About
I'm Emmanuel. I design and build software people rely on.
I work with founders and businesses who need one person accountable for the product: how it's structured, how it looks, how it's engineered and how it goes live. I like hard interfaces, clear data models and software that still reads well six months on.
- Name
- Emmanuel
- Handle
- coder_zi
- Focus
- Product design + engineering
- Works with
- Founders & Businesses
- Availability
- Open to new projects
How I work
Four things that stay constant
Own the whole thing
Design and engineering in one place, so nothing gets lost between the mockup and the deploy.
Structure before pixels
I decide what the product is and how it's organised before deciding what it looks like.
Ship in slices
You see a working preview early and often, instead of a big reveal at the end.
Honest scope
If something isn't worth building yet, I say so and suggest what to build instead.
My journey
How I got here
Then
Self-taught start
Began building small websites and tools, learning by shipping things people actually used.
Next
Client work
Designed and engineered brand sites and business platforms across events, photography and services.
Now
Products
Building full products like Clipifai and Ascend, from data model to interface.
Tools & technologies
What I build with
Design
- Figma
- Design systems
- Prototyping
Frontend
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Motion
Backend
- Node.js
- Postgres
- REST APIs
Ops
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Git
- CI/CD