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Hendra Nicholas · Full-Stack Web Developer & AI Engineer Full-Stack Web Apps with Next.js, Python & AI.

I help founders and product teams design, build and scale modern web applications using Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Ruby on Rails and Supabase, and ship AI features (LLM chat, RAG search, autonomous agents) that work reliably in production.

Next.js & React TypeScript & Node.js Python & FastAPI Go & Rust Ruby & Rails Supabase & Postgres OpenAI / Claude / RAG
10+
Years Experience
750k+
Users Served
100%
Job Success Rate
app/api/chat/route.ts
export async function POST(req: Request) {
const { question } = await req.json();

// Embed the question & fetch matches from pgvector
const embedding = await embed(question);
const { data: docs } = await supabase.rpc('match_documents', {
query_embedding: embedding, match_count: 5,
});

// Stream the grounded LLM answer to the React UI
return streamText({ model, system: context(docs), prompt: question })
.toTextStreamResponse();
}
System OperationalNode 24 | Next.js 15
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Full-Stack Web Developer

A decade of shipping web products, now built for the AI era.

I'm Hendra Nicholas, a full-stack web developer and AI engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building and scaling web platforms. I work across the modern stack, with TypeScript, React and Next.js on the frontend, Node.js, Python, Go and Rust on the backend, and Supabase/PostgreSQL for data, auth and realtime.

From database schema design and vector search (pgvector) to polished React UIs, payments and third-party APIs, I own the whole delivery. I also integrate OpenAI and Anthropic Claude models into real products: RAG knowledge bases, AI assistants and agent workflows. I've also spent years building and scaling Ruby on Rails platforms, including Sejasa (750,000+ customers across 100+ cities), the Triv crypto exchange and the Paneco e-commerce store, so I'm equally at home extending a mature Rails codebase or migrating it to a modern TypeScript stack.

Zero Hand-Holding

Autonomous technical lead who translates user requirements straight into reliable code.

Production-Ready AI

Practical RAG pipelines, AI agents, prompt engineering and evaluation, with cost and latency in check.

Core Engineering Offerings

Full-Stack & AI Development Services

End-to-end engineering to launch faster, scale reliably and add AI where it creates real value.

Next.js & Supabase SaaS Development

Turn your idea into a launch-ready SaaS: architecture, auth, database, Stripe subscriptions and a fast, SEO-friendly Next.js frontend.

  • Next.js App Router + React + TypeScript
  • Supabase Auth, Postgres, Storage & Realtime
  • Stripe billing & REST / GraphQL APIs

AI Agent & LLM Integration

Add practical AI to your product: RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) over your own data, AI chat assistants, document and media processing pipelines, and multi-step agents.

  • OpenAI / Anthropic Claude APIs
  • Python (FastAPI, LangChain) & Vercel AI SDK
  • Vector search with pgvector / Pinecone

Modernization & Performance Audits

Slow pages, fragile code or an aging backend? I audit and optimize Node.js, Python and Rails apps, and migrate legacy systems to a modern TypeScript/Next.js stack without downtime.

  • Core Web Vitals & query optimization
  • Background jobs & queue tuning
  • Legacy Rails → Next.js / Node migrations
Proven Track Record

Full-Stack Web Development Case Studies

Live products I've helped design, build and scale, from AgTech and AI SaaS to crypto trading, e-commerce and marketplaces serving customers in Indonesia, Singapore, Japan and beyond.

Pasture.io homepage: pasture and feed management platform for farmers
AgTech SaaSGlobal Farm Operators

Pasture.io – Satellite-Driven Pasture Management SaaS

SaaS platform that turns satellite imagery and automated weather data into clear grazing recommendations, helping farm operators worldwide plan feed and manage pasture more effectively.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • PostgreSQL / GIS
  • REST API
Watermarquee homepage: watermark, protect and prep photos and videos for the web
AI SaaSBrowser-Side Processing

Watermarquee – AI-Powered Image Watermarking App

Next.js web app where sellers, photographers and creators watermark, protect and export images in seconds, right in the browser, with AI tools that generate SEO-ready metadata and tags.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • OpenAI API
  • Canvas API
Triv homepage: Indonesian crypto and digital asset marketplace with live prices
Fintech / CryptoSub-second Latency

Triv – Indonesian Crypto & Digital Asset Exchange

High-availability trading platform for Indonesian investors, with real-time WebSocket order books, secure digital asset storage and instant buy, sell and transfer workflows.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Redis
  • WebSockets
  • PostgreSQL
Sejasa homepage: Indonesian home-services platform with service and location search
Services Marketplace100+ Cities

Sejasa – On-Demand Home Services Marketplace

Home-services marketplace connecting 750,000+ customers with verified providers for AC servicing, cleaning, repairs and renovation, powered by geo-location search and vendor matching.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • Geo-Location Search
  • Vendor Matching
Paneco homepage: Singapore online liquor store with promotions and product listings
E-CommerceFree Next-Day Delivery

Paneco – Alcohol Delivery E-Commerce Store

Singapore online liquor store selling top alcohol brands at competitive prices, with a smooth catalogue-to-checkout experience and free next-day delivery.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • Hotwire
Boatflow homepage: search for used boats for sale from Japan
Cross-Border MarketplaceJapan → Worldwide

Boatflow – Cross-Border Marketplace for Japanese Boats

Marketplace for pre-owned boats in Japan that helps international buyers find the right vessel, then assists with export and international shipping to their destination country.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Vite
Developer Quality First

Clean, Typed & Production-Ready Code

Production-style TypeScript and Python snippets: a Next.js RAG endpoint, a tool-calling AI agent in FastAPI, and a realtime React UI on Supabase.

// app/api/chat/route.ts
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { embed, streamText } from 'ai';
import { createClient } from '@/lib/supabase/server';

export async function POST(req: Request) {
  const { question } = (await req.json()) as { question: string };
  const supabase = await createClient();

  // Embed the question and pull the closest chunks from pgvector
  const { embedding } = await embed({
    model: openai.embedding('text-embedding-3-small'),
    value: question,
  });

  const { data: docs, error } = await supabase.rpc('match_documents', {
    query_embedding: embedding,
    match_count: 5,
  });
  if (error) return new Response('Search failed', { status: 500 });

  const context = docs.map((d: { content: string }) => d.content).join('\n---\n');

  // Stream a grounded answer straight to the React client
  const result = streamText({
    model: openai('gpt-4.1-mini'),
    system: `Answer only from this context. Say "I don't know" otherwise.\n\n${context}`,
    prompt: question,
    temperature: 0.2,
  });

  return result.toTextStreamResponse();
}
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