Software Engineer · Artist

Dylan
Duan

GitHub → Instagram → Art Portfolio →

Médaille d'Or

Carrousel du Louvre
Paris · January 2026

✦ Silver Award — CICAF Toronto · 2025

✦ Silver Award — CICAF Toronto · 2024

I build apps, web platforms, and AI tools.
Obsessed with hackathons and VEX Robotics.

* Yes, physical canvas art. No prompts, just getting messy with ink.

01 / ABOUT

Who I Am

Mostly learned to code by breaking stuff until it worked.

* Team 77174A "Holy Airball!" — still trying to make autonomous work.

Started out making basic scripts in Python and Java, but lately I just spend my time building full web apps, iOS stuff, and wiring up AI APIs.

Huge nerd for VEX Robotics (Team 77174A "Holy Airball!"). I built an app called SparkVEX that uses actual Bayesian math to pick our alliances. Off the screen, I do a lot of ink and gouache art. Somehow finessed my way into showing my pieces at the Louvre in Paris and CICAF Toronto.

  • Robotics — VEX competitor & alliance strategist
  • CTF & Hacking — Capture the Flag enthusiast
  • Hackathons — Building under pressure, fast
  • Mobile Dev — Swift & cross-platform apps
  • Art — Ink · Gouache · Mixed Media

02 / WORK

Featured Work

Shipping fast, breaking things, building them back better. Here's the stuff I'm most proud of — pulled live from my GitHub.

01 TypeScript

Lineage

An art-focused creative app — my newest project. Built for artists who want a clean, distraction-free environment to showcase and organize their work.

TypeScriptReactArt Platform
Source →
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02 JavaScript

SaintThunderBird

Non-profit tutoring platform for First Nations students. Student & tutor dashboards, auto-generated Zoom links, and a full admin backend — all built from scratch.

Node.jsJavaScriptZoom API
Live Source →
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03 Swift

Sanctum

Bible app that actually feels good to use. Social-feed UX, GPT-4o verse breakdowns, ElevenLabs audio narration, and built-in group chats.

SwiftSupabaseOpenAIElevenLabs
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0 0
04 HTML

FutureMe VentureLift

Hackathon project — a career discovery platform that matches students with mentors and simulates real startup experiences to build entrepreneurship skills.

HTMLCSSJavaScriptHackathon
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0 0
05 Python

Discord AI Bot

Discord bot wired into the Claude API with absurdly detailed system prompts so it acts like an actual unhinged person instead of a boring assistant.

PythonDiscord.pyClaude API
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0 0
06 JavaScript

Clash Royale Tracker

Built a live game tracker because I play too much CR. Pulls real-time card stats from the official API, tracks the meta, and saves decks.

JavaScriptREST APIHTML
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* Current deck: Miner Poison. Yes, I'm that guy.
View all repositories on GitHub →

03 / ART

Creative Work

I do physical art: no AI, no digital layers. Just ink, gouache, and getting messy. Still wild to me that these hung in the Louvre.

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Recurrence Between Two Best Friends

White ink & gouache on black paper

A giant cosmic wolf made out of constellation lines staring down some tiny guy.

✦ Médaille d'Or — Carrousel du Louvre, Paris · Jan 2026

View Portfolio →
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Street Corner

Gouache & acrylic on canvas

Just a really chaotic, crowded city street at dusk doing its thing.

✦ Silver Award — CICAF Toronto · Aug 2025

Follow @dylan_duan2010 →
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Life After-Effects

Pen & ink, direct on paper

Huge figures dropping out of the sky onto a wrecked city. No pencil sketch first — straight ink.

✦ Silver Award — CICAF Toronto · Aug 2024

GitHub/Kiddo4993 →

04 / TECH STACK

Tech Stack

Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • C++
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Swift
  • Lua
  • HTML / CSS

Frameworks

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Node.js
  • TailwindCSS
  • Prisma ORM
  • NextAuth.js
  • Discord.py

Tools & DBs

  • Git / GitHub
  • PostgreSQL
  • Supabase
  • Firebase
  • Vercel / Neon
  • OpenAI API
  • Claude API
* mostly learned by building.

05 / CONTACT

Get In Touch

If you want to build something cool, team up for a hackathon, or literally just talk about code and art — shoot me a message.