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Where I’ve worked, what’s come out of it

Three projects I’d show first, then every role I’ve had.

The whole record

2015 — now

Every project hangs off the job it came from. Open a role for the context, open a shipped thing for the full story — as many at once as you like.

RolesShippedFanxie Lab
Backbone TechnologyDeveloperAug 2015 — Aug 2016
Role

Developed responsive websites using proprietary CMS with pixel-perfect implementation from design mockups.

PHP · jQuery
Fanxie LabCTO — Co-Founder2016 — now
Role

I run Fanxie Lab, building full-stack applications for clients on Vue.js, React, Laravel, and Node.js, plus dashboards on React, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Supabase. I also built the SEO infrastructure inside Fanxie Cloud, our internal client-management platform, handling automated sitemap submission and site-health diagnostics across every client site we run. On the side I'm building Kiveo, a native iOS reading tracker in Swift and SwiftUI, while keeping the whole client stack on AWS and DigitalOcean at 99.9% uptime.

LARAVEL · NESTJS · SWIFTUI · DIGITALOCEAN · CLOUDFLARE
Kiveo2025 — Now
Shipped · 2025 — Now

Native iOS reading tracker and journal app 

Reading tracker and journal app, iOS native.
Designed for intentional readers. Users can track their books, save quotes, and create reflections.

  • No account required to use the app.
  • Private by default: no leaderboards, no social feeds.
My role
Everything
Stack
Swift · SwiftUI · CloudKit · NestJs
SwiftExample
struct LibraryView: View {
    @Query(
        sort: \Book.dateAdded, order: .reverse
    )
    var books: [Book]
    // ...
}
1800+
Reading Sessions logged to date
Agency Platform & Ops2026 — Now
Shipped · 2026 — Now

The plumbing a small agency runs on.

API design, transactional email, R2 storage, server provisioning, and the operational tooling that keeps partner infrastructure boring.

  • One-click client site creation: droplet, DNS, TLS, storage, mail.
  • Built so a two-person team can run real infrastructure without an ops hire.
My role
CTO
Stack
NestJs · Railway · Cloudflare · R2
TypeScriptExample
async create(
    serverId: string | null,
    dto: CreateSiteDto,
    userId: string,
  ): Promise {
    // Check if domain already exists (excluding deleted sites)
    const existingSite = await this.sitesRepository.findOne({
      where: {
        domain: dto.domain,
        status: Not(SiteStatus.DELETED),
      },
    });

    // ...
}
10+
Sites Running
ImaginamosFull-Stack DeveloperApr — June 2019
Role

I co-architected a fintech platform meant to handle real money without falling over. Scalability and security weren't checkboxes; they were the whole point.

I also owned the AWS side (EC2, RDS, load balancers) and kept uptime above 99.95%, since real transactions were riding on it.

Along the way I mentored three junior developers: code reviews, pair programming, the usual. Except I actually cared about what they were learning, not just what they shipped.

React Native · REST API · AWS
Aplyca
Full-Stack DeveloperJuly — Dec 2019
Role

I pushed Vue.js as the standard frontend framework. Component-driven architecture, Vuex for state, Webpack tuned so builds didn't drag. Not a trend chase; the old way was slowing everyone down.

Then I proposed decoupling the frontend entirely. It worked: feature delivery got about 20% faster, and teams stopped stepping on each other.

I also designed the REST contracts between Vue and the PHP backends, clean enough that both sides could move without waiting on the other.

PHP · VUE.JS · AWS
Solutions Architect2019 — 2021
Role

I architected the e-commerce and booking platform for Colombia's largest cinema chain: PHP and Node.js microservices built to hold up under millions of monthly visitors. I also ran the full project lifecycle, building reusable component libraries and CI/CD workflows so delivery didn't reinvent itself every sprint.

PHP · VUE.JS · AWS
Awesome Motive
Developer2021 — 2023
Role

I designed and launched a WordPress plugin from scratch; it's still running on 200,000+ sites today. I pushed test coverage past 90% on new modules and cut user-reported issues by 30% in six months, working closely with QA and product instead of just shipping and moving on. I also automated the GA4 migration for legacy users, provisioning properties via API so nobody had to lift a finger.

PHP · WordPress · VueJs · REST API
Senior Developer2023 — 2024
Role

I designed and shipped MonsterInsights's first AI analytics feature, letting users query their metrics in plain language instead of digging through dashboards. I also built the event tracking API wrapping Google Analytics's Measurement Protocol at 400K+ daily requests, built the Vue dashboards that visualized it in real time, and led the backend modernization that cut technical debt and sped up delivery.

On the ops side, I shaved 20% off load times through SQL and caching work and wrote the automation scripts that cut manual deployment time by a third.

PHP · WordPress · VueJs · REST API · GCP · AWS
Developer Team Lead2024 — 2026
Role

I led the development team behind MonsterInsights, shipping plugins with 2M+ combined active installs and owning the architecture for our next-gen AI analytics assistant: a natural-language interface over Google Analytics data built on Python, LangSmith, and Gemini. I drove the Laravel migration and the Vue 3 rewrite, cut feature development time by 30%, and pushed the team onto an AI-native workflow with coding agents, directing and reviewing about 90% of shipped code.

Along the way, a cross-sell plugin I designed pulled a 25% take rate on Black Friday.

PHP · WordPress · VueJs · React · Python · REST API · LangSmith · GCP · AWS
Natural Language Queries2026
Shipped · 2026

Ask your analytics a question.

AI-powered natural language queries that let site owners ask about their traffic in plain English instead of learning a reporting UI.

  • Ships inside a plugin that updates unattended on 3M+ sites: no breaking changes allowed.
  • Answers have to be simple and true at once; a confident wrong number is worse than no answer.
My role
Dev. Team Lead
Stack
PHP · VueJs · Python · LangSmith · GCP
QUERY → ANSWERExample
> which posts grew last month?

/blog/getting-started   +23%
/blog/wp-cli-tricks     +18%
/pricing                +15%
3M+
Active installs
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