Projects

A 2020 time capsule: NLP-powered beer recommendation engine built before the LLM revolution. Uses spaCy word embeddings and sentiment analysis to match natural language descriptions to beers — a precursor of the AI era that followed.

React Native social meal prepping app that replaces overwhelming food trackers with community-based meal exchanges. Cook one meal, share with neighbors, and automatically track nutrition — reducing planning from 7 meals a week to 1.

Immersive 3D rebuild of a production company's web presence using Three.js and React Three Fiber. Features a 4K panoramic EXR environment, rotating 3D model with real-time reflections, parallax camera with gyroscope support, GSAP fly-in animations, and time-of-day dynamic lighting.

Architected SaaS-ready multi-tenant authorization system with unlimited organizational hierarchy support, migrating from Active Directory to Keycloak and modernizing from WCF to .NET 9 gRPC.

Developed trading system utilizing sub-millisecond precision optimization, advanced statistical analysis, and low-level TCP optimizations to secure transmission rights worth tens of millions annually.

Led migration of 100+ services from legacy Windows Server to cloud-native Kubernetes infrastructure, delivering millions in annual cost savings and 99.9% uptime SLA.

Created AI-powered migration tools automating 80% of schema transitions and architected Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers enabling AI integration across the enterprise platform.

Optimized SharePoint Content Store serving 200M+ monthly active users. Achieved 99.9% improvement in permission management (13s → 8ms) and 98% reduction in ad hoc query runtimes.

Led development of an internal Microsoft Teams chatbot powered by fine-tuned Vicuna-13B with LangChain for document embedding and vector storage, improving team troubleshooting and onboarding.

Pixel-perfect rebuild of a Houston production company's portfolio site, reverse-engineered from the live site without access to source code or design files. Reconstructed the full layout system, typography (measured to sub-pixel accuracy), frosted-glass navigation, and a multi-layered title reveal animation using CSS mask-image wipes and blur ghost effects.

Scalable multiplayer trivia application with live streaming capabilities built on AWS serverless stack, supporting 100K+ concurrent users in real-time gaming sessions.

Interactive prototype for an AI-powered workout assistant featuring chat UI, voice input simulation, workout tracking, and an Apple Watch companion mockup.

Personal portfolio built with Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind CSS v4, and shadcn/ui. Features an AI chatbot, MDX blog, dark/light mode, and self-hosted deployment on a homelab.