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Palo Alto, CA

Software engineer · Palo Alto, CA

Viper builds systems that don't flinch

Full-stack developer and Lua specialist. I build developer tools, native macOS apps, and web products. Currently engineering at SpaceXAI.

Experience See projects
Currently
Years coding
8
Main languages
C# · TypeScript · C++
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01 • Bio

Quick take.

I'm a full-stack web developer with deep roots in Lua, at home in C/C++, C#, Swift, and Java. Most of what I ship starts as a tool I wanted to exist: a build system, a CSS transpiler, a macOS wallpaper engine. Then it finds its way into someone else's workflow.

Toolkit

  • Lua
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • Swift
  • Objective-C
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS

02 • Experience

Where I've been.

  1. Jun 2026 - Present Current

    SpaceXAI Software Engineer

    Helping build the frontier model and pushing the limits of what's possible.

    • Full-time
    • 3 mos
    • Palo Alto, California, United States
  2. 2022 - Present Current

    Syntad Co-founder

    Co-founded Syntad with Antfroze, building developer tools and shipping them open source.

    • 4 yrs
  3. Oct 2024 - Jun 2026

    TowWorks, LLC Web Developer

    Wrote a custom UI framework and state management system, then built the 5.0 site from the ground up in vanilla TypeScript, with C# and SQL on the backend.

    • 1 yr 9 mos
  4. Sep 2024 - Oct 2024

    Micro Center Salesperson

    Used my passion for tech to help customers find the right hardware.

    • 2 mos
  5. Apr 2024 - Sep 2024

    Light Nudge Engineering Independent Contractor

    Built Numbies, a social fitness app for live group workouts. Swift and UIKit on the front end, C# and ASP.NET on the back.

    • 6 mos
  6. Feb 2024 - May 2024

    POC Media, Inc. Independent Contractor

    Rebuilt their dashboard from scratch and vastly improved its performance.

    • 4 mos

03 • GitHub

Notable Projects.

swallpaper

A native macOS wallpaper engine with an XML and Lua widget system. Built for performance, with animated widgets and audio visualizers.

Objective-C Swift Lua Vi4er/swallpaper

HCSS

An extended version of CSS built for readability and maintainability. Hand-written lexer, parser, and transpiler that emits plain CSS.

C++ Lua Vi4er/HCSS

RoBeats External

The first and only fully external RoBeats autoplayer. No injection: it reads memory from the outside and simulates keyboard input.

C++ Lua Vi4er/RoBeats-External-Autoplayer

smake

An ultra-fast build tool written in C++ that uses Lua as its scripting language, with plugin support and near-zero configuration.

C++ Lua Syntad/smake

04 • Contact

Find me online.

Not looking for new work right now, but I'm still around on these channels if you want to chat.