Platform Architecture Case Studies and Selected Work

Deep case studies show business constraints, architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and defensible outcomes. Selected work shows additional products and client engagements without overstating the public evidence available for them.

Architecture Case Studies

Route-backed studies with enough evidence to explain the business problem, important constraints, Antonio's role, architecture decisions, and outcome.

Featured case study

Commerce Platform Capability Architecture

An anonymized architecture case study on organizing pricing, payments, loyalty, fulfillment, analytics, finance, and operations around durable business capabilities instead of vendor models.

Problem: A revenue-critical commerce ecosystem needed to keep changing channels, providers, integrations, and operating rules without repeatedly rebuilding core workflows.
Evidence: Supported 2.19M+ orders and $158.6M+ in commerce revenue since September 2020, with unified commerce operations across 100+ retail locations.

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MongoDB-to-PostgreSQL Migration

An anonymized architecture case study on replacing a production data store through repository adapters, resumable data movement, reconciliation, and a reversible cutover.

Problem

A business-critical Node.js platform needed stronger relational integrity without pausing live workflows or coupling the database change to an application rewrite.

Role

Led the migration architecture, persistence boundaries, data-movement strategy, reconciliation, and production cutover plan.

Proof

The application remained available through the migration; public scale and financial metrics are intentionally omitted.

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Inbox2Order

Email-to-order automation platform that turns email inquiries into structured orders automatically, eliminating manual data entry for operations teams.

Problem

Manual email intake was slowing order operations and creating repeated data-entry work.

Role

Designed and built the automation workflow from unstructured email to structured order data.

Proof

AI workflow automation for an operations-heavy business process.

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Tlaloc Harvest

Stealth startup transforming how communities handle food waste with a sustainable, easy-to-use platform for redistributing surplus food.

Problem

A new product needed a reliable software foundation for coordinating surplus food redistribution.

Role

Built product workflows and launch-ready web application architecture.

Proof

Early-stage product build with community, logistics, and sustainability constraints.

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Candid Moments

An ongoing event photo-sharing SaaS with no-account QR uploads, private galleries, host controls, media moderation, payments, and operational tooling.

Problem

Guests need a near-instant way to contribute event photos and videos while hosts need one private gallery they can control.

Role

Designed, built, and operated the product across guest UX, media processing, moderation, payments, analytics, and production hardening.

Proof

A complete acquisition-to-gallery SaaS workflow with PgBoss processing and recovery-aware moderation operations.

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Selected Product and Client Work

Additional shipped products and client engagements where public information supports a concise project record, not a full architecture case study.

FeelsReel

AI story book generator that creates personalized children's stories and turns them into videos using OpenAI (GPT-4) and RunwayAI.

Problem

A media-heavy AI product needed to coordinate prompt, story, and video generation workflows.

Role

Built the product workflow across OpenAI content generation and third-party video processing.

Proof

Working AI product with multiple generation dependencies and user-facing output.

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Schuil Ag Real Estate

Schuil Ag Real Estate wanted a way to generate brochures for their properties automatically using WordPress and a custom plugin.

Problem

Property brochure creation was a repeated manual workflow tied to changing listing data.

Role

Built a custom WordPress plugin to generate brochures from structured property content.

Proof

Operational automation for a real estate team with recurring document-production needs.

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Mid India

Non-profit organization website providing child sponsorship and clean water initiatives. Provided WooCommerce support, reporting data solutions, and website improvements.

Problem

The organization needed clearer reporting, e-commerce support, and ongoing website improvements.

Role

Supported WooCommerce workflows, reporting data needs, and production website changes.

Proof

Practical software support for donor, sponsorship, and operational workflows.

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Lighthouse Medical Transport

Professional medical transportation website providing reliable, safe, and compassionate non-emergency medical transport services.

Problem

A service business needed a clearer digital presence for trust-sensitive customer acquisition.

Role

Built a professional web presence aligned with local service credibility and lead generation.

Proof

Trust-focused website for a healthcare-adjacent transportation service.

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Sigma Solutions

Groundwater Management web app built to simplify SGMA compliance for California water agencies with interactive mapping and data management tools.

Problem

California water agencies needed groundwater data, maps, and compliance workflows in one place.

Role

Built interactive mapping and data-management tooling for SGMA-related workflows.

Proof

Compliance-oriented application for public-agency and environmental data complexity.

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