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You don't need an agency.
You need one engineer + AI
in the trenches with you.

Rahul Patni

Hi, I'm Rahul

Just one person, sleeves up, building it with you. Apps, web, infra, design, data, and the glue.

№ 02 · WHAT I CAN BUILD WITH YOU

END-TO-END · ONE PERSON

Build

  • Web apps
    React · Next · Remix
  • iOS apps
    Swift · React Native
  • Android apps
    Kotlin · React Native
  • Mac apps
    Swift
  • Mini apps
    Farcaster · Base

Design

  • Product UI
    Figma · Tailwind
  • Brand & marks
    Identity · type
  • Image gen
    GPT · Midjourney
  • Prototypes
    Clickable · animated

Integrate

  • Shopify
    Storefronts · apps
  • QuickBooks
    Accounting · sync
  • Stripe
    Payments · subs
  • AI providers
    OpenAI · Anthropic
  • Auth & email
    Clerk · Postmark

Store

  • Databases
    Postgres · SQLite
  • Files & images
    S3 · R2 · CDN
  • Vectors
    pgvector · Pinecone
  • Search
    Typesense · Meili

The whole stack — design, code, integrations, data — by one person who decides what's worth doing.

WHAT WE'VE SHIPPED

5 ENTRIES
  1. 01.Grateful
    Social app for daily gratitude. Shipped to App Store + Play Store.
    grateful.so·Mobile
  2. 02.Dials
    Helping independent watch stores spin up bespoke storefronts.
    dials.dev·Client
  3. 03.Googoobear
    A library of original short stories for kids — read-aloud-friendly, illustrated.
    googoobear.com·Product
  4. 04.starter-mini-app
    Zero-config scaffold for shipping mini apps fast. Open source.
    npm·DevTool
  5. 05.Mini App Assets
    Free, drop-in asset library for mini app developers.
    miniappassets.com·DevTool

THE RECEIPTS

2025 →
now
Coinbase
Leading private onchain payments rails for Fortune 500 clients. Launched Base Verify.
2023–25
ACQUIRED → COINBASE
Ironfish
Led the bridge integration that unlocked cross-chain liquidity — directly contributed to the Coinbase acquisition.
2021–23
ACQUIRED → KERBERUS
Fire
Scaled 0 → 100K weekly actives. Built all product + infra. Incubated at Atomic.
2018–21
now 500+ people
Ridgeline
15th employee. Built the double-entry accounting platform that scaled to $80B AUM.
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