About
Luciano Villalobos
Full-stack developer in Perth. I build production web applications through Igniter Studio — my independent practice.
Perth, Western Australia · Master of IT, Cyber Security — in progress
Background
Software that survives real use
I'm a Chilean software developer based in Perth, Australia. I build production web applications — the kind that actually work under pressure, scale when needed, and don't collapse three months after launch. My background spans e-commerce, SaaS, IoT dashboards, and AI-enabled platforms, always with a focus on TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, and clean API design.
I'm currently completing a Master of Information Technology with a Cyber Security specialisation in Perth. The program has deepened my understanding of network security, threat modelling, cryptographic protocols, and secure systems design — domains that intersect increasingly with the AI and IoT work I do in practice.
Outside of software, I'm genuinely interested in the harder questions: what it means for a system to be aware of its own state, why complexity emerges from simple rules, what quantum information theory tells us about the structure of reality. These aren't idle hobbies — they shape how I think about architecture, interfaces, and AI. The logs on this site are my attempt to explore these ideas in code.
A small principle
At its best, software extends what people can think, remember, and create. The interfaces we build shape the thoughts that can be had inside them. That is a design responsibility worth taking seriously.
Approach
How I build
- Production first — interfaces that survive real use
- Type-safe by default — fewer surprises at runtime
- Secure by design — threat modelling from day one
- Interfaces shape thought — design is a responsibility
Stack
What I build with
- Frontend
- ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSFramer Motion
- Backend
- Node.jsExpressPythonFastAPI
- Data & AI
- PostgreSQLDrizzle ORMSupabaseOpenAI APIZod
- IoT & Edge
- MQTTESP32Raspberry PiInfluxDB
- Security & Infra
- DockerCloudflareJWT/OAuth2TLS/mTLS
- Tooling
- GitGitHub ActionsVercelFigma
Curiosity
What I'm exploring
Links
Where to find me
Contact
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