👋 Side Projects
by Burhan Pisavadi · VC, physics, coding & decarbonisation
I work at an early stage built environment VC. I have a masters in theoretical physics, and I like building things with code. This blog documents what I’m working on and what I’ve learned. More about me →
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Not even water · #coding #automation · 2026
A single-page web app that generates Ramadan calendar blockers so you never miss iftar or oversleep for suhoor
Simulating the UK energy market · #energy #coding · 2026
A Streamlit dashboard that simulates merit-order electricity dispatch and pricing
Automating mosque seat bookings · #coding #automation · 2026
Reverse-engineering an undocumented booking API to never miss a seat window
Automating deal flow with AI · #vc #coding · 2026
Using Claude to parse free-text deal submissions into structured CRM entries
Building an internal deal portal · #vc #data · 2026
A Flask app with semantic search and Tinder-style voting for deal triage
Mining Companies House for startups · #vc #data · 2026
Scraping the UK company registry to find newly incorporated startups
Exporting Canva presentations to PDF · #coding #automation · 2025
A Playwright script that screenshots Canva slides and stitches them into a PDF
Finding underpriced London properties · #proptech #data · 2025
Scraping Rightmove to find statistically underpriced properties in London
The SHTF Playbook Wrapper · #coding #automation · 2025
A custom web reader that turns raw Notion HTML exports into a polished site
Building a UK tax calculator · #coding #finance · 2025
A web app that calculates income tax, NI, student loans, and the 60% trap
Embedding Plotly graphs into Wordpress · #coding #data · 2024
Getting interactive Plotly charts working on a WordPress site
The time value of carbon on our investment decision making · #energy #vc · 2023
Why immediate emissions reductions are worth more than future ones
The future of energy storage · #energy · 2023
A series exploring what energy storage could look like for the UK grid
ESOP and dilution maths · #vc #finance · 2023
Deriving algebraic formulas for cap table dilution and VSOP sizing
Data-driven VC · #vc #automation · 2022
Building an internal tech stack to automate the tedious parts of venture capital
A better estimate for the impact of Covid-19 on the UK · #data · 2020
Using time series analysis to estimate the real Covid-19 death toll
Roulette & the martingale system · #data #finance · 2020
Testing whether the martingale betting system actually works
Fun with Excel · #excel · 2019
Building an RPG, orbital simulators, and other things Excel wasn’t designed for
Blog history & infra · #coding · 2019
How this blog has evolved over the years
Old work blogs · #proptech #energy #vc · 2018–2025
Newsletter articles and old work blogs on energy, proptech, and venture capital