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PRODUCT ENGINEER / DESIGNER

Pretty interfaces. Serious infrastructure.

I design and build digital products, software, AI-powered experiences, and modern web products.

I build useful things from weird ideas. ✦

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SERVICES / WHAT I BUILD

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Pretty interfaces. Serious infrastructure. I care about the visible experience and the architecture underneath it.

Product + Web Engineering

Build digital products and web applications from idea to functioning system.

WEB APPSAPIsDATABASESPRODUCT SYSTEMS

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AI + Automation

Build AI workflows, agents, prototypes, and useful automation.

AI AGENTSAUTOMATIONLLM WORKFLOWSPROTOTYPING

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Product + UX Design

Design interfaces, flows, prototypes, and product systems.

UXUIPRODUCT THINKINGPROTOTYPES

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Creative Web Experiences

Build distinctive websites and digital experiences for brands and people who do not want generic template sites.

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENTINTERACTIVE WEBBRAND SYSTEMS

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SELECTED BUILDS

Visual polish with working product logic underneath.

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Idea Vault

A product system for capturing, organizing, and developing early ideas before they become products.

Problem solved: Useful ideas get scattered across notes, tabs, and unfinished drafts.
Stack: Next.js · Supabase · AI · Product Design
Role: Product Engineer / Designer

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Mariela Builds

A studio home for services, experiments, writing, and technical identity.

Problem solved: Creative technical work needs to feel credible without becoming generic.
Stack: Next.js · Design Systems · Responsive UI
Role: Design Engineer

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Build Lab

An experimental layer for AI agents, automation workflows, small tools, and interface studies.

Problem solved: Early technical experiments need a place to be visible before they are polished.
Stack: AI Agents · Automation · UX · Prototyping
Role: Experimental Engineer

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BUILD LAB / SYSTEM STATUS

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01AI Agent ExperimentsACTIVE

Testing agents that plan, research, write, and operate with context.

ai-agent-experiments.exe02Idea VaultBUILDING

Collecting, connecting, and incubating future products.

idea-vault.exe03Interface Experiment 003PROTOTYPE

Exploring UI patterns for clarity, emotion, and technical trust.

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IDEA VAULT

Ideas in progress.

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Idea Vault is where early ideas live before becoming products: research archive, product incubator, creative notebook, experimental system.

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Signal OS

A personal operating system for solo founders.

CONCEPT

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BriefBetter AI

AI that turns messy briefs into clear, actionable specs.

RESEARCHING

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Memory Mesh

Connected notes and context for creators who build in public.

PROTOTYPING

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Client Hub

A beautiful client portal that makes project status visible.

BUILDING

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Verse

An AI writing copilot that sounds like you.

SHIPPED

WRITING

Thoughts on building, shipping, and designing with intention.

Essays, notes, lessons, and behind-the-scenes updates from the Build Lab.

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The leverage layer: systems before features

Why the best products are built on invisible systems.

Designing for clarity in complex tools

Patterns that help users think, not just click.

AI agents that work: context, guardrails, outcomes

What actually makes an agent useful.

private dispatch

Blog notes for the build lab.

A protected corner for internet thoughts, product notes, weird idea updates, and things I am learning while building.

access: email + passwordformat: blog / newsletterstatus: soft launch

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ABOUT

Engineer at heart. Designer by choice.

I blend engineering, design, and strategy to build products that are useful, beautiful, scalable, and built to last. Pretty interfaces. Serious infrastructure.

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