Comment by m_kaminsky
2 months ago
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes (open to North America)
Technologies: Swift / SwiftUI / RealityKit / visionOS / ARKit / SpriteKit, Python / FastAPI / Anthropic Claude API, TypeScript / Next.js / Three.js / Chrome MV3 / Shopify Remix. Heavy Cursor + Claude Code user. Email: markkaminsky99@gmail.com
Solo builder. Live products:
- ElliotAlert (live: https://elliotalert.fly.dev) — Python/FastAPI/Claude futures-trading alert system. Scans 19 instruments, runs Elliott Wave + Williams A/D + 8-10 MAC analysis, dispatches email alerts. Repo includes a 9-vendor data-licensing evaluation (CME / ICE / Databento) and a Tier-A vs Tier-B SaaS pricing/margin write-up.
- iBuy — AI shopping search and product identification. Live consumer site (https://ibuy.quest), iOS app on the App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ibuy/id327608596), demo (https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS9bVfWa6/). Next.js + Swift; affiliate-link revenue channel; camera-based product identify.
In review:
- Gamma — Live radar that shows where your friends are in real time. Radar view + push-to-talk walkie-talkie voice clips + QR-code invite flow. RealityKit, CloudKit, dead-reckoning location filter. Currently in Apple App Store review.
- iBuy for Shopify — B2B subscription SaaS app, in Shopify App Store review. Shopify App Billing API integration, plan-tier system (Free / Starter / Pro), merchant-side AI product search widget.
Packaged and ready to ship:
- WatchRoom — Chrome extension that lets you click anything on Netflix / YouTube / Hulu / Disney+ to identify it via a tiered Gemini → Claude pipeline. Seven packaged builds, store-screenshots ready.
- Progress Timeline — VS Code / Cursor extension, auto-logs Cursor sessionEnd events to a JSONL file in your repo. Packaged .vsix.
Other substantial projects in active development:
- TalkMonitor — speech-monitoring iOS app. On-device Speech framework, sub-100ms haptic feedback for volume + speaking-pace alerts, SwiftData persistence. No server round-trip.
- DronePatrol — SwiftUI / SpriteKit top-down police-quadcopter game. Real Xcode project (~170 files), 4 levels with boss fights, particle effects, physics, full art-asset spec.
- ~25 additional working projects: iOS / visionOS apps, Three.js web demos with physics (WorldRadioDial, Snowboarding2150), Python AI radio pipelines (ParanoidAndroid), and other Chrome extensions.
10+ Claude API integrations across dialog, vision, transcription, and tool-use. B.A. Economics, U Manitoba (2005). Previously hired and managed a remote iOS engineering team to ship App Store apps.
Looking for: Forward Deployed Engineer / Applied AI Engineer / Founding Engineer. Open to Series A/B startups, AI infra, applied AI for fintech or audio.
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