Roberto Pando

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Building, experimenting. Sharing the journey. Learning Creating Shipping

Software engineer shipping web, mobile, and AI products. Currently deep in local LLMs. Writing about the journey

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// startups & projects

PerDiem

PerDiem

2026

PerDiem makes budgeting dead simple. Pick a problem spending category, set a monthly budget, and track every purchase. No bank connections. No subscription fees.
Viska

Viska

2026

Local AI meeting notes. Transcription + summaries + AI assistant, fully offline.
Carve

Carve

2023

Create On-Chain NFT collections. Build NFT collections where everything lives permanently on the blockchain. No external dependencies, no broken links.
Kickstart Crew

Kickstart Crew

2021

Digital Agency and Consulting. Specializing in Web and mobile app development. Helping businesses grow through innovative solutions.

// recent

I Built an AI App in React Native. The Wrappers Nearly Killed It.

I Built an AI App in React Native. The Wrappers Nearly Killed It.

Feb 09

Building AI apps in React Native with whisper.rn and llama.rn? Here's what I learned shipping a local, on-device LLM transcription app and why native wrappers around whisper.cpp and llama.cpp will slow you down.
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