I'm Nick Doherty
I've been sole/early engineer at multiple companies and have both design and engineering experience.
Projects
plinq
Dependency-free Web Audio API wrapper for adding programmatic UI sounds to web apps. Preset sounds, custom synthesis, and a clean API.
plinq orb
Conversational UI for designing sounds with plinq. Describe any sound, hear the result through a reactive orb.
Previous work
Telescope
Built a subscription curation platform end-to-end as sole engineer; 2,500+ waitlist signups, now in a private beta
Fluidkey
Unified web app into cross-platform Expo codebase (web/iOS/Android) with platform-specific auth architecture; shipped in 12 weeks
Kiosk (formerly Mirror)
Built checkout and rewards system powering 1M+ transactions; co-built React Native social app shipped to 500+ Testflight testers
Other repos
Agora - Single global document, multi-person editor
Sisyphus - Multi-tenant webhook system demo
Hydra - CLI session manager for multiple Claude Code instances
Now
Open to senior FE or full-stack roles. Contract work lives at Switchback.