Christian Cangelli
Software developer today · World-class engineer by design · Founder by intent
Summary
Full-stack software developer building production systems end to end, from UI to data model to the Kubernetes cluster they run on. Currently full-stack on KinAI, an AI platform in production with clubs across Italy’s Serie A and Serie B. Deliberately building toward world-class engineering and, ultimately, a company of my own.
Selected work
- KinAI · in productionPresent
Adopted by Serie A & Serie B clubs, first and only in its category.
- Aperture NAS: Private AI Vault2026
On-prem semantic image search that keeps every byte on your own hardware.
- Naked-GLaDOS: Self-Hosted Platform · in production2026
Self-healing, reproducible infrastructure running a full suite of services in production.
- CS2 Server Manager2026
Full game-server lifecycle and live admin, all from the browser.
- Voxel Vortex: Minecraft Hosting2026
One-click, fully-managed Minecraft servers, self-hosted, no third-party host.
Skills
- Languages
- TypeScript · JavaScript · Python · Solidity · SQL · HTML5 · CSS3 · Bash
- Frontend
- React · Next.js · Tailwind CSS · Framer Motion · Vite · shadcn/ui · Zod · Accessibility (a11y)
- Backend
- Node.js · NestJS · Fastify · Express · REST APIs · GraphQL · WebSockets · Prisma
- Databases & Storage
- PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · pgvector · MinIO / S3
- DevOps & Cloud
- Docker · Kubernetes (k3s) · GitHub Actions · FluxCD (GitOps) · AWS · Vercel · Cloudflare · Linux
- Security & Auth
- JWT · OAuth 2.0 · Passkeys / WebAuthn · TLS / cert-manager · CSP hardening
- AI & Data
- CLIP embeddings · Semantic search · FastAPI · BullMQ · OpenAI API
- Web3
- Solidity · Smart contracts · EVM · ethers.js
- Practices & Tools
- Git · Figma · Vitest · Playwright · CI/CD · System design · Agile
Trajectory
- Now: Shipping real software, sharpening fundamentals.
- 3 years: A world-class engineer with a track record.
- The goal: Founding and building my own company.