Karoly N.

I 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 of existing systems and make them stable, maintainable, and ready for real users — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 on top. If your application has grown messy, is breaking under real usage, or needs someone who can 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 inside code they didn't write, that's exactly where I fit. I'm comfortable at any stage — from an 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗩𝗣 that needs to be pushed toward something reliable, to a mature system that needs careful, low-risk changes. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵: • Legacy cleanup: technical debt, hidden bugs, codebases that got hard to maintain • MVP hardening: taking early-stage products and preparing them for real, paying users • Complex integrations: payment gateways, multi-tenant setups, high-concurrency data exports • Architecture: modular, domain-driven structure (bounded contexts) that keeps large codebases maintainable as they grow • Day-to-day development: new features, admin panels, auth/roles, and performance improvements on existing Laravel/Vue systems 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸: • Payment platform: caught a concurrency bug in a compliance export before it caused any data loss, fixed at the root • Multi-store e-commerce: Magento platforms with 8 storefronts on one backend, handling live customer • data and payments • Own SaaS product: building end to end (Laravel + Nuxt 3), backend near MVP — modular architecture with clear domain boundaries (Account, Billing, Chat, and more, each with its own contracts, models, and services) 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: I work daily with AI coding tools — Claude Code, Antigravity — using skills, workflows, and MCP servers to move faster. What keeps the output production-ready, not just functional, is 15+ years of engineering judgment behind it — knowing why the code works, not just that it runs. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸: Laravel · Vue/Nuxt · PostgreSQL/MySQL · REST APIs · CI/CD (GitHub Actions) · Python/FastAPI when the project calls for it. Always open to a quick chat if you want to walk me through what you're working with — happy to give you a straight read on where things stand.