Projects

A selection of open source projects and professional work I've contributed to over the years.

GymPlus

CEO / CTO

Gym management system with class scheduling, member management, mailing campaigns, payment processing, Social AI chat (Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook), and Google Business automatic review replies.

FastAPIPydantic AIReactAIPythonTypeScript

Datalayer for Visual Studio Code

AI Developer

Built the Datalayer VSCode Extension providing local and remote Jupyter Notebooks and rich executable Lexical editors. AI Copilot integration and MCP tools.

VSCodeClaudePlaywrightTypeScriptNode.jsElectronReactPythonPydantic AI

Datalayer

AI Developer

AI Developer building collaborative Jupyter tools with Lexical editor integration and CopilotKit-powered AI assistance for data science workflows.

ReactClaudeTypeScriptAIJupyterPythonPydantic AIFastAPI

conda-forge

Core Contributor

Core contributor. Created 400+ recipes in the community-led conda package distribution.

PythonPackagingDevOps
400+ recipes

setup-miniconda

Creator & Maintainer

GitHub Action for setting up Miniconda and conda environments in CI/CD workflows. Used by thousands of projects for reproducible Python environments.

GitHub ActionsCI/CDconda
428+

JupyterLab

Former Core Contributor (i18n Lead)

Led the internationalization (i18n) effort for JupyterLab, enabling the IDE to be used in multiple languages worldwide. Contributed to core features and extensions.

TypeScriptJupyteri18n

napari

Former Contributor

Developer & contributor to napari: a fast, interactive viewer for multi-dimensional images in Python.

PythonQtIDE

Spyder IDE

Former Core Developer

Core developer of the Scientific Python Development Environment. Worked on the editor, plugin system, and community engagement.

PythonQtIDE

PySWMM

Former Contributor

Python wrapper for the EPA Storm Water Management Model. Enabled Python-based hydraulic and hydrological modeling for water resources engineering.

PythonWater ResourcesSimulation

Trepa

Co-founder / CEO / CTO

Co-founded an indoor climbing gym in Bogotá, Colombia. Built the brand, community, and digital presence from scratch.

EntrepreneurshipCommunitySports

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