Building production SaaS + next-gen trading infrastructure
π Current Focus:
- π RapidWire: Production SaaS with 15-minute response guarantee
- π΅ GetNotes: Music theory platform targeting 100 MRR
- β‘ Matchstick: Rust trading engine (building in public)
Production Systems:
- TypeScript + Rust - Type safety meets performance
- Cloudflare Workers - Edge computing for global scale
- Cap'n Proto RPC - High-performance distributed systems
- Monorepo Architecture - Turborepo + PNPM across 13+ projects
Deployment & Monitoring:
- Vercel, Railway, Docker - Multi-cloud deployment strategies
- Sentry + PostHog - Error tracking + product analytics
- 80%+ Test Coverage - Comprehensive quality assurance
- FieldTest - TypeScript validation toolkit (Standard Schema)
- MarkdownFlow - Headless Readwise alternative (live on Workers)
- CSV Processor - Universal data transformation with AI column mapping
- Brickwave - Deterministic noise generation for DSP/AI research
- Forage - ADHD-friendly file discovery (Electron + Python)
- GetNotes - Interactive music theory with MIDI support
Architecture Expertise:
- Multi-tenant SaaS with complete tenant isolation
- Real-time webhook systems handling enterprise workloads
- Sub-millisecond Rust engines with Polars integration
- Global edge deployment with <50ms latency
Product Development:
- 13+ active projects from concept to production
- Revenue-generating products with validated pricing
- Analytics-driven feature development
- Comprehensive documentation standards
Building Matchstick in Public - Following the complete journey of building a next-generation trading engine:
- Technical architecture decisions
- Performance optimization insights
- Business model validation
- Developer community building
- π Portfolio: watthem.github.io
- π§ Email: [email protected]
- π GitHub: @watthem
- β‘ Matchstick: Follow the build
Production systems that scale. Trading engines that perform. Building in public.


