forge — zsh
➜ forge build --watch
compiling 42 modules…
✓ resolved graph in 0.8s
✓ ready on :3000
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Forge CLI
2025A build tool that resolves a project's module graph in under a second and hot-reloads on save.
Open sourceRustWASMNode
available · remote or Lisbon
Ava Reyes
Product & systems engineer. I build the layer other people build on — compilers, data platforms and the tools around them.
AR
est. 2018@avareyes
01 — Work
Selected work
MRR
$128k
+8.2%
1.2k
4.6%
Northwind Metrics
2025Real-time revenue analytics for a B2B platform — funnels, cohorts and anomaly alerts in one board.
ClientNext.jsClickHouseTS
Tidepool
2024An offline-first field-notes app for marine researchers, syncing the moment a signal returns.
ProductReact NativeSQLite
Wayfinder
2024A routing engine for last-mile delivery that recomputes fleets live as new orders land.
ClientGoPostGISgRPC
1 export function render() {
2 return node.map(
3 (n) => paint(n),
4 )
5 }
Inkwell
2023A collaborative code editor with a plugin surface — the render pipeline paints a syntax tree, not text.
Open sourceTypeScriptCRDT
Lattice
2023A dependency visualiser that turns a monorepo into a walkable graph you can prune interactively.
Open sourceD3Turborepo
02 — Path
Where I've worked
- 012023 — now
Staff engineer · Northwind
Lead the data platform: streaming ingestion, the query layer, and the analytics product it powers.
- 022020 — 2023
Senior engineer · Cartogram
Built the routing engine and the map-tile service behind a delivery network across four cities.
- 032018 — 2020
Engineer · Foundry Labs
Shipped the first mobile app and the offline sync layer that still underpins it today.
03 — Trophies
Things I'm proud of
Forger
Shipped 5 tools
Alchemist
10k commits
Launcher
40 releases
Explorer
First to prod
Builder
100 PRs merged
05 — Contact
Have something worth building?
I take on a couple of projects a year where the hard part is the engineering. If that sounds like yours, let's talk.