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Matthew Silva

Matthew SilvaAI Product Developer · Technical Product BuilderI build AI products from idea to production.

I design, develop, integrate, test and deploy real world AI applications, automation systems and digital products.

  • AI Products
  • APIs
  • Automation
  • Web
  • iOS
  • Blockchain

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Featured projects

Selected products taken from concept through a working build.

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Beta

Woredrobe

Built an iOS wardrobe platform with authentication, social discovery, marketplace infrastructure, cloud persistence, and production backend services.

  • Authenticated iOS client distributed through TestFlight
  • Cloud-backed wardrobe data on PostgreSQL
  • Social discovery and marketplace structure in the product

Role

Founder / Product Builder / Lead Developer

Technology

  • Swift
  • iOS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Railway
  • REST
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Private Build

PokeSlabs

Designed and built a blockchain-connected collectible platform with wallet authentication, USDC sponsorship flows, reward claims, payment verification, and auditable proof systems.

  • Wallet sign-in with Ed25519 verification
  • USDC payment checks with idempotent claim handling
  • Append-only ledger and proof pages for reward claims

Role

Founder / Product Builder / Lead Developer

Technology

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Solana
  • USDC
  • PostgreSQL
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Private Build

HomeBrain

Built an AI household platform that connects structured home data, maintenance workflows, and tool-based AI interactions through an MCP interface.

  • Authenticated browser dashboard over household data
  • Maintenance workflows tied to structured home records
  • MCP interface over Streamable HTTP for tool-based AI use

Role

Founder / Product Builder / Lead Developer

Technology

  • MCP
  • Streamable HTTP
  • Auth
  • Sessions
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Private Build

Signal Zero

Designed an AI-driven system focused on autonomous workflows, structured decision making, and production-safe orchestration.

  • A defined path for autonomous workflows
  • Structured decision stages
  • Orchestration designed around safe operating limits

Role

Founder / Product Builder / Lead Developer

Technology

  • AI agents
  • Orchestration
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Production

Desert Digital AI

Built a production AI services platform with customer-facing assistants, lead capture systems, workflow automation, business demos, and deployable vertical solutions.

  • Production Next.js platform deployed on Railway
  • Customer-facing assistants and lead capture in one system
  • Workflow automation and demos for restaurant and contractor operations

Role

Founder / Product Builder / Lead Developer

Technology

  • Next.js
  • OpenAI
  • Railway
  • Automation
View case study

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How I build

I work across product and technical execution. Framing the problem, designing the flow, integrating the model or API, building the system, testing it, deploying it, and iterating are one job.

  1. 01

    Problem

    Start from the job to be done and the constraint that makes the current workaround fail.

  2. 02

    Product Design

    Define the flow, the account model, and what a finished version has to do.

  3. 03

    AI / API Integration

    Connect the model, payment rail, or tool only where it changes the product.

  4. 04

    Build

    Ship the interface, the API, and the data model as one system.

  5. 05

    Test

    Prove authentication, core flows, and failure cases before calling it real.

  6. 06

    Deploy

    Put the product on infrastructure someone else can actually open.

  7. 07

    Iterate

    Tighten the product from use: what people get stuck on, and what the system must remember.

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Skills

Grouped by the work behind the projects on this site.

  • AI & Product

    • OpenAI APIs
    • AI product design
    • Agent workflows
    • Prompt systems
    • Automation
    • Product strategy
  • Frontend

    • Next.js
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Swift
    • iOS
  • Backend

    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • Prisma
    • REST APIs
    • Authentication
    • Session management
  • Infrastructure

    • Railway
    • GitHub
    • Deployment
    • Environment configuration
    • Production QA
  • Blockchain

    • Solana
    • Wallet authentication
    • Ed25519 signatures
    • USDC
    • Transaction verification
  • Tools

    • Cursor
    • Xcode
    • GitHub

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About

I am a product-focused builder who works at the intersection of AI, software, and real-world business problems. I specialize in taking ideas from concept through a working product, including product design, frontend development, backend systems, APIs, authentication, automation, testing, and deployment.

That work covers iOS applications, web platforms, automation systems, and blockchain-connected products. I stay close to both the product decisions and the implementation.

My background gives me a strong bias toward usability, customer experience, and shipping practical systems rather than building technology for its own sake.