# Manav Arya Singh > AI engineer based in Dubai, studying computer science at BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus. > Publishes open source as Manavarya09: 193 public repositories, > 5,969 GitHub stars, including design-extract at > 4,378 stars (published on npm as designlang). > Not to be confused with other people named Manav Arya. This site is first-hand on two subjects: 1. GitHub's automated abuse detection and the Copilot OAuth token lifecycle bug, documented with an exported security log of 19,173 rows. 2. The Dubai RTA driving licence process, recorded fault by fault across three road tests. ## Writing - [design-extract Went From 0 to 4,000 GitHub Stars. Here's Every Number, Including the Month It Got Zero.](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/blog/design-extract-0-to-4000-github-stars): The real star and download data behind design-extract, my open source design system extractor: 1,000 stars in four days, a slow second month, zero stars in July while GitHub had my account restricted, and the climb back to 4,000. - [Six Months, Three Road Tests and Two Failed Angle Parks: Getting a Dubai Driving Licence](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/blog/dubai-driving-licence-rta-road-test-bin-yaber): The full account of getting a UAE driving licence through Bin Yaber, covering the theory test, internal assessments, the RTA parking yard and three road tests. Every fault I got recorded for, what caused it, and what actually changed between failing and passing. - [GitHub Flagged My Account as Spam for 58 Days. 93% of the Flagged Activity Came From GitHub's Own Copilot.](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/blog/github-flagged-my-account-copilot-oauth-spam-detection): My GitHub account got restricted by automated abuse detection. I exported 19,173 rows of security log data and found 93% of the flagged OAuth activity came from GitHub's own Copilot integrations, not from me. Here's the data, the root cause, and what actually got the account back. - [designlang vs dembrandt vs extract-design-system: Which Design Extractor Should You Use?](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/blog/designlang-vs-dembrandt-vs-extract-design-system): An honest comparison of three open source tools that pull a design system out of a live website, written by the person who built one of them. What each one outputs, how they extract, where they fall short, and when the other two are the better pick. - [I Stayed in Dubai When My Friends Flew Home: What Academic City Was Actually Like](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/blog/staying-in-dubai-academic-city-during-the-conflict): When things escalated in the region this year, most of my friends left the country. I stayed on campus in Dubai Academic City on my own. This is an honest account of what that was like, including the alert that woke everyone up and the parts that genuinely scared me. - [Millions of Views, Then I Stopped Posting: What Sim Racing Reels Taught Me About the Algorithm](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/blog/millions-of-views-quit-posting-gaming-reels): I ran a sim racing account that pulled millions of views. The clip that went furthest was one where I drove badly and people piled on. Here's what actually drove the numbers, why I quit, and what I play now. ## Open source - [design-extract](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source/design-extract) (4,378 stars): Extract any website's complete design system with one command. DTCG tokens, semantic+primitive+composite, MCP server for Claude Code/Cursor/Windsurf, multi-platform emitters (iOS SwiftUI, Android Compose, Flutter, WordPress), Tailwind v4, Figma variables, shadcn/ui, CSS health audit, WCAG remediation, Chrome extension. MIT, Playwright, Node 20+. Published as designlang (https://www.designlang.app). - [public-apis-live](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source/public-apis-live) (156 stars): Every public API in one place — aggregated, deduped, and auto-checked for reachability. Refreshed daily. npm + Claude plugin + live search. - [relay](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source/relay) (41 stars): When Claude Code hits its rate limit, Relay hands off your full session context to Codex, Gemini, Aider, or 5 other agents — so your work never stops. - [cost-guardian](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source/cost-guardian) (40 stars): Real-time cost tracking and budget management for Claude Code. Zero setup. No Docker. No Grafana. Just install and go. - [lookbook](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source/lookbook) (21 stars): A curated library of award-grade design languages for Claude. Pick a look; Claude builds UI that nails that aesthetic by adapting a real, hand-built reference — not interpreting keywords. - [moldui](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source/moldui) (20 stars): Visual drag-and-drop editor for your real codebase. Click, drag, resize, edit text in the browser. Claude writes the code. Works with any framework. ## Optional - [About](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/about): who Manav Arya Singh is, roles, open source, coverage and profiles. - [Full profile](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/llms-full.txt): complete plain-text profile with GitHub stats, flagship repositories, experience and writing. - [All open source](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/open-source): every public repository. - [Projects](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/projects): applications, websites and AI work. - [RSS](https://www.manavaryasingh.com/rss.xml): feed for the writing.