Category: Software Engineering

Scope: Founder, Application Architect, and Platform Engineer
incthread.com

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Situation:

Small-to-midsize screen printing and embroidery shops often rely on outdated ERP systems or disconnected manual workflows to manage orders, approvals, artwork, and customer interactions. Through direct conversations with print shop owners, I identified an opportunity to build a modern, all-in-one platform tailored to their real-world operational needs.

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Task:

Build a scalable, full-featured SaaS platform that automates core business functions for custom print shops—combining eCommerce, mockup generation, order approval workflows, and supplier integration into a single, intuitive system.

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Action:

As the sole engineer and founder, I led the platform from concept to production, driving architecture, development, and deployment:

• Platform Architecture: Combined WooCommerce (WordPress) for eCommerce with custom PHP plugins for order workflows and Python microservices for backend logic and automation.
• Mockup Generator: Built an in-browser artwork editor using Fabric.js that lets users drag, position, and preview artwork on apparel templates—dynamically tied to product variations.
• Quote & Payment System: Designed a multi-step quoting workflow with automated pricing logic, email approvals, and Stripe-based payment triggers.
• Inventory Integration: Integrated with the S&S Activewear API to sync live product data, inventory, and automate garment ordering.
• Import Tools: Wrote Python-based REST API clients to manage bulk imports of SKUs, mockups, and pricing data, reducing admin workload.
• Infrastructure: Deployed on a hardened Debian LAMP stack with Apache and MySQL; future-ready for containerization and CDN optimization.

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Result:

• Production-Ready MVP launched and trialed with multiple real-world print shops, validating UX and workflow coverage.
• Built a scalable feature foundation that supports custom artwork workflows, pricing automation, and product sourcing.
• Platform actively being pitched to early customers, with positive feedback driving roadmap development and investor interest.
• Incorporated forward-looking capabilities like AI-based artwork validation (e.g., resolution checks, print-readiness scoring), positioning IncThread competitively against legacy systems.

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IncThread represents my end-to-end ability to conceive, architect, and engineer real-world SaaS solutions—blending full-stack skills, business insight, and hands-on delivery.

Scope: Application Architect, AI API Integration, and SRE Leadership

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Situation:

Yclas is a white-label classifieds SaaS platform serving global customers with customizable, self-hosted or cloud-hosted marketplace solutions. I was brought in during a period of accelerated feature development and infrastructure evolution, with the goal of expanding platform capabilities, modernizing architecture, and improving stability.

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Task:

My primary objectives were to:

• Propose and Architect and implement AI-powered features to enhance platform value
• Lead a small development team to deliver scoped features across frontend, backend, and DevOps
• Improve infrastructure reliability and observability through SRE-focused initiatives
• Identify and remediate architectural inefficiencies and technical debt

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Action:

• AI API Integration: Designed and implemented a new modular AI pipeline that leveraged third-party APIs (e.g., OpenAI) to assist users in listing generation and content moderation.
  • Architected secure API routing and fallback logic
  • Ensured compliance with usage rate limits and error handling best practices
  • Developed configurable admin settings for customers to enable/disable AI features
• Team Leadership:
  • Led a small, remote team with developers/stakeholders.
  • Wrote detailed implementation specs and reviewed pull requests for backend (PHP) and frontend (jQuery)
  • Coordinated weekly standups and sprint retrospectives
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE):
  • Hardened MYSQL database configurations for performance and availability.
  • Coordinated feature deployment workflows to reduce downtime achieving all sprint milestones.
  • Set up custom application logging and health checks for proactive monitoring
  • Assisted in debugging critical performance issues caused by ORM query misuse and unbounded parameterization.

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Result:

• Successfully delivered AI-assisted listing features to production—boosting user engagement and positive customer feedback
• Reduced incident response times and deployment-related downtime through improved observability and CI/CD hygiene
• Helped modernize Yclas’s technical architecture and workflows, enabling smoother scaling for both self-hosted and managed instances
• Strengthened team velocity and cross-discipline collaboration between backend, frontend, and ops contributors

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This engagement highlights my ability to blend application architecture, AI integration, technical leadership, and SRE discipline—all while working across a fast-moving SaaS platform with real users and uptime expectations.

Stack: Next.js hosted on AWS

SITUATION
An independent artist platform needed a secure SaaS application for uploading, managing, and distributing audio content to fans and business collaborators. The client’s vision was to allow full-length track distribution to verified users while offering public previews to unregistered listeners — all without risking unauthorized access or scraping.

TASK
I led platform architecture, DevOps, and security strategy, while providing independent contribution as a full stack developer built using Next.js (React). My core responsibility was to design a media delivery system that enforced access controls based on user roles and subscription level while protecting artist-uploaded content from leakage, piracy, or direct-link abuse.

ACTION

• Designed and implemented a role-based access control (RBAC) system across artist, business, and fan user types
• Built a token-based gating system for full track streaming and downloads, with expiring URLs tied to active sessions
• Developed backend media playback rules to prevent scraping or replay of audio files through direct URLs
• Hardened the system against enumeration attacks, improper role escalation, and unauthorized asset exposure

RESULT
The platform launched with scalable audio delivery, secure gated access, and zero incidents of unauthorized file exposure. Artists were able to confidently share high-quality versions of their work with verified partners, while the general public accessed limited previews — maintaining content protection without compromising user experience.