Next-gen AI platform for automotive dealers — own your data, track vendor costs, and centralize operations. A joint venture (Vctrbase).
Automotive
AI
SaaS
Next.js
Featured
February 2026
Carmelo Santana
Coqui
A hackable PHP 8.4 agent runtime — a personal operating system for AI work, with persistent memory, model routing, and a Markdown-defined skills registry.
Available for small projects through Made in Newburgh, or full-time engagements.
Ventures
Products and platforms I build and run.
Managed hosting for Coqui agents — your own AI agent ready in 60 seconds, with secure sandboxing and full API access.
AI
SaaS
Hosting
PHP
Ethical AI consulting and 1:1 workshops — responsible adoption, AI literacy, and agent development, approached with intention.
AI Consulting
Ethics
Workshops
Comprehensive cannabis directory for New York's Hudson Valley region. Connect with local dispensaries, discover cannabis events, and explore the thriving cannabis community in scenic upstate New York.
Cannabis
Directory
Next.js
Local Business
Client & enterprise work
Enterprise platforms and production sites for national brands, established local businesses, and funded teams.
CUDA/GPU acceleration for a financial market-analysis pipeline — Python, MLX, and NumPy/SciPy performance work.
Python
CUDA
GPU
Finance
Legacy PHP e-commerce migrated to WordPress — importing thousands of antique products for a West Townsend dealer.
WordPress
PHP
E-commerce
Migration
Full-stack platform for open AI-consciousness research — custom auth, an MCP server, and a REST API for a global member base. The Code of Reality data explorer offers searchable, filterable experiment and protocol tables.
Next.js
Supabase
MCP
AI
Promotional campaign website showcasing AT&T's fiber internet offers with custom checkout integration. Lead development during my time at Updater, featuring WordPress backend + React components for streamlined lead generation, qualification and onboarding processes.
WordPress
React
Lead Generation
Telecommunications
React powered UI paired with a custom WordPress search API for a global chemical distributor.
React
REST API
WordPress
WordPress powered nation wide automotive inventory platform designed to streamline the automotive retail experience by empowering dealers, manufacturers, and consumers. Featured nationwide dealer inventory search with interactive maps and location-based filtering for certified pre-owned vehicles.
DealerX
Automotive
Enterprise
Inventory Management
Archive only
AI & automation
Agents, chat interfaces, and AI-assisted tools I design and ship.
Wellness & breathwork
Breathwork and meditation tools built for calm, focus, and accessible practice.
Developer tools
CLIs, Composer packages, and automation I reach for and open-source.
Advanced CLI trading assistant featuring machine learning price predictions, comprehensive technical analysis, with real time data integration, and privacy focused local only storage and execution.
Algo Trading
Robinhood Cryptocurrency API
Archive only
A Composer package simplifying WordPress plugin/theme releases with GitHub Actions integration.
Composer
PHP
GitHub Actions
WordPress
Bash utilities to help automate server provisioning. Compatible with Linode StackScripts.
Bash
Automation
Linode
A PHP library to build Auto-Lead Data Format ADF/XML leads. Compatible with most automotive CRMs.
PHP
Automotive leads
Composer
XML
Open source
Repositories I maintain, color-coded by language.
Kind words
A few words from people I've built alongside.
Testimonial
“Carmelo has a record of bringing positivity and transparency to any meeting. His work-ethic and problem solving abilities are on par with any world-class developer you'll find. His ability to bring a design or concept to life is inspiring.”
Jonathan Rouse
Senior Designer
Testimonial
“I hired Carmelo because of his expertise in WordPress, unbeknownst to him we were facing a Shopify emergency. He was a true professional. He is the rare breed of a highly proficient developer as well as a great communicator.”
Jason Otero
Senior Creative Director
Testimonial
“I place a premium on the ability to execute and Carmelo never failed to deliver. He moves projects forward, 'crosses his t’s and dots his i’s,' works beautifully with others, and does it all with a positive attitude.”
Jenna Weinerman
VP Marketing
Archive
Retired experiments and older work, kept around for the story.
A robust server manager for game servers, providing a clean interface for managing instances, players, and settings.
GameDev
Server Management
UI/UX
Cryptocurrency database of white papers infused with current market data from CoinGecko.
Crypto
CoinGecko
WordPress
NLP PHP
A PHP CLI utility that analyzes screenshots and video from Rise of Kingdoms for various data points such as governor power, deaths, kills and more.
PHP
CLI
OCR
Tesseract