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Projects I've built, teams I've led, and problems I've solved.

Stabilizing and Scaling a Live MVP Under Active Growth

Stabilizing and Scaling a Live MVP Under Active Growth

Re-architected a fragile production backend while supporting 5× user growth—cut response times by ~80–90% and eliminated single points of failure

Sole backend owner (technical co-founder)

Backend EngineeringInfrastructurePerformanceStartupTechnical Leadership
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Taking Pixelsurf from Idea to Proof of Concept

Taking Pixelsurf from Idea to Proof of Concept

Validated autonomous AI game generation feasibility and built working PoC as sole architect

Sole Architect & Implementer

AI/MLProductStartupFeasibility
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Managing Two Platform Migrations Without Burning Runway

Managing Two Platform Migrations Without Burning Runway

Navigated App → Web → App pivots and shipped iOS + Android in 4 weeks by reusing 90% of web stack

CTO / Technical Lead

Product StrategyMobileArchitectureStartup
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Re-Architecting Plutus for Scale and Reliability

Re-Architecting Plutus for Scale and Reliability

Removed architectural debt and reduced API latency 40-60% while maintaining feature velocity for a 5-person team

CTO / Technical Lead

ArchitectureBackend EngineeringScaleLeadership
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Research & Technical Projects

Research & Technical Projects

Selected ML, AI, and computer vision projects demonstrating technical depth

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The Wrong Tech Stack Decision That Cost 6 Months

The Wrong Tech Stack Decision That Cost 6 Months

How a mobile-first stack decision introduced 10-12s latency, blocked SEO, and burned ~6 months—and how we recovered with Next.js

CTO / Technical Lead

Technical LeadershipArchitectureStartupCrisis Management
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