Blog — Hemi Lika

Notes on full-stack development, shipping solo, and the parts of the job that don't show up in a CV.

• Shipping full-stack, end to end — How I take a web product from empty repo to production URL — and why thinking across every layer makes me a better teammate, not a lone wolf.
• The admin panel is half the product — Building Prime Optic taught me that an e-commerce app without a real admin panel isn't a product — it's a demo that needs me in the loop forever.
• Mixing paid placement, recency, and relevance in a single query — How I built the promotion ranking system for AutoMarket — keeping listings fresh and relevant while still rewarding dealers who pay for visibility, all from one Prisma query.