Independent product
LiveAjako Taja
AI-powered news platform that monitors hundreds of sources, scores stories for real multi-source traction, and delivers concise, continuously updated summaries.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- +4 more
Open to opportunitiesPrincipal Software Engineer · Tokyo, Japan
I build software products that solve real-world problems.
I'm Padma Raj Lama, a full-stack engineer. I build SaaS platforms for healthcare, fintech, and education with client teams, and design and ship AI-powered products of my own.
- years building production software
- 12+
- independent products
- 3
- client & employer projects
- 13
Featured products
Products I build and run
Products I designed, built, and run myself — from the data pipeline to the interface.
Independent product
LiveRecent Visits
A travel discovery and AI travel-planning platform, starting with Nepal — destination, trek, and activity guides alongside an AI travel assistant.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Payload CMS
- +5 more
Independent product
Open source · BetaGuidedReel
An open-source script-to-video editor: write a script, choose a format and template, add your media, and export an MP4 — in the browser or on the desktop.
- TypeScript
- React
- Remotion
- Next.js
- +3 more
Selected case studies
Engineering for clients and employers
Client and employer work across healthcare, fintech, identity verification, and media. Details are limited to what has been made public.
Deerhold · Showcase · Engineer
ProTechIDChecker (eKYC)
Online identity verification system with OCR, face comparison, and face recognition.
- Node.js
- Express
- PHP
- JavaScript
- +3 more
Deerhold · Deerwalk Compware · Frontend Engineer
HIGI Kiosk Portal
Frontend for HIGI's health kiosk locator, built in React.
- React
Deerhold · Engineer
The Brain Frequency AI System
A platform that extracts, reports, and visualizes EEG data.
- MNE-Python
- Java
- Groovy
- Grails
- +2 more
Technical writing
Latest articles
Product Building5 min read
How Ajako Taja turns scattered news feeds into short, sourced stories
A look inside Ajako Taja's pipeline: hourly feed ingestion, grouping items that cover the same story, AI-written summaries grounded in the sources, and the human checkpoints along the way.
Product Building4 min read
GuidedReel: an open-source script-to-video editor for web and desktop
What GuidedReel does, how one shared Remotion engine powers both a Next.js web app and an Electron desktop app, and the features that make short promo and social videos repeatable.
Product Building4 min read
Inside Recent Visits: travel guides, an AI trip planner, and honest recommendations
How Recent Visits combines a Nepal travel publication, an AI assistant grounded in published guides, and a partner marketplace whose rules keep sponsored tours from crowding out good matches.
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