ToshGitonga0 - Overview

👋 Hi, I'm Tosh W. Gitonga

🚀 Full-Stack Engineer | FastAPI & Next.js Developer | Web Scraping Specialist

backend systems

🧠 About Me

I'm a software engineer who loves turning complex data and ideas into seamless, high-performance applications. From crafting modern frontends with Next.js to building scalable APIs with FastAPI and automating the web, I create systems that are fast, reliable, and beautifully engineered.

💻 Full-Stack Developer with a passion for backend architecture and clean code
⚡ Experienced in building async FastAPI microservices and high-traffic web apps
🕸️ Web Scraping Expert — extracting, cleaning, and transforming data from anywhere on the internet
🧩 Strong focus on database design, API optimization, and system scalability
🌍 Based in Athi River, Kenya, building solutions for a global audience

🧰 Tech Stack

Backend Development

FastAPI • Python • PostgreSQL
SQLAlchemy • Pydantic • AsyncIO
REST APIs • WebSockets • JWT
Docker • Microservices

Frontend Development

Next.js • React • TypeScript
Tailwind CSS • Framer Motion
ShadCN/UI • Responsive Design

Web Scraping & Automation

BeautifulSoup • Requests
Playwright • Selenium • Scrapy
Async scraping • Proxy rotation
Data pipelines

DevOps & Tools

Git • Docker • Linux
Vercel • Render • Postman
Nginx • GitHub Actions

🚀 What I'm Building

current_focus = {
    "backend": "Scalable FastAPI microservices for production systems",
    "fullstack": "Next.js + FastAPI projects for real clients",
    "opensource": "Web scraping tools and automation libraries",
    "learning": "Advanced system architecture and performance optimization"
}

💼 Core Competencies

const skills = {
  backend: ["FastAPI", "Python", "PostgreSQL", "SQLAlchemy", "Docker"],
  frontend: ["Next.js", "React", "TypeScript", "Tailwind CSS"],
  scraping: ["BeautifulSoup", "Playwright", "Selenium", "Data Pipelines"],
  architecture: ["RESTful APIs", "Microservices", "Async Programming", "Database Design"]
}

📈 Activity Graph

💡 "Great backends make everything else possible."

Building the engines that power digital experiences.