I deploy complex AI architectures.

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AI Software Developer.

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Contract Explainer

Ingest dense legal policies and instantly extract hidden liabilities. The AI parses the agreement and generates a risk-assessed, executive-ready summary.

JavaScript · Netlify Functions · Claude APICase study · Open app
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Security Scanner

A private tool that audits my live web apps for 19 kinds of security flaws — leaked keys, missing sign-in checks, injection risks and vulnerable packages — and explains each fix in plain English using AI. On my own projects it caught a critical framework vulnerability (patched the same day), missing security headers and outdated packages. All four apps are now at zero open findings.

Next.js · Node.js · OpenAI API · 20/20 on a planted-flaw test set Private tool
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Repo Explainer

Paste a public GitHub URL and get an automated map of the project — what it does, how the pieces fit together, and where to start.

Next.js · OpenAI API · GitHub sign-inCase study · Open app
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Your Life in Weeks

See your life as a grid of weeks, and the weeks you share with your kids.

JavaScript · CanvasCase study · Open app

Engineering Notes

How I think about the hard parts

About

Based in the NYC metro area, I am an AI Application Engineer. I build complex AI systems from the ground up.

My path to engineering wasn't standard. I served in Marine Corps infantry before earning a Master's in Public Policy from Northwestern. That background hardwired me to build systems that actually survive contact with reality—optimizing for strict reliability and execution over clean theory.

I use AI to build software, but I don't just prompt and pray. I dictate the system architecture, manage the complex logic, and use LLMs to write the underlying code faster than a traditional team could. I treat AI as a tool to scale my output, but I retain absolute control over the infrastructure.

What I build with

HTML CSS JavaScript Canvas API Git GitHub Python LLM APIs Prompt engineering Serverless functions Claude API OpenAI API Next.js React OAuth sign-in Stripe Netlify

Learning next

RAG AI agents Evals

Contact

Status: Developing Cobalt

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