00two pharaohs · egyptian · istanbul

22:23:29 UTC

We build
tools
that feel alive.

Egyptian, based in Istanbul. Bilal Fuat owns the studio and writes every line of code. Abdullah Hamid designs the surface. Together we take on a little outside work.

Meet us

0·origin

الفرعونان — من مصر إلى إسطنبول

arab republic of egypt

جمهورية مصر العربية

we are —

TWO
Pharaohs.

Egyptian · based in Istanbul, Türkiye

Raised in Cairo. Shipping from Istanbul. Answering every timezone that knocks.

istanbul · 41.00°N · 28.97°E

cairo · 30.04°N · 31.24°E

01who's who

One owner. One designer.

Bilal runs the studio and ships every line of code. Abdullah makes it look the way it does. You talk to the person doing the work, always.

Istanbul

01 / 02

Founder · Developer · Owner

Bilal Fuat

Started zlabz solo and still writes every line of the codebase. Owns the product, the rendering pipeline, and the on-call channel.

Owns

Product ownershipFull-stack engineeringVideo pipelines

Stack

Next.jsTypeScriptConvexWebCodecsKonvaNext.jsTypeScriptConvexWebCodecsKonva

bilal@zlabz.io

Istanbul

02 / 02

Graphic Designer

Abdullah Hamid

Art-directs every pixel that ships. Brand identity, editorial layouts, marketing collateral, type craft.

Owns

Brand identityEditorial designTypography

Stack

FigmaIllustratorPhotoshopInDesignFigmaIllustratorPhotoshopInDesign

abdullah@zlabz.io

02the ledgerlive

Numbers that keep us up.

Snapshot from the running app — not a marketing target.

at22:23:29 UTC

seo receipt

search query

text match cutgoogle

→ try it yourself

rank on google

in our field — earned, not bought.

organic trafficno ad spendcraft-led SEO

and the rest of the ledger

Editor modes

zlabz · newspaper · book · frames · text-morph · google-search · object-match-cut

Languages on-platform

en · ar · tr · es · de · fr · ja · ko · hi · zh · ru · pt · it · and 19 more

Render pipelines

konva canvas · remotion server

Shipped since

first commit to public beta

Heart of the editor

lines in a single well-kept file

Pharaohs

bilal builds · abdullah designs

Shared inbox

both of us answer every note

Reply time

<0h

always from a human

* every number here points to a file in the repo.

03what we do

Four things. Done well.

Product Engineering

Next.js apps, realtime backends, and the glue in between — shipped end-to-end.

Brand & Identity

Logo, type, color, and the token library that lets a team extend it later.

Motion & Video

Title sequences, product motion, and server-rendered cinematics.

Landing Pages

The site that converts because every detail earns its place.

04hire us

Like what you see?

Tell us about the project. One of us reads every note and writes back personally — no form letters, no pipeline.

select projects only

direct contact with the makers

fixed scope, fixed fee

Still reading? Say hi.

Try the editor

bilal × abdullah · zlabz studio

00two pharaohs · egyptian · istanbul

22:23:29 UTC

We build
tools
that feel alive.

Egyptian, based in Istanbul. Bilal Fuat owns the studio and writes every line of code. Abdullah Hamid designs the surface. Together we take on a little outside work.

Meet us

0·origin

الفرعونان — من مصر إلى إسطنبول

arab republic of egypt

جمهورية مصر العربية

we are —

TWO
Pharaohs.

Egyptian · based in Istanbul, Türkiye

Raised in Cairo. Shipping from Istanbul. Answering every timezone that knocks.

istanbul · 41.00°N · 28.97°E

cairo · 30.04°N · 31.24°E

01who's who

One owner. One designer.

Bilal runs the studio and ships every line of code. Abdullah makes it look the way it does. You talk to the person doing the work, always.

Istanbul

01 / 02

Founder · Developer · Owner

Bilal Fuat

Started zlabz solo and still writes every line of the codebase. Owns the product, the rendering pipeline, and the on-call channel.

Owns

Product ownershipFull-stack engineeringVideo pipelines

Stack

Next.jsTypeScriptConvexWebCodecsKonvaNext.jsTypeScriptConvexWebCodecsKonva

bilal@zlabz.io

Istanbul

02 / 02

Graphic Designer

Abdullah Hamid

Art-directs every pixel that ships. Brand identity, editorial layouts, marketing collateral, type craft.

Owns

Brand identityEditorial designTypography

Stack

FigmaIllustratorPhotoshopInDesignFigmaIllustratorPhotoshopInDesign

abdullah@zlabz.io

02the ledgerlive

Numbers that keep us up.

Snapshot from the running app — not a marketing target.

at22:23:29 UTC

seo receipt

search query

text match cutgoogle

→ try it yourself

rank on google

in our field — earned, not bought.

organic trafficno ad spendcraft-led SEO

and the rest of the ledger

Editor modes

zlabz · newspaper · book · frames · text-morph · google-search · object-match-cut

Languages on-platform

en · ar · tr · es · de · fr · ja · ko · hi · zh · ru · pt · it · and 19 more

Render pipelines

konva canvas · remotion server

Shipped since

first commit to public beta

Heart of the editor

lines in a single well-kept file

Pharaohs

bilal builds · abdullah designs

Shared inbox

both of us answer every note

Reply time

<0h

always from a human

* every number here points to a file in the repo.

03what we do

Four things. Done well.

Product Engineering

Next.js apps, realtime backends, and the glue in between — shipped end-to-end.

Brand & Identity

Logo, type, color, and the token library that lets a team extend it later.

Motion & Video

Title sequences, product motion, and server-rendered cinematics.

Landing Pages

The site that converts because every detail earns its place.

04hire us

Like what you see?

Tell us about the project. One of us reads every note and writes back personally — no form letters, no pipeline.

select projects only

direct contact with the makers

fixed scope, fixed fee

Still reading? Say hi.

Try the editor

bilal × abdullah · zlabz studio

We buildWe build toolsthat feel alive.that feel alive.

TWOPharaohsPharaohs.

One owner. One designer.

Bilal Fuat

Abdullah Hamid

Numbers that keep us up.

Four things. Done well.

Product Engineering

Brand & Identity

Motion & Video

Landing Pages

Like what you see?you see?

Still reading?Still reading? Say hi.

We buildWe build toolsthat feel alive.that feel alive.

TWOPharaohsPharaohs.

One owner. One designer.

Bilal Fuat

Abdullah Hamid

Numbers that keep us up.

Four things. Done well.

Product Engineering

Brand & Identity

Motion & Video

Landing Pages

Like what you see?you see?

Still reading?Still reading? Say hi.

We build
tools
that feel alive.

TWO
Pharaohs.

Like what you see?

Still reading? Say hi.

We build
tools
that feel alive.

TWO
Pharaohs.

Like what you see?

Still reading? Say hi.