About
I'm Elvis Ibarra, an AI Engineer in Austin, TX. I run Ceboruco Studios as a small, hands-on software studio for teams that need useful tools shipped without agency theater.
I come at projects from the developer/operator side: understand the messy workflow, find the smallest thing that would make it better, build it cleanly, and keep moving. Sometimes that is a polished web app. Sometimes it is an internal tool, an automation, or an AI feature that removes a real bottleneck.
Previously at Joymode and Piñata Farms. Graduate of the Gauntlet AI Fellowship. Right now I build with Nuxt, Vue, Supabase, TypeScript, and whatever AI tooling actually fits the problem.
Experience
Joymode
Software Engineer
Los AngelesRental marketplace startup — built consumer-facing features and internal tooling.
Piñata Farms
Software Engineer
Consumer appsMeme creation platform — shipped the app that let millions of people make and share memes.
Gauntlet AI Fellowship
AI Engineering Fellow
G3 cohortIntensive AI engineering program — shipped AI-powered products and deepened LLM expertise.
How I work
Practical, direct, and biased toward shipping. The best starting point is usually the messy version of the problem: the tools you use now, where the work gets stuck, and what would make the week easier.
Build the useful core first, then polish what proves valuable.
Keep systems simple enough for real teams to maintain.
Use AI when it removes friction, not just because it is trendy.
What I’m best at
The sweet spot is product-minded engineering: enough taste to make it feel good, enough pragmatism to keep it shippable.
- Workflow automation and internal tools
- AI features with real product utility
- Nuxt/Vue apps with auth, data, analytics, and deployment
- Fast prototypes that can grow into production systems
Tech Stack
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