DRAWER ONE — THE ONE THAT PAYS FOR THE OTHERS

Software

Mostly Go, TypeScript and React, mostly around Discord — two side projects that turned into a small business.

~/projects — currently running
KiteNEWEST

A no-code platform for building Discord apps — flow editor, deploys and hosting in one place.

XenonRUNNING

Backups, templates and cloning for Discord servers — one of the biggest apps on the platform.

Embed GeneratorRUNNING

Design and send rich Discord messages without ever opening the API docs.

3 running · 1 in progress · 0 on fire (today)all the code »
what I reach for
· Go — most backends
· TypeScript + React — the rest
· Postgres, always
· Rust, when I feel brave
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where I learn the most
how it actually goes
less heroic than it sounds

A side project that became a job

Xenon started as something I built for one server. Then it was on a few thousand. Then people were relying on it at 2am and "a bot I maintain" had quietly become infrastructure — with a premium tier, a support queue and a billing provider to migrate off.

Running it taught me more about abuse, rate limits, refunds and on-call than any job description would have. It also bought the freedom to start Kite without asking anyone.

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hiring me?

I'm part-time employed and busy with my own things, but I always read a good problem description.

hi [at] merlinfuchs.com
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