hello my name is ivan chavez
DevOps Engineer & Cloud Specialist with a focus on container orchestration, automation, and infrastructure as code.
Passionate about crafting highly available, containerized applications, scalable cloud infrastructure, and seamless developer workflows.
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Solo Founder — Productivity Dashboard & OS
A minimalist, customizable bento-style productivity workspace featuring focus timers, habits, and tasks with 150+ active users.
Bento Layout: Designed a fully customizable, drag-and-drop bento grid interface for modular productivity widgets.
Deep Focus Tools: Integrated a Pomodoro focus timer with built-in ambient soundscapes and music player.
Productivity Suite: Implemented habit tracking, daily task lists, Kanban boards, and analytics to visualize productivity trends.
Project: BentoBoard
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Link: bentoboard.app/
BentoBoard is an all-in-one productivity personal operating system. Operating as the sole founder, I designed, built, and launched the application. The system supports full customization of the dashboard layout, enabling users to optimize their workflow. Currently growing the platform with over 150 active users.
02
Solo Founder — 1st Place, INNOVATHON 2026 AI Hackathon
Map-based tool that tells entrepreneurs which business is missing in any neighborhood of Chihuahua. The hackathon win earned me a spot at Talent Land 2027.
Gap Analysis: Compares the businesses within a 1 km radius of any point against what similar neighborhoods typically contain.
Open Data: Combines INEGI DENUE business records, the 2020 Census, and the Geostatistical Framework to profile population, workers, and businesses per zone.
Interactive Map: MapLibre map where picking any point instantly answers "¿Qué negocio hace falta aquí?" with confidence-rated opportunities.
Project: QueFalta
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Link: quefalta.vercel.app/
QueFalta won first place at INNOVATHON 2026, a 12-hour AI hackathon organized by INNOVA at Parque Tecnológico Orión in Chihuahua, earning me a spot to participate at Talent Land 2027, one of Latin America's largest tech events. The app answers a simple question for entrepreneurs: what business is needed here? By contrasting a location's local commerce with the typical composition of comparable neighborhoods, it highlights untapped market opportunities. I designed and built it solo during the event.
03
Cofounder — Bitcoin Cryptographic Registry
Public registry for Latin American journalists and activists to create cryptographically signed declarations anchored on Bitcoin.
Cryptographic Signatures: Ed25519 keypair derivation via BIP-39 12-word seed phrases for client-side signing.
Zero-Knowledge Storage: Client-side IPFS upload via Pinata. The backend never sees or stores the declaration text.
Blockchain Anchor: RFC 3161 timestamping and Bitcoin blockchain anchoring via OpenTimestamps for immutable proof.
Project: Consta
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Link: consta-app.vercel.app/
Consta was built during the hack@latam hackathon (DEF/ACC track) in 72 hours. It provides a secure way to record dated, immutable statements. In the event of emergency, their words remain publicly verifiable. Designed with Express backend, Next.js frontend, Supabase/Railway deployment, and Bitcoin consensus anchoring.
04
Cofounder — 2nd Place Hackathon Winner
An ambient micro-learning game that lives at the bottom of the screen, designed to help users acquire Japanese vocabulary naturally.
Ambient UX: Designed a minimalist UI designed to sit unobtrusively at the bottom of a user's desktop flow.
Spaced Repetition: Developed an interactive spaced repetition algorithm for active vocabulary retention.
Hackathon Recognition: Awarded 2nd place overall out of numerous entries for innovative UX and gamification.
Project: One More Word
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Link: onemoreword.vercel.app/
One More Word reinvents desktop vocabulary acquisition. By taking up a small, elegant strip at the bottom of the screen, it keeps learning continuous and non-intrusive. Conceived, designed, and deployed within a hackathon timeframe, winning 2nd place.
05
Personal resume website demonstrating full-stack cloud development skills.
Deployed as a dockerized static site using Azure Storage, focusing on clarity, accessibility, and aesthetics.
Infrastructure as Code: Architected Azure resources using Bicep templates, ensuring reproducible and error-free infrastructure deployment.
CI/CD Pipeline: Engineered automated CI/CD workflows via GitHub Actions for both back-end API and front-end static site, establishing continuous delivery.
Cloud-Native: Developed a serverless visitor tracking system using JavaScript, Azure Functions, and CosmosDB.
Project: Resume Website
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Deployment: Live Demo
This cloud-native personal resume showcase utilizes serverless architecture to implement a real-time visitor counter. By deploying the front end as a containerized static asset on Azure, the site achieves high performance, scalability, and cost efficiency, while Github Actions keeps the build-test-deploy lifecycle completely automated.
06
Mobile application for organizing travel documents and customs declarations.
Built for seamless offline access, documents security, and modern transitions.
Mobile Development: Built a cross-platform app using React Native and Expo with a gesture-driven vertical carousel.
UX/UI Design: Implemented scroll-driven animations and a 'glassmorphism' design system for a premium feel.
Data Persistence: Integrated secure local storage for offline access to document metadata and travel declarations.
Project: Travelet
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Link: traveletweb.vercel.app/
Travelet provides international travelers with an intuitive, gesture-based interface to manage important customs documents. Leveraging Expo and React Native's animated library, the app achieves native-level performance. Local data persistence guarantees functionality even in areas with poor internet connectivity, like airports.
07
Real-time International Space Station tracking application with automated CI/CD.
Full-stack application combining live telemetry with reproducible infrastructure.
DevOps Excellence: Engineered a complete CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, and Ansible.
Full-Stack Dev: Built a Flask backend for real-time telemetry and a Next.js frontend with 3D globe visualization.
IaC & Config: Leveraged Terraform and Ansible for reproducible provisioning and configuration management.
Project: ISS Tracker
Status: Live / Production
Developer: Ivan Chavez
Link: isstrack.space/
The ISS Tracker integrates multiple modern technologies to fetch, process, and display space station coordinates in real-time. Terraform provisions the hosts, Ansible configures the software, and Jenkins orchestrates the continuous delivery. The frontend showcases a stunning 3D visualization of the globe with orbital paths.