avalon online
jan 2026+
a web app for playing avalon: the resistance, the classic social deduction board game with hidden roles. helps facilitate games IRL, take notes, learn strategy, etc.
view project →aaron levin
projects
trading card creator
dec 2025+
upload pictures of yourself or friends and turn them into yu-gi-oh or pokemon style trading cards.
view project →pool queue
nov 2025+
a real-time queue management app for pool tables. join the queue, see who's up next, and get notified when it's your turn to play.
view project →potlucky
mar 2024+
an app for organizing potlucks with friends. coordinate who's bringing what and make sure every dish is covered.
view project →whomst.info
jan 2022+
a domain availability checker that lets you quickly find available website domains directly from imessage conversations
view project →interest invoicer
spring 2019+
hipaa-compliant browser-based tool for medical firms to calculate and generate interest invoices. fully offline with responsive design, built with react, redux, and react-pdf.
view project →jobs
2024 - present
founding ai engineer
vellum
building ai features for enterprise-grade ai product development, primarily vellum agent builder—a coding agent that builds and debugs llm workflows. also advising teams on ai product strategy and building directly with customers.
2019 - 2024
head of engineering
fiveable
joined as first full-time hire and grew to head of engineering over 5 years. scaled from ~3,000 to 1m+ monthly active users via seo. led migration from cra to nextjs (50x page speed improvement), built content tools achieving 150m+ google search impressions per year.
2019
freelance engineer
self-employed
built hipaa-compliant apps for a medical firm across 6 locations. developed a python app reducing a 2-day manual process to under 20 seconds, later rewritten with electron for easier distribution.
2018
software engineer intern
intuit
helped the identity platform team migrate to aws. built an ios prototype for biometric authentication during a hackathon. applied for 2 patents and received awards for events planning and patent work.
2017
cognitive software developer
ibm
developed a patient engagement chatbot to help manage and prevent diabetes through diet, exercise, and education. built mvp as proof-of-concept for a multi-million dollar proposed contract using node.js, typescript, and watson.
2017 - 2018
co-founder / cto
swopshop
co-founded a mobile app for buying, selling, and trading belongings in a swipe format. won $5,000 placing 3rd of 30+ teams in transcend innovation competition (sponsored by qualcomm). built ios prototype with swift.
writing
coming soon - my main 2026 goal is to become a better writer
reading
things i've been reading
if anyone builds it, everyone dies
read dec 2025+
eliezer yudkowsky & nate soares
a stark warning about artificial superintelligence. yudkowsky and soares argue that the default outcome of building ASI is extinction—not because AI would be malevolent, but because it wouldn't care about humans while pursuing its goals. despite the grim premise, the book ends with hope, pointing to humanity's track record of coordinating against existential threats.
men explain things to me
read may 2024+
rebecca solnit
solnit's essays on gender dynamics and silencing. the titular essay coined 'mansplaining' and remains sharply relevant.
white like me
read may 2024+
tim wise
reflections on race and privilege in america. challenging and necessary reading for understanding systemic inequality.
no rules rules
read may 2024+
reed hastings
netflix's unconventional culture of freedom and responsibility. fascinating look at how radical transparency and removing controls can work at scale.
lean in
read may 2024+
sheryl sandberg
sandberg's perspective on women in leadership. sparked important conversations about workplace dynamics and ambition.
the last lecture
read mar 2024+
randy pausch
a moving reflection on life, dreams, and legacy. pausch's perspective on achieving childhood dreams while facing mortality is profound and deeply human.