Hi, My name is Zac! Principal AI Engineer at Gauntlet AI.
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tagline: "Training elite AI engineers • Building AI-first SaaS • Testing LLMs for real software engineering"
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frontEnd: ["reactjs", "nextjs"],
database: ["mongo", "firestore", "redis", "nosql", "sql", "supabase"],
deployment: ["google cloud platform", "firebase", "netlify", "heroku"],
serverless: ["cloud functions", "firebase", "netlify functions", "supabase"],
automation: ["make.com", "open ai", "google", "slack", "anthropic", "custom gpt"],
ai: ["langchain", "langsmith", "langserve", "claude", "cursor/claude code", "ollama", "ai studio", "grok"],
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cms: ["ghost cms"],
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ms: "computer science cybersecurity", "mscs",
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