RobAbby
Staff Engineer & Agentic Engineering Practitioner
From Design Systems to Agentic Engineering
Background
About
The same instinct that led me to build design systems and component libraries now drives me to build the infrastructure behind agentic engineering — governance, workflow tooling, and the systems that make AI-assisted workflows reliable at scale.My first 13 years were a deep apprenticeship in frontend infrastructure. I was the first developer at a car marketplace writing jQuery for founders. I spun out an autonomous UX team at Savo, ran 50+ research sessions, and built the company's first design system in Ember. At PartySlate, I joined at 12 people and stayed through Series B — scaling the frontend team, shipping a 25+ component library, and helping drive 258% YoY revenue growth across a platform serving 200k+ monthly users.Now I'm applying that infrastructure instinct to a new kind of engineering. I founded Sherpa, an AI consulting practice grounded in honesty and craftsmanship, then built WavePoint — a full astrology and spirituality platform spanning a Next.js web app, native Apple apps, shared TypeScript packages, and a Swift astronomy engine — shipping 472+ PRs in 11 weeks as both a product and a proof-of-concept for agentic engineering at scale. To make that possible, I built Sherpa Studio, an Agentic Engineering workflow suite handling workforce management, skill orchestration, and convention enforcement. The throughline: I didn't just use AI tools, I built the infrastructure that makes AI-assisted development reliable. I've built the solo version — now I'm looking for a team where that velocity and system-design thinking compounds at real scale.
Build the tooling layerSherpa Studio exists because reliable AI development requires more than a capable model — it requires workforce management, skill orchestration, and convention enforcement at the infrastructure level.
AI as a governed system, not a shortcutReview gates, structured workflows, and clear boundaries. The value compounds when you treat AI as infrastructure you architect, not magic you invoke.
Own the full surfaceConsulting practice, product, native apps, APIs, tooling, deployment. Founding means shipping end-to-end — every layer, every decision.
Featured
WavePoint
A cross-platform astrology product built solo with AI agents — 450+ commits in 9 weeks across a web app and 6 native Apple apps.wavepoint.space
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What I Built
WavePoint is an intelligence-native astrology platform spanning a Next.js 16 web app and 6 native Apple apps (iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS), all shipping from a single monorepo. The system includes 82 API routes, 37 computation modules, 111 primitives, a Swift astronomy engine for real-time celestial calculations, and a “Modern Mystic” design system that unifies every surface.82API Routes
37Computation Modules
6Native Apple Apps
2Shared Packages
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How I Built It
WavePoint is built solo using an AI-augmented development model I designed from scratch. Claude Code agents operate under 44 auto-loading governance rules that enforce architectural standards without manual review of every line. Work is isolated in git worktrees tied to a structured initiative system. A purpose-built MCP server exposes 12 composed tools — not auto-generated wrappers, but carefully designed interfaces following a Stripe-inspired 5-level abstraction ladder.One engineer. Full platform. AI-augmented workflow.
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Why It Matters
For CompaniesMost organizations are still figuring out how to let engineers use Copilot without breaking prod. WavePoint demonstrates what's possible when AI-augmented development is treated as an infrastructure problem — with governance, abstraction layers, and review systems — rather than a productivity hack.
For the IndustryThe gap between “engineer who uses AI tools” and “engineer who builds systems for AI-augmented development” is going to define the next era of Staff+ engineering. WavePoint is my proof of work.
