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Alex Pugachev
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Product-minded software engineer

Product engineering
end-to-end

I turn ambiguous product needs into reliable web, mobile, and backend systems.

  1. 01

    Idea

    Find the useful problem

  2. 02

    Specification

    Shape scope and risk

  3. 03

    Implementation

    Build across the stack

  4. 04

    Release

    Ship and observe

  5. 05

    Maintenance

    Learn and improve

  • Web
  • Mobile
  • Desktop
  • Backend
  • Data

Selected work

Products beyond the idea stage.

A focused selection of production software and active experiments.

  • Product
  • In production

Karteto

A language-learning product helping people build vocabulary and remember it for longer.

  • 20,000 monthly active users
  • Available on the App Store and Google Play
  • Built from zero to production
  • Vocabulary, definitions, spelling, and multiple practice modes
Karteto practice overview
Karteto word definition
Karteto spelling practice
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  • Product
  • In development

StitchKraft

A cross-stitch workspace for designing patterns and tracking progress.

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  • Product
  • In development

SimmerFlow

A local-first visual recipe maker that maps ingredients to cooking stages.

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  • Tools
  • In production

P/Labs

Focused browser tools for everyday problems, built to work without accounts.

Available tools

  • Background Remover
  • Mermaid Viewer
  • PDF Page Organizer
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Tools

A broad stack, used deliberately.

The stack follows the product, its constraints, and its stage—not the other way around.

  1. 01

    Web interfaces

    TypeScript · React · Astro · Vite · Tailwind CSS · TanStack Router/Form · Zod · Storybook

  2. 02

    Mobile & desktop

    Flutter · Firebase · RevenueCat

  3. 03

    Services & runtimes

    Go · Python · Hono · Node.js · Bun

  4. 04

    Data & product systems

    PostgreSQL · SQLite · Redis · Firebase · Paddle

  5. 05

    Delivery & observability

    Docker Swarm · Traefik · Terraform · AWS · GitHub Actions · Prometheus · Grafana · Loki

  6. 06

    Collaboration & AI

    Figma · Claude Code · Codex

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Profile

Across the whole
product

I’ve delivered products in companies large and small, working with R&D teams to turn uncertain ideas into MVPs, proofs of concept, and production features.

I work across web, mobile, desktop, backend, data, and delivery—following the feature instead of stopping at a layer.

Years building software
6+
From ambiguity to product
0→1
Web, mobile, desktop, backend
Multi-platform