Product-minded software engineer

Miguel
Rodriguez.

I design and build focused software systems—native tools, private intelligence, and reliable infrastructure that stays out of the way.

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NATIVE EXPERIENCES ✦ LOCAL-FIRST SOFTWARE ✦ RESILIENT SYSTEMS ✦ CAREFUL INTERFACES ✦ NATIVE EXPERIENCES ✦LOCAL-FIRST SOFTWARE ✦ RESILIENT SYSTEMS ✦ CAREFUL INTERFACES ✦

01 / Selected work

Products made to endure.

INDEX — 001 / 005

001 — Native macOSIndependent product

Cork

A virtual corkboard that lives just off-screen—your notes, images, links, files, and reminders one shortcut away.

SwiftSwiftUIAppKitmacOS

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Cork showing a launch plan board with connected notes, checklist, links, files, and a color palette

CORK / LAUNCH PLAN

002 — Local-first mobilePrivacy by design

All Of Me

A private, local-first app for plural system tracking—built so the device owns the canonical data and the core experience never depends on an account or network connection.

Local SQLiteOptional encrypted backupFace ID app lock

FlutterDartDriftiOS

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All Of Me member overview showing current front, members, and groups

All Of Me local insights showing fronting time and switching activity

ALL OF ME / PRIVATE SYSTEM TRACKING

003 — Private intelligenceLocal-first

StoryVault

A private archive search engine combining SQLite FTS, local embeddings, passage retrieval, and a quiet reading interface.

PythonSQLiteReactAI

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004 — Workflow platformBackend systems

Runline

A platform for defining, running, and inspecting reliable workflows across durable API and worker infrastructure.

JavaSpringPostgresPython

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005 — Interactive web experiencePlayful utility

Press Start

A cinematic random game picker for classic PC favorites from 1990–2009—complete with era and genre filters, arcade sound, recent picks, and a no-repeat bias that keeps game night moving.

ONE CLICK.ONE CLASSIC.NO BACKING OUT.

ReactTypeScriptWeb AudioLocal storage

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02 / Approach

Software should feel clear, calm, and inevitable.

I work across product thinking, interface design, and engineering. The through-line is restraint: choosing the right problem, shaping the smallest coherent system, and sweating the details users feel.

01 / Native when it matters02 / Private by design03 / Reliable underneath

03 / Contact

Have a hard problem
worth making simple?

Let’s talk

MiguelRodriguez.