• In 2016, I taught myself to code, launched a web games platform, and scaled it to over 2 million users/mo.

• Since then, I’ve architected, designed, and implemented >30 software applications.

• As of 2024, my projects have collectively reached over 27 million users.

• Architected, designed, and developed an email marketing SaaS platform with 15+ features including an advanced WYSIWYG editor, email performance analytics, embeddable sign-up forms, and more - 52x Grow

• Independently developed and scaled a web application to over 2M users/mo - iogames.space

• Built the Theme Studio for VS Code - It reached #1 on Hacker News and continues to delight thousands of software developers each month. I replicated the entire VS Code interface with plain-old CSS (and lots of coffee).

• Helped over 3,000,000+ software engineers research and discover great open source resources through various websites I've created.

• Trained hundreds of developers on advanced usage of VS Code through an online course, with an average 4.7 stars rating.

• Designed the product, recruited engineers, and managed the engineering of ListCleanser.com - the accurate & affordable email verification SaaS platform.

• Designed the product & managed engineering of ApplyFox.ai - the AI that applies to jobs for you.

• Advanced: TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue.js, Nuxt, Node.js, Deno, HTML, CSS, TailwindCSS, Git, VS Code, tRPC, Figma, GPT-4o (LLM prompt engineering & APIs)

• Experience with: SQL, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, async message queues & distributed processing, Docker, Docker Compose, Nginx, React.js, Next.js, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, jQuery, WebSockets, Socket.io, Stripe Billing, Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK, Electron, Prettier, ESLint, Sass/SCSS

• Infrastructure & platforms: AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, Vercel, Firebase, Netlify, Redis Cloud, MongoDB Cloud, Heroku, Upstash, Fly.io, Supabase, PlanetScale, FaunaDB, GitHub, OpenAI

• Skills: Frontend & backend development, product design & end-to-end engineering management, software architecture, project research/planning/management, database modeling & migration, API design & development, cloud system design, advanced web scraping, browser automation, email development & deliverability, billing systems, LLM prompt engineering, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, unit testing, UI/UX design, chrome extension development, real-time systems development, WebSockets, SEO

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