Projects

Things I've built, shipped, and prototyped — from early Bootstrap sites and hackathon projects to AI-assisted rapid builds. I've been shipping since 2017.

AI-assisted product validation tool that turns a plain-English product idea into a shareable storefront concept. Generates positioning, product copy, imagery, public share pages, and a live gallery so ideas can be tested before the roadmap gets expensive.

April 2026 · ~3h MVP + ~30h polish · Next.js · OpenAI · Codex 5.5 · GitHub

A 2D arcade style mobile-first football game. Designed the full system: game engine, Astro marketing site with devlogs, playable web build, and iOS TestFlight release.

March 2026 · ~1 month · Godot · Astro · Claude Code

AI hiring product that turns projects, writing, recommendations, resume context, and proof notes into sourced candidate claims so hiring teams can review real work before another resume screen.

May 2026 · Codex-built MVP in progress · Next.js · Supabase · Codex 5.5

Launched front-end MVP for an environmental career platform. Built the product/course marketing experience around clear paths for self-guided courses, 1:1 coaching, university programs, and pricing so the offer could be validated quickly.

April 2026 · ~3-4h front-end MVP · Next.js · Tailwind CSS · Codex 5.5

Interactive visualization of the full RAG pipeline. Shows every step live: query term analysis, similarity search across all chunks, source retrieval with scores, and augmented generation with citations. Hover any word to see where it appears in retrieved sources. Runs fully locally without an API key.

April 2026 · ~1 hour · Next.js · Vercel AI SDK · Claude Code · GitHub

Interactive visualization of the full Model Context Protocol pipeline. Shows every step live: tool discovery via JSON-RPC, AI-driven tool selection, tool execution with request/response visualization, and response generation. Supports multi-tool queries. Runs fully locally without an API key.

April 2026 · ~1 hour · Next.js · Vercel AI SDK · Claude Code · GitHub

Utility tool for visualizing house dimensions on a plot. Built as a rapid MVP to test a real estate idea.

March 2026 · ~30 minutes · React · Claude Code

Real-time drone RF signal monitoring and threat assessment dashboard. Simulates a network of ground sensors detecting drones, classifying types by RF fingerprint, and scoring threats against a protected zone.

April 2026 · ~1 hour · Python · FastAPI · Claude Code · GitHub

Estimates home value based on including or excluding different additions. Mock prototype to explore the concept.

March 2026 · ~30 minutes · React · Claude Code

A 2D browser-based dungeon crawler inspired by Metal Gear Solid. Top-down stealth gameplay with enemy AI and level progression.

March 2025 · ~5 days · Phaser · JavaScript

Create your own murder mysteries for your friends to solve. Web app for generating and sharing interactive mystery scenarios.

February 2025 · ~1 weekend · HTML · CSS

Custom wedding website with RSVP management, event details, and photo gallery. Built for our own wedding.

October 2024 · ~2 weeks · HTML · CSS

Concept web app for finding the closest restaurant between two addresses. Solves the "where should we meet for lunch?" problem.

October 2023 · ~1 weekend · HTML · CSS

Platform for monthly virtual hackathons. Users join challenges, submit projects, and vote on winners. Full-stack app with authentication and real-time updates.

Collaborators: Jeremy Conn, Paul Kwoyelo, Zach Peck

November 2018 · ~2 weeks · Angular · Firebase

Concept web app for a hardware lending library. Built to help hackathon organizers manage loaner equipment for participants.

March 2018 · ~1 weekend · HTML · CSS

Landing page for a 24-hour hackathon at SUNY Potsdam. Event grew from 49 to 116 attendees with $10K in sponsorship and an MLH partnership.

January 2018 · ~1 week · HTML · CSS

Landing page for a Go programming workshop hosted at SUNY Potsdam. Organized to introduce students to Go and systems programming.

May 2017 · ~1 week · HTML · CSS

Landing page for the ACM chapter at SUNY Potsdam. Built to promote events and recruit members for the computer science student organization.

May 2017 · ~1 week · HTML · CSS
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Jesse Peplinski

I turn problems into prototypes.