Product-minded
I start with the person and the workflow, then choose the technology that makes the experience simpler.
Full-stack developerBrooklyn, New York
I build useful software from the system outward.
I’m Shmuel Leider. I turn complex workflows into clear, durable products—across applied AI, the web, and developer tooling.
Selected work / 2024—Now
Built to be used.
Projects where product thinking, technical depth, and practical utility meet.
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AI product system
Frame / Work
An end-to-end cinematic production studio that turns a brief into scripts, storyboards, generated scenes, rendered video, and platform-ready packages—with persistent jobs and careful recovery built in.
- TypeScript
- OpenAI
- SQLite
- FFmpeg
Full-stack application
Journal
A focused writing space with Markdown editing, image attachments, voice notes, secure persistence, and a foundation for semantic search and AI-assisted reflection.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- TypeScript
- AI search
Client platform + CMS
Troy Organic Cleaners
A production website paired with a secure content-management system for services, hours, and announcements. The architecture keeps the public experience fast while protecting administrative data with row-level security.
- React
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- Playwright
Open-source TypeScript library
AI Agents
A package for creating specialized AI agents, equipping them with tools, and coordinating their work through an observable orchestrator.
- TypeScript
- OpenAI
- Node.js
- npm
Developer tool
Image Generator MCP
An open-source Model Context Protocol server that gives compatible AI clients a straightforward image-generation tool backed by OpenAI.
- MCP
- OpenAI
- TypeScript
- Node.js
Retrieval library
AI URL Query
A TypeScript toolkit that extracts a webpage, segments and embeds its content, then answers natural-language questions using the most relevant passages.
- TypeScript
- Embeddings
- Vector search
- OpenAI
The throughline
Curious enough to explore. Disciplined enough to finish.
Systems-comfortable
Interfaces, APIs, data models, background jobs, security, and deployment all belong to the same product.
Always learning
My work moves between TypeScript, C#, Rust, AI, and the web—guided by a genuine habit of building to understand.
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