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Hi, I’m Auran.

Full-stack JavaScript & Ruby/Rails Engineer with 8 years experience in web app development and database architecture.

Building software lets me solve puzzles professionally. I specialize in spatial tech – canvas rendering, mapping technologies/interfaces, and clever latent space design for agentic AI.

Currently, I am working on a platform that solves the ‘last mile’ of design automation. On the side, I maintain a popular web app that digitally preserves pilgrimage culture and data. Previously, I built healthcare software at CareRev.

My work has been featured in

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Tech Stack

Languages & Frameworks:

Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, Python

Frontend & UI:

React, TypeScript, Nextjs, Node, Express, jQuery, HTML/CSS

Databases & Data Streaming:

PostgreSQL, MySQL, ActiveRecord, Redis, Kafka, Debezium

Cloud & Infrastructure:

AWS (S3, Lambda), Docker, Heroku, Salesforce

Languages:

Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, including written Chinese

Proficient in Japanese

Beginner in German and Irish

Portfolio

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Stealth Mode Startup

Building a new orchestration layer for design automation with my partner. It solves the ‘last mile’ of design automation with new AI/ML techniques... making sure dynamic assets always look good when hyper-personalized at scale. Augments generative AI to do things impossible with just chat inputs.

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Henro.org

A React/Next.js application that hosts interactive maps, guides, reviews, calculators, and pilgrim tools for pilgrimages around the world. I wrote my own mapping algorithms (elevations & distance calculations with route visualizations) + tiling optimizations with MapTiler/OSM.

The project has been featured in NHK, The Smithsonian Magazine, Thrillist, USA Today, AOL News, Commonwealth Magazine, and the Tim Ferriss Podcast. I was honored as a World Trails Ambassador of the World Trails Network in 2022 and lead the Technology Task Team from 2023-2025.

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CharityBlend

(Inactive) A Rails & Javascript/jQuery-based app for nonprofits to quickly stage fundraiser landing pages. Ruby/Rails on a multitenant postgres backend, leveraged the Stripe API and nifty data layer configs for analytics.