MilesMiles.
Engineer · Indie Hacker · Vietnam

Miles.

(Trien Vo)

I ship products solo. Some work. Some don't. I write about both.

Shipped
2
Revenue-earning
2
Abandoned
2
Years engineering
5+
Live revenue

Recappy

MRR
$4/mo.
Subscription·RevenueCat

PortTraceX

All-time
$86.
One-time·Polar.sh
Projects · 02 · The Graveyard

Not every project ships.

These are the ones I shelved. I keep them here on purpose -they're where the real learning happened.

Abandoned
ArtlensAI logo

ArtlensAI

Photo-to-art style transfer app. Reached beta but I decided not to continue developing it.

Next.jsTypeScriptAI Style Transfer
Creator & Solo Developer
Abandoned
Pixel Penny logo

Pixel Penny

A mobile app experiment that didn't find its audience.

React Native
Read postmortem →
Miles (Trien Vo)
About

Why I build solo.

I've been a software engineer for 5+ years - shipping production systems across Next.js, NestJS, Django, Flutter, and React Native. The day job teaches me how real products are engineered at scale.

But the thing I care most about is building my own products. I'm drawn to LLM-powered workflows, mobile apps, and small developer tools - the kinds of things one person can actually take from idea to App Store. Some of them find users. Others don't. I treat both as information.

If you're working on something interesting at the intersection of AI, product, and craft -I'd love to hear about it.

IELTS 6.5 (2024)·AI Agents Fundamentals -Hugging Face (2025)·Best Performance Award -Netpower (2022)
Day Job

Also, I work as an engineer.

For companies that pay me to build serious things. Here's the professional track record.

  1. Jan 2024 -Present

    Software Engineer · Immersio Learning Inc

    Remote, Canada

    • Engineered and scaled an EdTech platform with a NestJS/Django backend and Next.js frontend.
    • Architected a secure multi-tenant payment infrastructure (Stripe + PayPal) handling subscription flows reliably.
    • Implemented AI-powered educational features with LLMs - cut content prep time by 80% while enabling personalized paths.
    NestJSDjangoNext.jsPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisRabbitMQSocket.IOLiveKitStripePayPalPosthog
  2. Jun 2023 -Jan 2024

    Flutter Developer · Pandora Network

    Hybrid, Vietnam

    • Engineered core Web3 capabilities within a Flutter ecosystem.
    • Translated complex product requirements into scalable, high-performance mobile components.
    FlutterDartWeb3
  3. Jun 2022 -Jun 2023

    Team Leader · Netpower

    Vietnam

    • Led a cross-functional team of 3 building React Native and Flutter apps - defined sprints, owned delivery.
    • Mentored juniors on RN/Flutter best practices and resolved technical bottlenecks.
    React NativeFlutter
  4. Apr 2020 -Jun 2022

    Software Engineer · Netpower

    Vietnam

    • Primary technical liaison for international clients in France and India.
    • Architected high-performance cross-platform apps from scratch with React Native and Flutter.
    React NativeFlutter
Toolkit

The stack.

Languages

01
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Dart

Frontend & Mobile

02
  • Next.js
  • React
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Expo

Backend & Infra

03
  • NestJS
  • Django
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • RabbitMQ
  • Socket.IO

AI & ML

04
  • LLM integration
  • Google Gemini
  • GROQ
  • Prompt engineering
  • Context engineering
  • Dify

Cloud & Systems

05
  • Scalable backend architecture
  • LiveKit Server
  • Appwrite

Tools & Platforms

06
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Posthog
  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Antigravity
Let's talk

Working on something ambitious? So am I.