Issue 001 — Selected work

Samir Patel

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

I build and run cloud-native platforms—Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD—so teams can ship reliably on AWS and GCP. I've led EKS and GKE migrations, tightened observability with Datadog, and paired platform work with backend and automation when the problem calls for it. Based in Austin.

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Shipping tools with editorial craft—maps, marketplaces, HOA portals, B2B catalogs, meal plans, and happy accidents on the open web.

Studio notes

Feature 01 / PrepPear

Recipe extraction & meal planning

Turn noisy recipe pages into a personal library: strip distractions, save what you cook, and let schedules build themselves.

Magically remove ads from any recipe website—then plan the week without another spreadsheet.
  • One-click extract from any recipe URL
  • Saved library with meal planner flows
  • Built for cooks who want the content, not the clutter

Specs

Role
Founder · product & engineering
Stack signals
Next.jsAuthRecipe parsingMeal planning

Launch

In market

Continuously iterating with real customers—no mocks, no vapor.

Open PrepPear
PrepPear marketing and product interface
Live productpreppear.com

Feature 02 / RememberMap

Travel memory, mapped

Plan a trip as a living map: pins, journals, photos, and AI sourced from real forum signal—plus translation, routes, and links you can share without forcing sign-up.

Local knowledge without the digging—pins, voice notes, and AI that reads the travel internet for you.
  • Trips, custom categories, and distance routing
  • AI notes + chat scoped to your destination
  • Read-only sharing for friends and collaborators

Specs

Role
Founder · product & engineering
Stack signals
MapsAI/RAGMediaRealtime sharing

Launch

In market

Continuously iterating with real customers—no mocks, no vapor.

Open RememberMap
RememberMap landing and map experience
Live productremembermap.com

Feature 03 / Speak Your Find

AI matching marketplace

Describe what you need or offer in natural language—or by voice—and get matches ranked for relevance, proximity, and trust, with alerts when the right counterparty appears.

Intent-first matching: speak it once, let the system understand the rest.
  • Voice & text intents with structured extraction
  • Location-aware marketplace browse
  • Email alerts when dormant requests wake up

Specs

Role
Founder · product & engineering
Stack signals
MarketplaceMatchingNotificationsGoogle OAuth

Launch

In market

Continuously iterating with real customers—no mocks, no vapor.

Open Speak Your Find
Speak Your Find homepage
Live productspeakyourfind.com

Feature 04 / Web Shuffler

Curated link discovery

Collect links, organize by interest, lean on favorites, and shuffle the queue when you want the open web to feel a little more serendipitous.

A playful shuffle layer for the tabs you already bookmarked.
  • Submit and categorize links
  • Favorites and interest preferences
  • Shuffle-driven discovery UX

Specs

Role
Founder · product & engineering
Stack signals
Discovery UXAccountsContent prefs

Launch

In market

Continuously iterating with real customers—no mocks, no vapor.

Open Web Shuffler
Web Shuffler app with shuffle UI and discovery content
Live productwebshuffler.com

Feature 05 / Bluestem Ridge HOA

HOA community portal

A homeowners association hub: dues, documents, newsletters, photos, and member accounts—built so residents can pay, sign in, and stay informed without chasing email threads.

Dues, documents, and community updates in one portal residents actually use.
  • Secure online dues and member sign-in
  • Documents, newsletters, and photo library in one place
  • Community-focused UX with clear calls to action

Specs

Role
Build · deployment
Stack signals
Next.jsBootstrapAuthPayments

Launch

In market

Continuously iterating with real customers—no mocks, no vapor.

Open Bluestem Ridge HOA
Bluestem Ridge HOA community portal homepage
Live productbluestemridgehoa.org

Feature 06 / Global Fasteners

B2B hardware catalog & inventory

E-commerce for military-spec, electronic, and commercial hardware—deep part taxonomies, RFQ workflows, and dynamic inventory so buyers see what SKUs are actually available without phone tag.

Serious parts, structured data, inventory that stays honest as stock moves.
  • Category-led catalog: AN/MS/NAS, electronics, commercial lines
  • RFQ and account flows tuned for procurement teams
  • Dynamic inventory management tied to live availability

Specs

Role
Engineering · operations tooling
Stack signals
E-commerceCatalog CMSInventoryVMI/RFQ

Launch

In market

Continuously iterating with real customers—no mocks, no vapor.

Open Global Fasteners
Global Fasteners homepage with category sidebar and electronic hardware product grid
Live productglobalfasteners.com