💻 Hi! I'm Marcus

Full-Stack Engineer | Hypermedia Architect

I am an experienced Full-Stack Engineer specializing in robust, backend-heavy applications with a strong focus on Hypermedia-Driven architecture.

🛠️ Technology Stack & Expertise

🌐 Core Languages & Data

| Category | Tools & Languages | | :--- | :--- | | Languages | Python, JavaScript, SQL, C, HTML, CSS | | Data & Persistence | PostgreSQL, Redis (for caching/queues) |

🧠 Backend Infrastructure

I specialize in constructing reliable and scalable server-side systems.

• Frameworks: Django, Flask
• APIs: Django Rest Framework (DRF)
• Asynchronous Tasks: Celery, Redis,

🚀 Hypermedia Frontend

• HDA Tools: HTMX, Datastar,
• Styling: Tailwind CSS (utility-first design)

💡 Featured Project: Bookids

AI-Powered Personalized Children's Book Platform

A production Django SaaS for creating and printing personalized, illustrated children's storybooks. Combines AI-powered content generation with e-commerce and print-on-demand fulfillment.

Technical Highlights:

• AI Content Generation: Multi-provider integration (OpenAI, Google Gemini) via PydanticAI for text and illustration generation with structured output validation
• Dual Commerce System: SaaS subscriptions + e-commerce shop with Stripe, webhook automation, and Peecho print-on-demand API
• Real-time Architecture: Server-Sent Events (SSE) for live job status, background job orchestration with cooperative cancellation
• Production Infrastructure: AWS S3 multi-bucket storage, PostgreSQL, RESTful API (Django Ninja) with OpenAPI docs and rate limiting

Stack: Django 6.0 • Python 3.13 • PostgreSQL • PydanticAI • Tailwind CSS 4 • AWS S3 • Stripe