Said Altan
location_on Ottawa, Canada
I'm a full-stack developer in Ottawa who builds AI products and ships them to real users. Not prototypes: things people sign up for and pay for.
Most of my work now is putting language models inside real software and making them behave. The interesting part was never the prompt. It's everything around it: the fallbacks, the guardrails, and the human who still gets the final say.
The other half is the product itself. React and TypeScript front ends over data-heavy backends, tuned until a million rows feel light.
I've shipped a paid macOS app, a real-time exam platform used by 300+ people, and client work for more than 10 small businesses. I learn fastest when there are real users on the other end.
Commit History (Experience)
Founder & Developer
HEAD → mainfeat: ship VIN-to-OEM parts SaaS for locksmiths
- Built a React Native iOS and Android app for automotive locksmiths that turns a VIN into the exact OEM key, fob, and ignition cylinder part numbers, backed by Supabase with Postgres, Auth, row-level security, and Deno edge functions.
- Authored reusable Claude Code agent skills that orchestrate a phased scraping playbook across 27 OEM brand pipelines covering 33 vehicle makes, gated so no spec is ever written that is not literally present in a fetched source page.
Software Developer
a91c3ffeat: put an LLM agent on top of a million rows
- Shipped an in-product LLM agent that reads dense listing data such as ROI, fee breakdowns, sales velocity, and eligibility flags, and answers seller questions in plain language.
- Cut filter response from 2s to under 100ms by replacing per-change filter fetching with a draft-and-apply flow, and eliminated multi-second page transitions with Redux Saga prefetching into a filter-signature-keyed cache.
Freelance Web Developer
7d20befeat: deliver production sites for 10+ clients
- Developed and deployed full-stack web applications for more than 10 small business clients, across frontend, backend, database, and deployment layers.
- Incorporated OpenAI and Google Gemini into production applications for AI-assisted functionality, and automated repetitive business workflows with Python, JavaScript, and n8n.
Web Developer Intern
e4f1a2merge: feature/client-platform
- Designed, built, and deployed a company-wide internal web platform from the ground up, replacing a legacy structure reused across prior years and driving a 50% year-over-year traffic increase.
- Improved Lighthouse performance scores by 20+ points and accessibility to 90+ across key pages, and resolved 8+ critical production issues tied to framework upgrades and deployment workflows.
Initial Commit
initDiploma, Web Development & Internet Applications (Apr 2025)
Projects
Crew Tower
Native macOS app that turns the MacBook notch into a live control tower for AI coding agents. Approve, deny, answer or jump to the exact terminal tab without leaving what you are doing.
Partexia
Founder-built SaaS for automotive locksmiths: scan or type a VIN and get the exact OEM key, fob, and ignition cylinder part numbers. React Native app on Supabase, fed by a 27-brand OEM scraping pipeline.
QDock
Native macOS menu bar app that shows AI coding quota usage in real time. Multi-provider support (Claude Code + Codex), color-coded risk levels, and secure Keychain storage.
PLAB2 Practice Platform
Full-stack real-time practice platform serving 300+ active users, with STOMP-over-WebSocket sessions that keep exam phases and timers in sync across roles, plus peer-to-peer WebRTC voice and video.
AI-Assisted Resume Builder
Full-stack multi-step resume builder with AI-powered scoring, real-time preview, and version history management via structured REST APIs.