// Melbourne, Australia — Tech Lead & Builder

Building things that matter.

8 years in the industry. Tech lead, full-stack engineer, team builder. I ship products, grow teams, and write about what I learn along the way.

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// About me

Lead. Ship.
Repeat.

I'm Ankon — known as Luciferankon. A tech lead with 8 years in the industry, I've spent my career building products that scale and leading the engineers who build them. I've worked across frontend, backend, DevOps, and now the full product delivery cycle — from roadmap to release.

I've shipped across more than 15 programming languages, led teams across multiple domains, and learned that the best code is the kind that doesn't slow a business down. Melbourne-based. Always building something.

8+
Years in the industry
15+
Languages shipped in
∞
Teams led & grown
MEL
Based in Melbourne, AU
// Experience

8 years of shipping.

From writing my first production line to leading entire engineering organisations — this is the journey so far.

Now
Tech Lead
Leading multiple cross-functional teams
Driving delivery across multiple product domains. I set the technical direction, unblock engineers, run the roadmap, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks. Equal parts code, architecture, and people.
Mid-career
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Deep product engineering
Building and owning complex systems end-to-end. Moved from feature engineer to system owner — designing APIs, leading code reviews, mentoring junior devs, and shipping production systems that handle real load.
Early career
Software Engineer
Where it all started
Started as a curious engineer who wanted to understand every layer of the stack. Dove into frontend, then backend, then DevOps — and never stopped. The foundation everything else is built on.
// Stack

Every layer.
Every stack.

Full-stack across 15+ languages. Frontend to firmware, monolith to microservices — I've shipped in most environments and know which tool to reach for.

🖥
Frontend
React Next.js TypeScript Vue HTML / CSS Tailwind Three.js
⚙️
Backend
Node.js Python Go Java Ruby PHP C# REST / GraphQL
☁️
DevOps & Infra
AWS Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Terraform GitHub Actions Linux
🧠
Leadership & PM
Team Leadership Roadmapping Agile / Scrum Hiring System Design Cross-team Delivery
// Now

Currently building.

Live
luciferankon.dev
This portfolio. Built from scratch with Three.js, GSAP, and raw HTML/CSS — no frameworks, no templates. A space to share work, writing, and thinking.
Live
ShipReady
AI tool for developers — paste your diff, get a PR description, commit message, and release notes instantly. Runs entirely in your browser.
Live
GitPulse
Paste your git log, get a standup update, PR summary, or tech debt report. Three modes, no backend.
Live
DevLens
Interactive developer trends dashboard — Stack Overflow 2024 survey visualised with Chart.js across 6 sections.
// Projects

What I've shipped.

⭐ Featured
ShipReady
Stop writing boring PR descriptions. Paste your git diff or describe your changes — ShipReady generates a polished PR description, conventional commit message, and release notes in seconds. Runs entirely in the browser, no backend, no data stored.
Vanilla JS Claude API HTML / CSS GitHub Pages
Try it
⚡ Dev Tool
GitPulse
Turn your git log into something useful. Paste your commits and get a polished standup update, a PR summary, or a tech debt report — powered by Claude AI. Pure client-side, no backend, your data never leaves the browser.
Vanilla JS Claude API HTML / CSS GitHub Pages
Try it
📊 Dashboard
DevLens
Interactive developer trends dashboard built from Stack Overflow's 2024 survey of 65,437 respondents. Explore language trends, salaries by role and experience, AI tool adoption, framework usage, and more — across 6 sections with live charts.
Chart.js Vanilla JS HTML / CSS Open Data
Explore
✏ Writing
This Blog
Essays on emerging technology — AI, vibe coding, automation, and the future of building. Written for people who want to understand what's actually changing, not just the headlines.
AIAutomationEmerging TechBuilding
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// Writing

Latest posts.

Mar 20265 min
You Don't Have to Understand the Code Anymore
Vibe coding is here. You describe it, AI builds it. Here's what that actually means — and what it doesn't.
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Coming soon
More posts on the way...
New essays on AI, building, and everything in between.
// Contact

Let's talk.

Got a project, a role, an idea, or just want to say hi — my inbox is open.