About Me

Engineer at X. Prev at Microsoft.

Working on web systems, infra, and AI.

If you want to talk anything tech, feel free to contact me via X (preferred), email, or LinkedIn.


Santiago Medina

What I've Built

Boil

An AI-powered CLI tool that generates custom project boilerplate code based on your project description.

ScriptifAI

A tool that allows you to add insanely accurate subtitles directly to your video, completely in-browser using WebGPU and ffmpeg.wasm.

Orca Rust Framework

A fast, memory safe, LLM Orchestration Framework for easily writing LLM-based applications in Rust.

Candle Moondream

Implemented the Moondream computer-vision model in Rust using Candle, a Rust deep learning framework.

Scrippt

An AI-powered platform for job applicants, leveraging AI to write accurate responses to application questions.

My Experience

Software Engineer

X Corp – Engineering, Bay Area, CA - August 2024 - Present

  • Building the global town square

Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation – Commerce + Ecosystems Partner Center Infrastructure, Redmond, WA - July 2023 - August 2024

  • Maintained and built features across four major services on an infrastructure team for Partner Center

Instructional Aide for EECS 485 – Web Systems

University of Michigan – College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI - August 2022 - April 2023

  • Taught 1000+ students on web development topics
  • Maintained course projects and created exam questions

Executive Board Member – VP of Projects

VOID Tech, Ann Arbor, MI - January 2022 - April 2023

  • Managed 30+ member organization
  • Created development workshops and tutorials
  • Oversaw projects and integrated tools

Articles and Tutorials

Submerging with Orca: The Deep Waters of Rust's Dynamic Dispatch

My experience using dynamic dispatch while building Orca.

Read ArticleOctober 2023

Goodbye Python, Hello Rust: Building a RAG CLI Application with Orca

A tutorial on how to build a CLI application using Rust and Orca.

Read TutorialNovember 2023

Typescript and React Workshop

Build a web application using TypeScript and React.

View WorkshopOctober 2022

React Native Workshop

Build a mobile application using React Native.

View WorkshopOctober 2022

Node Backend Workshop

Build a backend for a web application using Node.js.

View WorkshopOctober 2022

Blockchain Reading List

A list of resources to learn about blockchain.

View ListDecember 2022