Waskar Paulino

My Projects

A collection of full stack builds, creative collaborations, and community-driven tools I've crafted with intention and care.

Featured Projects

Brave Search RAG Demo

A retrieval-augmented-generation demo: queries the Brave Search API, then grounds a Claude-generated answer in the results with inline citations back to every source. Built with the Vercel AI SDK.

Next.jsVercel AI SDKClaudeBrave Search APITypeScript
Back Against the Wall quiz experience

Back Against the Wall

An interactive short-film experience that helps users discover their financial archetype through narrative-driven decision making.

Next.jsTypeScriptCSS Modules
riffMemo — recording a take and viewing auto-detected tempo and key

riffMemo

A native iOS app that rebuilds Apple's discontinued Music Memos — one-tap recording with automatic tempo and key detection for capturing musical ideas.

SwiftSwiftUIAVFoundationSwiftData
DJ Visualizer spectrum bars mode reacting to audio

DJ Visualizer

A live-coded, real-time audio visualizer and effects processor for DJs, built with the Web Audio API and p5.js. Performed live at Indy Hall Philadelphia, driving visuals off a Pioneer DDJ-REV1 in front of an audience.

JavaScriptWeb Audio APIp5.js
Shopping Debate live demo at CodeTV's Web Dev Challenge

Shopping Debate

Three AI personalities debate your purchase decisions in real time before checkout, streaming token-by-token. Built live in 4 hours with Victor Jackson for CodeTV's Web Dev Challenge S2.E12, sponsored by OpenRouter.

Chrome ExtensionOpenRouterWebpackStreaming AI
PhilaCon Valley homepage

PhilaCon Valley

A Philadelphia tech community for Black, Brown, LGBTQIA+, and underrepresented technologists — by us, for us. Founded and lead this; named a 2025 Technical.ly REALlist Innovator for it.

AstroTailwind CSSAlpine.js