Hi, I'm Joaquin Castellano👋
I'm a Computer Science & Engineering student from Argentina.
Areas of focus: AI, backend systems, and user-facing products.
🔭 Selected work:
NextHit AI (repo) (🏆 #2 Place @ HackITBA 2026. Built in 36h)
AI system that predicts short-form video performance before launch using multimodal analysis and synthetic audience simulation.
Built with: Next.js, FastAPI, Supabase, Gemini, Whisper
Highlights: direct-to-storage uploads, long-running job orchestration, SSE progress streaming, batched LLM simulation, segment-level retention diagnostics
🌱 Currently
- Building AI-powered products
- Exploring multimodal systems and evaluation
- Getting better at designing software that is both fast and durable
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