Founder & Product Builder

I build technical productsfrom zero to production.

I move across product, engineering and operations to turn messy real-world systems into software that works.

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01observe the real system
02reduce it to the core
03ship to real users
04keep what survives
product
AI systems
infrastructure
Selected work

Systems that left the slide deck.

A few technical products I designed, built and operated myself.

Operating

Displex

A multi-tenant digital signage system running across software and physical devices. I designed the product, architecture, deployment and operations.

  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
  • AWS IoT
  • Raspberry Pi
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Open source · parked

Tack

A deterministic risk layer for AI agent tool calls. Zero dependencies, no model call and a decision in under a millisecond.

  • TypeScript
  • AI agents
  • AgentDojo
  • OSS
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Technical range

One builder, the whole product loop.

I work where product decisions, software architecture and day-to-day operations meet.

Product engineering

From an ambiguous problem to a deployed web or mobile product, with the smallest architecture that can survive real use.

AI systems

Agents, tool calling, retrieval and automation designed around measurable work, not a model demo.

Infrastructure & operations

Payments, queues, data pipelines, deployments and connected devices. The unglamorous parts that make a product run.

Working stack

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • AWS
  • Vercel
  • Stripe
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Raspberry Pi
How I build

Proof before narrative.

I prefer a small system in production to a large promise. Each cycle removes assumptions until only useful work remains.

  1. 01

    Start from reality

    Observe the workflow, constraints and people before choosing the technology.

  2. 02

    Own the full path

    Design, code, deploy and operate without handing the hard parts to another layer.

  3. 03

    Keep what survives

    Measure real usage, remove weak assumptions and stop projects that do not earn their place.

Now

Looking for the next problem worth committing to.

I am interested in ambitious technical problems, exceptional cofounders and a small number of product collaborations where speed and ownership matter.

Contact

Building something technically ambitious?

Tell me what is difficult, what already exists and what must work in the real world.

AubryMedia | Founder & Product Builder