About Me
The story behind Spiratek — an independent, one-person software studio.

My Story
I'm Mark, an independent developer running Spiratek as a one-person studio. I design, build, and ship my own software products rather than taking on client work.
My background is in backend engineering and systems architecture — databases, APIs, and infrastructure, the parts of an application that don't show up in a screenshot but decide whether it holds together. Over time that turned into a fascination with what AI models make newly possible inside a product.
World Stories, my AI-powered fantasy RPG, is where that comes together — a full application I built end-to-end, including the AI systems that generate character art and drive NPC dialogue. It's the first product out of Spiratek, with more to come.
Skills & Expertise
Backend Engineering
- Node.js
- Python
- Php
- Express
AI & LLM Engineering
- LLM Integration
- Prompt Engineering
- OpenAI & Ollama
- Generative AI Pipelines
Database & Data
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Mysql
- PostgreSQL
- Data Modeling
API & Architecture
- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL
- Microservices
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS/GCP
Interested in what I'm building?
Reach out about World Stories or Spiratek — happy to talk.
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