Patrick Fanella / Patrick__eff
I'm Patrick Fanella, a senior full-stack and backend engineer in Chicago. I build web products and the systems behind them, with a focus on search, media, and tools for independent culture.
At DeliverZero, I built inventory, returns, and partner integrations across three markets, reducing manual operational work by approximately 25%. Through SUBCULT, I build products for discovering live content, researching video archives, making music visuals, and coordinating communities.
Open to senior full-stack, backend, and product engineering roles.
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Featured work
- clpr — Discover and organize Twitch clips through search, playlists, and community curation. Built with Go, React, PostgreSQL, and hybrid search, with background processing and moderation controls.
- HasanAra — Search video archives and follow timestamped transcript passages back to the original recording. Built with FastAPI, React, GPU-backed transcription, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch.
- Patchwork — An early AT Protocol prototype for finding nearby requests and offers and coordinating local help. Explores geospatial discovery, indexing, moderation, and accessible interfaces. Pre-alpha.
Product screenshots
clpr — clip discovery
Undertow — layered music editor
HasanAra — a Rekolekt archive
More projects
| Project | What it does | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Left Field | Explore seat-level election research with public records and source provenance. In development; research scores are not forecasts. | Architecture · Development |
| Rekolekt | Build self-hosted recording archives with timestamped transcripts, search, and links back to source video. The shared engine behind HasanAra. Check machine transcripts against recordings before quoting. | Deployment · Development |
| Undertow | Make music visuals by combining audio visualization, artwork, and timed lyrics in a browser editor, then export video locally. Export support varies by browser and device. | Rendering · Development |
| Deadweb Relay | Read a small Go website as HTML, plain text, JSON, or feeds. An HTTP and discovery experiment with public notes and append-only storage. | Implementation · Live site |
- Clustr — Explore community graphs through interactive 2D/3D visualization and a Unity client.
- Subcult OS — Plan events, coordinate staffing, and manage free reservations, door check-in, and reporting. In development.
Developer tooling
- Obsidian Metronome + Tuner — timing and chromatic tuning inside Obsidian.
- Omarchy Monitor Bar — separate bar layouts for connected monitors.
- Shelfish — collapsible groups of bar widgets.
- Super Productivity bar integration and MCP integration.
Core stack: Go · Python · TypeScript · React · PostgreSQL · PostGIS · OpenSearch · Docker · Kubernetes
Development, issues, and CI live on SUBCULT Gitea. GitHub hosts public publishing copies of selected repositories.