# Muhammad Abdugafarov > AI Product Engineer and founder of Lookona Labs. Co-Founder & CTO at FynexAI. I build AI agents that live inside the tools real businesses already use, measured by growth and revenue — not feature counts. This is the personal site of Muhammad Abdugafarov, based in Khujand, Tajikistan. I run two parallel ventures: Lookona Labs (a focused portfolio of AI agent products for finance and business automation) and FynexAI (separate company; Voice AI and agentic systems for fintechs and financial institutions, with focus on Central Asian languages). My engineering roots are deep in Python/Django and C#/.NET, built across large ERP and enterprise systems. I write in English here and in Russian on my Telegram channel "Rational Optimist". ## About - [About Muhammad Abdugafarov](https://muhammads.site/about): Background, current roles (Lookona Labs, FynexAI, ex-SRP Engineering Team Lead), expertise across AI Product Engineering, backend, product, and community work. ## Posts - [Building AI Agents with Google ADK: What I Taught at GDG Khujand](https://muhammads.site/posts/building-ai-agents-with-google-adk-workshop): I spent two and a half hours walking 20 Python developers through Google's Agent Development Kit — from a 12-line hello-agent to multi-agent systems with evaluation. Here's the full path, with code from all eight workshop checkpoints. - [BloomX: A Cognitive Growth Framework for Software Engineers](https://muhammads.site/posts/bloomx-taxonomy-framework-for-engineers): Career growth isn't about years of experience — it's about deepening how you think. BloomX adapts Bloom's Taxonomy into a practical model for engineering levels, from Junior to Principal, helping you and your team measure what actually matters. - [AI Agents vs Traditional Software: What's Really Changing and Where's the Value](https://muhammads.site/posts/ai-agents-vs-traditional-software): Why agentic systems are becoming the foundation of a new generation of software and how they change development approaches. This article includes practical checklists and metrics for implementing AI agents. - [OData-Compliant APIs for Django](https://muhammads.site/posts/odata-compliant-apis-for-django): Introducing django-odata: A package that brings OData-compliant APIs to Django with minimal effort, enabling powerful querying capabilities for your REST APIs. - [How to Build AI Agents: A Practical Guide for New Developers](https://muhammads.site/posts/how-to-build-ai-agents-practical-guide): AI agents are a new direction in development where the market of specialists is still small, but interest from companies is growing. This practical guide shows how to get started with building AI agents and why this field opens new opportunities for developers. - [Customizing GitHub Copilot in VS Code for Professional Development: Practical Experience](https://muhammads.site/posts/customizing-github-copilot-in-vscode): Learn how to customize GitHub Copilot in VS Code to match your team's coding standards, architectural decisions, and style guides. A practical guide with step-by-step instructions for implementing custom instructions. - [AI Agents: A New Stage in the Evolution of User Experience](https://muhammads.site/posts/ai-agents-new-stage-in-evolution-of-user-experience): AI agents are autonomous software systems that perceive the environment, make decisions, and perform actions to achieve set goals without constant human oversight. This article explores how AI agents are transforming user experience and business processes. - [Software 3.0: How AI and Large Language Models Are Transforming the Digital World](https://muhammads.site/posts/software-3-0-how-ai-and-llms-are-transforming-digital-world): This article is a retelling and analysis of the main ideas from Andrej Karpathy's talk 'Software Is Changing', dedicated to the impact of artificial intelligence and large language models on the future of software. - [AI Tools for Development: A Practical Selection Guide](https://muhammads.site/posts/ai-tools-for-development-practical-guide): AI assistants are fundamentally changing the development process — from idea to production. They accelerate MVP creation, reduce time-to-market, and allow you to focus on business logic rather than routine code. This review analyzes six modern solutions for different tasks and expertise levels. - [The Coming Wave: How AI and Synthetic Biology Will Shape Our Future](https://muhammads.site/posts/the-coming-wave-ai-synthetic-biology): A review of Mustafa Suleyman's book 'The Coming Wave', exploring the transformative potential and existential risks of AI and synthetic biology. - [The Clean Coder: Elevating Software Engineering Beyond Code](https://muhammads.site/posts/the-clean-coder-review): A review of Robert C. Martin's 'The Clean Coder', exploring the qualities of professionalism, ethics, and effective collaboration that define a true software engineer. - [Where to Write Business Logic in Django: A Beginner's Guide](https://muhammads.site/posts/where-to-write-business-logic-in-django): Deciding where to house business logic in Django can be daunting. Explore options like Views, Forms, Models, and Service Layers to make informed decisions for your project. ## Projects and Talks - [Projects](https://muhammads.site/projects): Active products and open-source work, including Lookona Labs portfolio and Django OData. - [Talks](https://muhammads.site/talks): Public talks on AI agents, software engineering, product judgment, and engineering leadership at GDG, .NET communities, DjangoCon, and other events. ## Ventures - [Lookona Labs](https://lookona.com): My founder venture. AI agent products for finance and business automation. Active products: Aziza (AI sales agent on top of existing CRMs), RestOS (restaurant automation SaaS), Ovozly (AI call center QA agent), FinMan (business accounting SaaS — paused). - [FynexAI](https://fynexai.com): Separate company where I'm Co-Founder & CTO. Voice AI and agentic systems for fintechs and financial institutions, with focus on local language support (Tajik, Uzbek). ## Contact - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/muhammad-abdugafarov): Primary professional channel and inbound for collaboration. - [GitHub (dev-muhammad)](https://github.com/dev-muhammad): Open-source projects, including django-odata. - [Telegram Channel "Rational Optimist"](https://t.me/rational_optimist): Russian-language reflections on AI, engineering, and building. - [Email](mailto:hi@muhammads.site): Direct contact. ## Optional - [Sitemap (XML)](https://muhammads.site/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable site index for crawlers. - [Robots](https://muhammads.site/robots.txt): Crawler directives.