The developer who says “let me figure it out”

I’m Rajan. I’ve spent 13 years and 200+ projects learning one lesson over and over: businesses don’t need more software — they need software that fits.

I started where most freelancers do: websites, online stores, fixes and features — 129 completed Upwork jobs with a 5.0★ rating taught me how to ship reliably for clients I’d never met. I stopped taking marketplace work a couple of years ago — these days the projects come from clients I already build for, and from people who found this site. The work that changed my career was bigger: becoming the long-term technical partner for a US trucking company, building the TMS their 60+ employees run on every day — live right now at tms.shmtransport.com.

Their CEO has a name for me — the jugaadi developer. It’s a Hindi word for someone who always finds a way. Since 2024, in everything we’ve built together, I’ve never told them something is impossible. I say “let me figure it out” — and then I do. That answer is why one project became three, including an AI agent that cold-calls prospects for their sales team.

Where I’m going

Today I work with AI daily — not as a buzzword but as a tool that changed the economics of custom software. Builds that took quarters now take weeks. Systems that needed a full-time operator now run themselves. I’m growing Build with Rajan into a small studio around that idea, and turning the SHM TMS into a product (RateconHQ) for other carriers.

How I work

• Direct. You talk to the person building your system — no layers.
• Fast answers. Within an hour, day or night; my own AI assistant covers while I sleep.
• US-friendly hours. Based in India, scheduled around my clients’ time zones.
• No lock-in. You own the code, the servers, and the data. Always.