Case Studies
Built and shipped.
DavBlu Tasks
An invitation-only issue tracker with typed Issues, Parents and Blockers, where AI agents take the next Ready Issue with one CLI command.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
Same day
First commit to production
2 days
Full feature set shipped in
24, against a real PostgreSQL
Automated tests
- Better Auth
- Hono
- Drizzle ORM
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- Encrypted secrets (SOPS, dotenvx)
- Vitest
- Agent skills (Claude Code)
DavBlu Tasks
An invitation-only issue tracker with typed Issues, Parents and Blockers, where AI agents take the next Ready Issue with one CLI command.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
Same day
First commit to production
GliVal
A multi-tenant booking and payments platform for appointment-based businesses: v1 in production at glival.com, v2 a full rewrite on its way to replace it.
Lead engineer; sole engineer of v2 · – present
1,807
Commits on v2, all mine
1,268 (1,119 mine)
Commits on v1
46
Architecture decision records (v2)
- TypeScript
- Python
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Prisma
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- Terraform
- Encrypted secrets (SOPS, dotenvx)
- Vitest
- Playwright
- Stripe
GliVal
A multi-tenant booking and payments platform for appointment-based businesses: v1 in production at glival.com, v2 a full rewrite on its way to replace it.
Lead engineer; sole engineer of v2 · – present
1,807
Commits on v2, all mine
vps_baseline
Configuration as code for the single VPS that hosts and deploys my products: edge proxy, self-hosted GitLab and CI runner, with encrypted secrets.
Sole engineer and operator · – present
3 (davblu.dev, Jutsu Vault, Nora)
Applications deployed by its CI
7
Architecture decision records
36
Commits
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- Linux
- Encrypted secrets (SOPS, dotenvx)
- TLS automation (ACME)
- Agent skills (Claude Code)
vps_baseline
Configuration as code for the single VPS that hosts and deploys my products: edge proxy, self-hosted GitLab and CI runner, with encrypted secrets.
Sole engineer and operator · – present
3 (davblu.dev, Jutsu Vault, Nora)
Applications deployed by its CI
Jutsu Unreal MCP
An Unreal Engine editor plugin, sold on Fab, that lets AI coding agents author Unreal projects and check the result through eight MCP tools.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
523
Editor operations behind 8 MCP tools (UE 5.8)
102,442
Lines of C++
10 days
First commit to Fab release
- Python
- C++
- Unreal Engine
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Jutsu Unreal MCP
An Unreal Engine editor plugin, sold on Fab, that lets AI coding agents author Unreal projects and check the result through eight MCP tools.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
523
Editor operations behind 8 MCP tools (UE 5.8)
Jutsu Vault
A self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted vault for passwords and application secrets, with a command line that hands secrets to apps and AI agents.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
276
Commits
21 unit, 14 end-to-end
Automated tests
7 (Linux, macOS, Windows)
jv build targets
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Prisma
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- Passkeys (WebAuthn)
- End-to-end encryption
- Encrypted secrets (SOPS, dotenvx)
- Vitest
- Playwright
Jutsu Vault
A self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted vault for passwords and application secrets, with a command line that hands secrets to apps and AI agents.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
276
Commits
Nora
A self-hosted tunnel that gives a local web app a stable public HTTPS address for previews, webhooks and WebSockets, by invitation only.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
1 h 22 min
First commit to v1.0.0
3 (v1.0.0 to v1.1.0)
Releases
5 (Linux and macOS on amd64 and arm64, Windows on amd64)
CLI platforms
- Go
- SQLite
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- TLS automation (ACME)
- Agent skills (Claude Code)
Nora
A self-hosted tunnel that gives a local web app a stable public HTTPS address for previews, webhooks and WebSockets, by invitation only.
Founder & sole engineer · – present
1 h 22 min
First commit to v1.0.0
G7 Smart Cards
Client work for G7: NFC digital business cards, with an admin portal for the card directory and mobile card pages that save straight into phone contacts.
Sole engineer, client project for G7 · –
1 day (25 commits on 23 July 2026)
Core system built
52 backend, 59 frontend
Automated tests
Every 6 hours, restore-tested weekly
Database backups
- TypeScript
- Python
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Vitest
- pytest
G7 Smart Cards
Client work for G7: NFC digital business cards, with an admin portal for the card directory and mobile card pages that save straight into phone contacts.
Sole engineer, client project for G7 · –
1 day (25 commits on 23 July 2026)
Core system built
davblu.dev
The site you are reading: a portfolio and resume where every number has a source, from an empty repository to production in six days.
Sole engineer · – present
30
Issues closed in DavBlu Tasks
29
Automated tests
147
Commits
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- Payload CMS
- SQLite
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- Encrypted secrets (SOPS, dotenvx)
- Vitest
davblu.dev
The site you are reading: a portfolio and resume where every number has a source, from an empty repository to production in six days.
Sole engineer · – present
30
Issues closed in DavBlu Tasks
Drive Up
Online booking for a driving instructor in Edmonton: students book and prepay a lesson, manage it in their own portal, and the instructor runs the day from one console, in English and Ukrainian. In client review before launch.
Sole engineer; in client review · – present
8 days (13 to 21 September 2026)
First commit to staging
68
Commits, all mine
13
Architecture decision records
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Traefik
- Encrypted secrets (SOPS, dotenvx)
- Vitest
- Stripe
Drive Up
Online booking for a driving instructor in Edmonton: students book and prepay a lesson, manage it in their own portal, and the instructor runs the day from one console, in English and Ukrainian. In client review before launch.
Sole engineer; in client review · – present
8 days (13 to 21 September 2026)
First commit to staging