#01
· Next.js· Node.js· PostgreSQL· Zustand· Seedance API
Dramabox/AI-flow
Internal AI video studio — Seedance-powered generation with a multi-track editor
Daily production toolAI generation workflow & multi-track editor
[ internal app ]
// $ whoami
const name = “Ben Hu”
Full Stack Engineer →
Open to work—remote-friendly
// about
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online — open to work
📍 LA · remote-friendly
engineer who actually ships.
I build full-stack products end-to-end. Lately that means a lot of React and Next.js on the frontend, with AI integrations underneath. I take LLM and video APIs and turn them into tools real people use every day.
I'm equally comfortable shipping a polished UI and racking a server in a server room. I like small teams where one person can own a whole problem. And I'd rather ship something rough that works than something perfect that doesn't.
Off the keyboard: home server tinkering, side projects I swear I'll finish, and reading about how other engineers structure things. Based in California, open to remote roles, and open to interesting opportunities anywhere else too.
// stack
// Frontend
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwindJavaScriptZustandTanStack QueryFramer MotionReact Native
// Backend
Node.jsPostgreSQLSupabasePrismaGraphQLExpress.jsZodRESTful APIs
// AI & LLM Tooling
AWSCI/CDOpenAI APIClaude SDKPrompt EngineeringAI AgentsLLM IntegrationDevOps / Infra
// projects
things I've shipped.
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#02
· Next.js· TypeScript· Supabase· Prisma· PWA
Tactic Fitness
Online gym for a Canada-based fitness brand. Squarespace marketing site + members-only Next.js workout app, designed and built end-to-end
2k+ active members worldwideDaily workouts, tracking, community
#03
· HTML5· CSS· JavaScript· Squarespace
Doug McIntyre Site
Personal brand redesign for a veteran broadcaster & novelist — morning-paper aesthetic, custom palette pulled from his portrait, multi-career content archive
Custom personal-brand redesignMulti-career content archive
#04
· React· Node.js· GraphQL· MongoDB· Stripe
GearHub
E-commerce site with an early GPT-powered shopping assistant — chat with AI to help pick products. 3-person team project; led architecture and team direction.
Stripe checkout + JWT authAI shopping assistant via OpenAI
#05
· Next.js· SvelteKit· FastAPI· scikit-learn· OpenAI
churn-insight
Subscription churn analytics with ML predictions + GPT-4o insight reports. Side project; backend retired after Supabase free tier expired.
scikit-learn predictions + GPT-4o insightsFull-stack: Next.js + FastAPI
// experience
function career() {
- // current
DramaBox
Software Engineer & IT Specialist·2025 - Present
Infra·Scripting·OpenAI API·Next.js·TypeScript·Node.jsThe IT department of one. I run networking, servers, and security across our LA offices, including the New York setup I built from scratch. On the product side, designed and shipped Drama AI Flow, an internal AI workflow platform that replaced the team's daily juggle between five separate AI tools.
- // current
Boldly Fine
Full-Stack Engineer·2023 — Present
Next.js·TypeScript·Tailwind·GraphQL·PostgreSQL·Supabase·ZustandFull-stack engineer running the full client cycle, from scoping calls and design through development and ongoing maintenance. Ship and maintain a rotating set of production web apps, with the most visible being a fitness platform now serving 2,000+ active users.
Freelance
Frontend Developer·2021 — 2023
HTML·CSS·JavaScript·jQuery·Bootstrap·RWDTook on small web projects for friends and referrals while teaching myself to code. Built sites on Weebly and Wix, plus the occasional hand-coded landing page.
TheraPeds
Coordinator·2017 — 2025
Team Leadership·Cross-functional·Office ITEight years coordinating across departments and managing office IT before transitioning into software.
}
// contact
let's build something.
Hiring, contracting, or just want to talk shop? My inbox is open and I read everything.
// typical response within 24h · LA (GMT-7)