Franklin Jara
Charlotte, NC—SWE @ CHP
Software engineer who likes building things that are useful and fun. Lately I've been diving into AI. When I'm not coding, you'll find me bouldering or listening to techno.
Where I've Worked
Things I've Built
Cima
An AI bouldering tracker that watches your climbing videos and gives you feedback on technique and movement. Tracks your sessions, shows grade progress, has leaderboards, and 50+ badges to unlock.
Drezzi
An AI try-on app powered by Gemini 3 Pro. Upload a photo of yourself and any clothing item to see how it looks on you in 4K, in about 25 seconds. Includes lookbooks, style tips, and multi-pose views.
Mono-F7
A ready-to-use monorepo starter with TanStack Start, Hono API, and tRPC for full type safety. Comes with auth (Better Auth), Postgres via Drizzle ORM, and Docker + Turborepo for easy deploys.
F7
A full-stack todo app built with TanStack Start and React 19. Has end-to-end type safety with tRPC, instant optimistic updates, multi-language support, and serverless deploys on AWS via SST.
Z-Language
A custom programming language built in Zig with its own lexer, parser, and code generator. Runs and optimizes user scripts from scratch.
Starlit AI
An AI art platform using DALL-E 3, React, and AWS Lambda. Create and share AI-generated images with custom prompts and styles.
Tiny Car
A fast 2D racing game written in Zig with Raylib. Has physics-based driving, random tracks, and real-time collision detection.
HTTP Server
An HTTP/1.1 server built from scratch in Zig. Handles multiple connections at once, routes requests, serves files, and logs errors properly.
My Tools
macOS Sequoia 15.2
Apple M3 Max
48 GB
Neovim
Ghostty
zsh 5.9