Michael Richo

Generative-AI & full-stack engineer. I build AI media systems (face/avatar generation, diffusion pipelines), scalable web apps, cloud backends on AWS, and games.

What I do

Generative AI · face/avatar model training · diffusion & image gen pipelines · ML backends   |   Full-stack web · custom, scalable, database-driven apps · frontend + backend   |   Cloud · AWS · CDN · Cloudflare · media services · distributed compute   |   Games · Unity · 2D/3D · mobile & desktop

By the numbers

744+ public git commits  ·  50,000+ lines of code shipped  ·  5 product launches  ·  9+ projects across AI, web & games

Selected work

AI Art Mobile App

AI Art Mobile App

AI Art Mobile App I created the backend for a mobile app called Diffuze AI. The app allows users to train an artificial intelligence model on their face and then generates a variety of personalized avatars for them to use. I was responsible for building the server-side infrastructure and integrating the AI model into the app. This included designing the database schema,…

Multi-restaurant Coffee Delivery App and Backend

Multi-restaurant Coffee Delivery App and Backend

Multi-restaurant Coffee Delivery Platform I was responsible for the design and management of a full stack coffee delivery app. I worked closely with a team of frontend developers to create a responsive and user-friendly interface. On the backend, I designed and implemented an API that integrated with several third-party services and a database to store and retrieve data…

RMS Coach for Chromebook

RMS Coach for Chromebook

Realtime Music Solutions http://www.rms.biz 5.21.2019 When the client wanted their instructional music software, that was previously for Mac and Windows to run on Chromebook, I re-wrote it into a fully JavaScript and CSS implementation. I also coded the backend in Python and Django. It lives on AWS and is one of the most advanced MIDI players on the web.   Technology jQuery…

RMS Customer Account Portal

RMS Customer Account Portal

Realtime Music Solutions RMS Accounts Manager 5.21.2019 This custom web application allows the company’s customers (primarily teachers) to purchase instructional music content and share it with their students. It includes registration and login in via Facebook, Google, searching for other users by name, email, school name. It also allows teachers to manage their classes giving…

Realtime Music Solutions Website

Realtime Music Solutions Website

Realtime Music Solutions rms.biz 2.15.2017 Working with a graphic designer and UX expert, this Django website is completely custom and to the client's exact specifications. Technology Python Django jQuery Bootstrap AJAX

ScoreKeeper App

ScoreKeeper App

WinScore Created app from mockup design. Utilize API backend, design components and logic, data structures. Store scorekeeping records for later sync to API, and a live-updating mode. Technology React Native Expo Node.js TypeScript Material UI

Planetstrike: Arcade

Planetstrike: Arcade

Perfect Storm Games A fast-paced arcade-style space shooter developed in Unity and intended for release on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows.

Trism2

Trism2

Demiforce trism2.com I was approached by Demiforce in 2015 to assist with the backend API of Trism2, the sequel to one of the most successful indie games at the start of the Apple App Store. The API handles player progress, high scores, in-app-purchases, player inventory and other game information, but was incomplete and buggy. My main role was to bring the API and…

Trism2 Website

Trism2 Website

Demiforce trism2.com With a backend in Django, I created this website using the game's existing promotional assets. Originally used to collect email addresses for notifications about launch, the site has a gallery for screenshots that is easily editable from a dashboard

Work with me

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