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Roy Philip // Shipping Intelligent Tools & Interactive Systems

Building complex systems, from financial infrastructure to on-chain worlds.
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I build systems that solve hard problems. Whether it's an autonomous economic simulation or a financial data pipeline, my work focuses on reliability, precision, and user experience.

My philosophy is simple: Ship quietly. Engineer rigorously. The code is the proof.


๐Ÿš€ Current Project: SIMULACRA: Genesis

SIMULACRA, an asynchronous, on-chain economic strategy game where players shape the world.

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SIMULACRA: Genesis

Become an Anomaly, a ghost in the machine, and build an economic empire in a player-driven, on-chain world. Powered by Base, with a seamless, gas-less experience.

Explore the universe at simulacraverse.com soon

๐ŸŒ Platforms & Major Projects

Beyond my current focus, here are other significant platforms I've built.

Project Description Tech Stack
turnover.live โ†’ A decentralized, on-chain livestreaming platform powered by Base. Next.js LiveKit Wagmi Base
aixCB Capital โ†’ Built the full tech stack for a DeFi fund, including staking, DAO, and analytics platforms. React Node.js Prisma Hardhat

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Utilities & Open Source

I build tools to solve specific architectural problems. My latest work, etherscan-v2-sdk, was born out of frustration with silent failures in existing libraries.

Project Description Tech Stack
etherscan-v2-sdk โ†’ Financial-Grade. Built to survive strict rate limits and API drift. Features runtime Zod validation, BigInt math, and self-healing request queues. 93% test coverage. TypeScript Zod Bottleneck Bun
PromptLint โ†’ Analyze code2prompt output for optimized LLM workflows. Cuts context bloat by 40-60%. React Vite TypeScript Tailwind
SyntaxScrub โ†’ Instantly strip comments from code. Perfect for cleaning files for prompt engineering or analysis. React Vite TypeScript Tailwind
SVGClean โ†’ Optimize SVG files by removing unnecessary data for smaller files and faster loading. React Vite svgo Tailwind
Doc Converter โ†’ Convert between Markdown and Google Docs without the usual formatting headaches. React Vite marked turndown

๐Ÿ“ Featured Article & Analysis

I enjoy testing assumptions and sharing data-driven insights. Here's my latest analysis on LLM performance.

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๐Ÿ’ป My Stack

I care more about shipping solutions than debating frameworks, but this is the gear I use most often.

Frontend Backend Databases Tooling & DevOps AI & LLMs
React Node.js PostgreSQL Bun Vite Claude Code Cursor
Next.js Python Redis Zod Vitest OpenAI API Gemini
TypeScript Express SQLite TailwindCSS Git code2prompt
Wagmi viem Prisma MySQL Hardhat LiveKit Repo Prompt
Various OSS Models