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richard_gatchalian # Full Stack AI-Integrated Software Engineer

I wire LLM pipelines to real products. Prompt design through deploy to live UI. I own the whole stack and I ship.

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TypeScript Postgres Next.js .NET SQL Server AWS CI/CD Python SEO Git Docker C#

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Carboncopies Foundation :: Full Stack Developer (Full time)

Feb 2024 - Present / San Francisco, CA

  • > Built CarbonGPT, an LLM research assistant for the whole org. Live at chat.carboncopies.org.
  • > Designed and deployed LLM RAG pipelines with Python ChromaDB backends across two server nodes.
  • > Wrote scientist-friendly install docs for BrainGenix NES, a C++/Python neuroscience emulation platform.
  • > Converted 1,500+ nodes from JSON to Neo4j graph format for the roadmap platform at roadmap.carboncopies.org.
  • > Ran Google Ads campaigns that pulled $10,000 in org funding.
  • > Handled media processing and editing with ffmpeg for Brain Preservation Foundation and Aspirational Neuroscience.

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Aoede LLC :: Software Engineer (Freelance)

Mar 2024 - Aug 2024 / Missouri City, TX

  • > Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and AWS ECR, containerizing Node.js servers and relational databases.
  • > Shipped form fill and PDF blob automation for LLM-based delinquent tenant email sends.
  • > Lifted monthly rent roll from $67,000 to $83,000 through better tenant management systems.
  • > Live at aoede.dev.

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Vasanas :: https://vasanas.space/

Jul 2025 - Present

  • > AI journaling app. Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Postgres with Drizzle ORM.
  • > Multi-provider auth: WorkOS AuthKit, NextAuth.js, Discord OAuth, magic links.
  • > Streaming AI responses from Mistral, OpenAI, OpenRouter with real-time token tracking.
  • > Semantic search via embeddings and automatic content tagging.
  • > Migrated pnpm to Bun, 70.59% faster builds.

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University of Texas at Dallas / Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering

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