Brian Mata
Full-Stack Web Developer · Full-Stack Knight · Las Vegas, NV
An ashen developer, risen from the kiln of Las Vegas to link the first deployment.
By trade, a forger of full-stack web applications — TypeScript and Laravel by day, PostgreSQL by candlelight. By oath, a deliverer of production software that does not falter when the load bears down.
Five winters spent shipping storefronts, ticketing engines, and self-service provisioning systems. The flame wavers, yet the builds stay green.
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Attributes
- Level 52
- Vigor: 88 (Governs endurance — long releases, on-call firefights, and the will to see a migration through.)
- Attunement: 84 (Governs focus — many projects held in mind at once, context switched without loss.)
- Endurance: 86 (Governs stamina — sustained output across multi-quarter initiatives.)
- Vitality: 90 (Governs load-bearing — carrying legacy PHP and aging infra without complaint.)
- Strength: 92 (Governs backend arms — Laravel, Node.js, PostgreSQL, the heavy weapons.)
- Dexterity: 94 (Governs frontend finesse — React, TypeScript, Tailwind; swift and precise.)
- Intelligence: 90 (Governs data sorcery — Prisma, REST, webhooks, background job craft.)
- Faith: 87 (Governs infrastructure miracles — Docker, Railway, Linux, Nginx.)
- Luck: 77 (Governs discovery — automation with Selenium, Playwright, and shell scripture.)
Skills
Languages
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Python
- SQL
- Go
- Java
Frameworks & Libraries
- Laravel
- Next.js
- React
- Vue.js
- Node.js
- Express
- Tailwind CSS
Data & APIs
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Prisma
- Redis
- REST APIs
- Webhooks
- Background Jobs
Infrastructure
- Docker
- Linux
- Proxmox
- Railway
- WHMCS
- Nginx
- Squid Proxy
Automation
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Beautiful Soup
- Python Scripting
- Bash Scripting
Equipment
Right Hand: Vidana Studio Storefront
Next.js e-commerce blade
A storefront forged for Vidana Studio, sharpened with Next.js and TypeScript.
Full e-commerce flows wrought upon PostgreSQL and Prisma, a typed catalog adapter binding every edge. Fulfillment providers — Printify, Gelato — bound by HMAC-verified webhooks.
Optimized for the search engines of the surface world: sitemaps, server-side APIs, and SEO incantations. Deployed upon Railway, and there it stands.
Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Printify/Gelato, Railway
Left Hand: Andean Artisan Coffee
A steadfast greatshield
Production site for Andean Artisan Coffee — architecture raised, deployment tended, maintenance sworn.
A shield does not glitter, but it holds. So too does this storefront, quietly serving the roasters' craft.
TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Railway, Nginx
Ring 1: GP2040-CE Controller Firmware
Ring of the open-source covenant
Contribution to the GP2040-CE covenant — custom PCBs for low-latency arcade controllers.
Improved the React/TypeScript embedded configurator, and bound C/C++ firmware to hardware prototypes through the Raspberry Pi Pico SDK and CMake toolchain.
React, TypeScript, C/C++, Pico SDK, CMake
https://github.com/OpenStickCommunity/GP2040-CERing 2: Remittance Automation
Ring of tireless labor
An automation wrought for Tix4.com — scheduled, multi-format exports for remittance and daily-sales reporting.
Where clerks once toiled by hand, the machine now labors. Manual reconciliation reduced by eighty percent.
PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Background Jobs, Slack API
Ring 3: Proxmox Self-Service Portal
Ring of summoned machines
Integration of the Proxmox REST API with WHMCS, granting patrons the power to summon virtual machines at will.
Provisioning, resource control, Squid proxy configuration, and credential generation — all automated in Python and Bash.
Python, Bash, Proxmox API, WHMCS, Squid
Ring 4: Mix → Vite Migration
Ring of the swift forge
Led the migration from Laravel Mix to Vite, with cache busting and Laravel/PHP upgrades in the same campaign.
Build times cut by as much as eighty percent. The forge burns brighter, and waits are shorter.
Vite, Laravel, PHP, Webpack, CI
Journey
Independent Full-Stack Web Developer — Freelance
Remote · Jan. 2026 — Present
- Delivered production websites for Vidana Studio and Andean Artisan Coffee; owned architecture, Railway deployment, and maintenance.
- Built Vidana's Next.js/TypeScript storefront with full e-commerce flows on PostgreSQL and Prisma.
- Integrated Printify/Gelato fulfillment with HMAC-verified webhooks; optimized SEO, sitemaps, and server-side APIs.
Full-Stack Developer — Tix4.com
Las Vegas, NV · Feb. 2025 — Mar. 2026
- Shipped ticket transaction features integrating Ticketmaster, AXS, and NLiven APIs for high-volume daily inventory.
- Reduced manual reconciliation by 80% via automated remittance and daily-sales reporting.
- Optimized guest checkout, merchant routing, and terminal payments; Slack alerts for orphan-purchase monitoring.
- Led Mix-to-Vite migration and Laravel/PHP upgrades; cut build times by up to 80%.
- Reduced transaction time by 25% through POS cart updates and showtime selection.
Junior Developer Intern — Sauce Servers
Remote · May 2021 — Aug. 2024
- Developed React landing pages connected to WHMCS for automated registration, billing, and service management.
- Integrated the Proxmox REST API with WHMCS modules for self-service VM provisioning.
- Automated proxy deployment with Python/Bash — VM creation, Squid configuration, credential generation.
Education
B.S. in Computer Science, University of Texas at El Paso (December 2024)
