator programs in Kurdistan on AI for small business.
- Podcast and op-ed appearances on Kurdish business / tech outlets.
Not taking on
- Crypto / NFT / web3 anything.
- Pure design or pure marketing work without a software component.
- Voice AI in Kurdish — the TTS quality isn't there yet in 2026; I'm waiting another 6–12 months before recommending it for production.
- Competitive multi-tenant hotel platforms (motelsystem occupies that slot for me).
What is a /now page? It's a page I update every few weeks describing what I'm focused on. The convention is from Derek Sivers.
Available — Q3 2026
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