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I'm Bala, an independent builder based in Cardiff, Wales. My work spans AI orchestration, community software, data pipelines and local developer tools. I use AI throughout development and take responsibility for the architecture, integration and validation.
My current focus is bringing the strongest projects to a reproducible, well-documented release: one clear user journey, visible failure handling and evidence that someone else can check.
| If you're here to… | Start with… |
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| Discuss a project | AI workflow automation, internal tools or data applications. Tell me about the workflow. |
| Assess my engineering work | HireStack AI, CarpoolNetwork and the engineering notes. |
| Explore a product or collaboration | The project directory, with current stages, source links and the next milestone for each. |
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Career intelligence & AI orchestration Application generation, career tools and streamed progress across a Next.js and FastAPI stack. |
Community ride coordination Ride search, seat booking and messaging, built around communities sharing regular journeys. |
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Crawling & technical SEO A TypeScript crawler and dashboard for investigating website issues and turning evidence into fixes. |
Planning & personal automation Daily check-ins and weekly reviews connecting a web application with a Python decision engine. |
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Local developer tools A Go CLI for generating terminal interfaces and building small native tools. |
Project stories & interface design A Next.js portfolio bringing project pages, implementation context and visual previews together. |
These are projects with source available to explore. Their guides distinguish implementation from release evidence; inclusion here is not a claim that every feature is production-verified.
Applications: TypeScript · React · Next.js · FastAPI · Express
Data & workflows: Python · PostgreSQL · Supabase · Redis · background jobs
Engineering: Go · GitHub Actions · Docker · automated tests · architecture decisions
- A small, complete user journey before a larger feature catalogue.
- Source-linked explanations and clear setup instructions.
- Honest measurements, including failures and limitations.
- Software another person can run, understand and improve.
For client work, engineering opportunities or product collaboration, connect with me on LinkedIn. A useful first message includes the problem, who experiences it and what a successful result would look like.