DaQuan Louden

I taught myself to build software, then shipped it.

Two years ago I had no technical background. Since then I've built and launched production web apps on my own: auth, payments, backend, design, SEO, the lot. I'm looking for my first engineering job.

Open to entry-level and junior roles: frontend, full-stack or product engineering. Remote, or on site in Michigan.

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DaQuan Louden, smiling, in a dark sweater.

Work

Guppy

A workout tracker for the web

Live, taking payments

Build a workout or import one from a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube video, log every set in seconds, and watch your training add up. I designed and built the whole thing: the marketing site, the app, the backend and the billing.

What I built

  • The web app: workouts, logging, progressions and progress history, with account data export and deletion.
  • A video import pipeline that turns a public workout video into an editable workout, with jobs you can cancel and resume.
  • Subscriptions with Stripe through RevenueCat Web Billing, and sign-in with Clerk.
  • Ten free search-driven tools (calisthenics level test, pull-up readiness check, home workout generator, calculators) plus a blog, Markdown versions of every page and an llms.txt for AI search.

Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Convex, Clerk, Stripe, RevenueCat, Vercel.

guppyfitness.com

guppyfitness.com
The web app in fifteen seconds: open a workout, log sets with the space bar, finish, see progress.

Bloomin

Goal-based savings that lock your money until you reach the goal

Design stage, waitlist open

For people who keep touching their savings before they reach the goal. You pick what you're saving for, contribute toward it, and either finish or pay to quit early. The product concept, the app flow and the marketing site are mine.

What I built

  • A clickable prototype of the full app flow: onboarding, goals, locking, progress.
  • A Next.js marketing site with a waitlist, written to rank: organic search impressions grew to about 4,000 in its first few weeks.
  • The product design system, mascot direction and copy.

Next.js, TypeScript, Convex, Vercel.

bloominapp.com

bloominapp.com on a MacBook Air: 'Lock your money so you can't screw it up', with three app screens.

What I work with

Web
Next.js, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui
Backend
Convex, Supabase, Stripe, RevenueCat, Resend, Inngest, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud
Shipping
Vercel, GitHub, PostHog, SEO and AI search
Working with AI
Claude, Codex, Cursor: agent workflows, reusable instructions, persistent project context

How I work

I ship end to end

Every product above was one person: idea, design, frontend, backend, payments, launch and the search pages that bring people in. I'm comfortable owning a feature from a rough idea to something a customer pays for.

I build with AI agents, deliberately

Most of my code is written with coding agents, and I've learned what makes them reliable: clear written specs, repo-level instructions, design tokens they can't drift from, and reviewing the output as if I'd written it. That's how a self-taught builder got to production quality in two years. I'm also working through freeCodeCamp's Certified Full Stack Developer curriculum, so that I can write and reason about the code myself, not only direct an agent.

I care how it feels

Fewer steps, fewer screens, plain language that says what a feature does and what happens next. I dislike interfaces that feel like unrelated parts bolted together, and I'll push for the simpler version.

Before software

Before this I spent eight years managing restaurants and doing high-volume sales. That's where I learned to run a floor on a bad night, train people, read a P&L and keep calling after the fiftieth no.

  1. Assistant Manager, Tavern Hospitality Group2025 to present
  2. General Manager, Lefty's Cheesesteaks2021 to 2024
  3. Pre-Sales Representative, EverQuote2020 to 2021
  4. Assistant Manager, Taco Bell2017 to 2020

Get in touch

If you're hiring for an entry-level or junior engineering role, I'd like to hear about it. I reply the same day.

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