Expertise
Skills
Type-SafeTypeScript
ComponentReact
Full-StackNext.js
SystematicDesign Systems
Languages & Frameworks
TypeScriptReactNext.js
JavaScriptVue.jsNode.jsHTML5CSS3SassTailwindGraphQLREST APIsReact QueryApollo ClientStorybookReact Testing LibraryWebpackViteES6+BabelSWCJestEnzymeCypress
Leadership
MentorshipCross-functional Collaboration
CoachingPair ProgrammingAgile MethodologiesTeam BuildingUser-Centered DesignDesign ThinkingKnowledge SharingTechnical Writing
Platforms & Tools
AWSDockerLiving Design SystemsAI-Augmented Development
ECRECSS3CloudWatchRoute 53FigmaGit & GithubCI/CDVS CodeClaude CodeOpenClawCodexGeminiCursorGitHub CopilotChrome DevToolsPostmanJiraConfluenceSlackZoomMCP / Agentic WorkflowsSwift / SwiftUI
CareerWavePointSolo technical founder of WavePoint, an intelligence-native astrology platform shipping a Next.js web app and native Apple apps from a single monorepo. Built a purpose-designed AI-augmented development workflow that enables one engineer to operate at team-scale scope while maintaining Staff-level architectural standards.VIMSIAContract role during international relocation. Led modernization of internal tech infrastructure and web tools at an international Montessori/IB school.PartySlateSupported growth at PartySlate, a dual-sided marketplace platform, from a 12-person early-stage startup to a +50-employee Series-B company while averaging 258.33% revenue growth year-over-year.project44project44 (B2B) is the leading Decision Intelligence Platform for supply chains, powered by the world's largest transportation data network.SavoSAVO (B2B) was an industry leader in the sales enablement space, providing SaaS software used by some of the largest companies in the world (Disney, American Express, Google, UPS, etc.). I worked within Agile and Lean UX methodologies taking projects from discovery to implementation.Web2CarzWeb2Carz (B2C) is a used car marketplace and editorial platform. I was hired as the first developer and worked directly with the founders to implement a major redesign of the Web2Carz aging site, implement a new editorial segment, and develop an adaptive mobile solution.
Experience
Founder & Principal Engineer
2026 — Present- Shipped 450+ commits across a full-stack monorepo in 9 weeks — Next.js 16 web app, native Apple apps (Swift/SwiftUI), 82 API routes, 37 computation modules, and 111 primitives as a solo engineer.
- Designed and implemented a 44-rule AI governance system with auto-loading enforcement, worktree isolation, and a structured initiative workflow that ensures architectural consistency across all AI-generated contributions.
- Built a purpose-built MCP server with 12 composed tools following a Stripe-inspired 5-level abstraction ladder, replacing ad-hoc AI tooling with a principled interface design.
- Created a cross-platform 'Modern Mystic' design system spanning web (Radix UI, Tailwind) and native (SwiftUI) with shared TypeScript content packages bridging both surfaces.
- Integrated Stripe payments, Supabase auth, and Brevo CRM across all platforms with a unified architecture — handling the full product surface from infrastructure through user-facing UI.
IT Manager
2025 - 2025Staff Frontend Engineer
2018 - 2024Senior UX Engineer
2018 - 2018Senior Product Developer
2013 - 2018Web Developer
2011 - 2013Impact
Case Studies
2018–2024 · PartySlateRewriting PartySlate’s Most Impactful PageA ground-up rewrite of PartySlate’s highest-traffic page — redesigned search, interactive map view, and a modernized React/GraphQL architecture that drove a 150% increase in venue inquiries.Read case study
150%Increase in venue inquiries
78 → 95Lighthouse accessibility score
-40%Bundle size reduction
2013–2018 · SavoBuilding a UX Practice from ScratchLed the creation of Savo’s first dedicated UX practice — from spinning out an autonomous team to running 50+ research sessions and building a living design system that unified product development across Salesforce integrations.Read case study
50+User research sessions
30%Increase in user satisfaction
20%Developer productivity improvement
Builds
Projects
Developer Tool
A cross-session memory and workflow system for Claude Code built on the MCP protocol. Six composable skills — hydrate, remember, recall, reflect, glean, and pickup — manage persistent state across conversations using Obsidian as the storage layer.Claude Skills
Claude CodeObsidianMCPTypeScript
Portfolio
robabby.com
A Next.js 15 + React 19 portfolio featuring code-generated SVG architecture diagrams, WCAG AA compliance, static generation with dynamic routes, motion/react animations with reduced-motion support, and an integrated AI art gallery with lightbox navigation.
Next.jsReact 19TypeScriptRadix UImotion/reactVercel
Utility
Space-Viz
A disk space visualization tool with interactive D3 sunburst and treemap charts. Scans directories recursively with block-level accuracy, supports drill-down navigation, and handles macOS APFS firmlinks and hidden files.
Next.js 16React 19TypeScriptD3.jsRechartsTailwind CSS
Bot
tldr-bot
An early exploration of AI-powered developer tools — a Discord bot that uses OpenAI’s API to generate sarcastic summaries of channel history and auto-generate memes from message context.
PythonDiscord.pyOpenAI GPT-5 API