Vitalii Kindrakevych

Coding since 1992.

I started with Z80 assembler on the ZX Spectrum, then x86 assembler on the IBM PC and Linux servers, and the web from the 2000s. Today I build platforms on millions of records: maps, search, online stores and AI.

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Thirty-four years ago I wrote code where every byte mattered. The habit stayed: keep it simple, fast, and built to run for years.

Depths of code

Each layer is something I did — and still use in my work today.

  1. 2024

    AI every day

    Claude Code as an engineering partner; RAG, agents and speech analytics in products people actually use.

    › claude "add a stocking-records import with tests"
  2. 2020s

    Big data & maps

    TripsQuick and Rybalka Club: government data, our own tile server, depth maps and Elasticsearch — 78,208 waters in one database.

    › tippecanoe -o depths.pmtiles isobaths.geojson
  3. 2014

    My own agency

    Founded Kindrakevich Digital Agency: 40+ projects in tourism, e-commerce, SaaS, the public sector and B2B. Drupal, Symfony and open-source distributions on Drupal.org.

    › drush site:install constructor
  4. 2010

    Karpaty.Rocks

    Launched a guide to the Carpathians — today the largest one: 9,200+ pages and 2,420 GPS routes.

    › SELECT name FROM peaks WHERE height > 2000;
  5. 2000s

    The web

    PHP, MySQL and the first client websites. Since 2008, building and maintaining web products has been my main work.

    › <?php echo $row['title']; ?>
  6. 1990s

    Linux servers

    Administering Linux servers: networks, mail, web servers and security. That is where my respect for production comes from.

    › # tail -f /var/log/messages
  7. 1990s

    IBM PC · x86

    x86 assembler under DOS — how the processor, memory and video really work.

    › mov ax, 13h ; int 10h ; VGA 320×200
  8. 1992

    ZX Spectrum · Z80

    My first programs, in Z80 assembler. A few dozen kilobytes of memory teach you to count every byte and every cycle.

    › ld a,2 : loop: out (254),a : xor 7 : djnz loop

In short

Since 1992 writing code

Z80 → x86 → Linux → web → AI

40+ projects in production

tourism, e-commerce, SaaS, public sector, B2B

4 languages

Ukrainian, English (B2), Spanish, Polish

CET, remote

Cartagena, Spain · teams in Europe and Ukraine

How I work

What clients and teams can count on.

01

I think like a product owner

I build how the product makes money into the architecture from day one.

02

From idea to production

Often the only engineer on a project — architecture, backend, frontend and deployment.

03

Real numbers only

Facts and real data — in products and on this site.

04

Simple things that last

An assembler habit: less code, fewer failures, systems that run for years.

What I work with

The tools change; the low-level roots stay useful.

01Backend
PHP / Symfony · Python / FastAPI · Drupal · Node · REST · GraphQL
02Frontend
Next.js · React · React Native / Expo · Tailwind
03Search & AI
Elasticsearch · embeddings · RAG · agents · Claude · OpenAI · pgvector
04Data & maps
PostgreSQL · PostGIS · MySQL · Redis · MapLibre · PMTiles · GDAL
05E-commerce
Shopify API · Google Ads API · product feeds · Stripe
06Ops
Linux · Docker · nginx · GitHub Actions · Cloudflare
07Roots
Z80 and x86 assembler · Bash · servers by hand

Education

A finance degree helps me speak the same language as the business.

1999 — 2003

Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Management and Economics

Finance

1997 — 1999

Novyi Rozdil Polytechnic College

Computers and commercial activity

Let’s get to know each other

Tell me about your product — I reply within a day.

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