Building from zero
A lot of my best learning has come from projects where no one handed me a spec.
In Akii and Apolo Inventions, I have had to decide what should exist, what should be cut, and what is worth shipping.
Ian Gabriel Ramos Villafañe
I build software I can stand behind.
I am a software engineering student from Puerto Rico building iOS apps, web products, and backend systems. My internships at Google and YouTube matter, but they are not the whole story. My base comes from building things of my own.
Engineering through the rough parts
Side projects expose the parts that do not show up in mockups: auth, caching, routing, deployment, broken states, slow paths, and maintenance.
That is where I learned to care about code that survives after the first demo.
Internships as proof, not identity
Google and YouTube gave me a higher bar for reviews, testing, docs, and launch details.
I treat that as an advantage I bring back into my own work, not as the only reason I can build.
Path so far
What I build from
Akii · iOS product
Built the iOS photo app, shaped the product direction, and worked through auth, profiles, uploads, feeds, and backend flows.
Apolo Inventions · Web work
Started a web development business for local businesses, handling client conversations, branding, builds, deployment, and support.
Google + YouTube · Internships
Worked on production surfaces across YouTube Studio, Google Cloud, and YouTube Search.
Contact
Need someone who can own more than a ticket?
If you are building something that needs someone who can think through the product and write the code, I am open to talking.