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DAFi

Founding Frontend Engineer · Freelance, part-time · Startup, edtech · Montréal, remote · Jan 2026 – present

Rebuilt the web and iOS apps of an AI note-taking app for students when it relaunched as a consumer app, and owned monetization.

My work, in numbers

iOS users
~7,900
Surfaces shipped: web, iOS, MCP for Claude and ChatGPT
3
Commits, part-time, since Jan 2026
1,300+
Languages
23
Content generated, 9 months before I joined vs 9 months since
Apr 2025 – Jan 2026Jan 2026 – Oct 2026
  • Notes57011,589
  • Quizzes664,049
  • Audiobooks102,678
  • Flashcard sets31799

Product

DAFi on the App Store: AI note taker, with screenshots of recording, quizzes and podcasts
The iOS app on the App Store, captured October 2026
DAFi landing page: smart note-taking for students
dafi-ai.com, captured October 2026

Use cases

  • Web and iOS rebuild

    Joined when the startup relaunched as a consumer app and rebuilt both frontends, with full iPad layouts and 23 languages.

  • Monetization

    Stripe Checkout with a free trial flow and a countdown paywall, the Stripe Billing Portal on web and in the app, and Superwall and RevenueCat paywalls on iOS.

  • MCP server

    Shipped an MCP server to production so students can use DAFi from Claude and ChatGPT.

  • DAFi Companion

    Claude Code harness for the team: confidence-gated scoping, UX review, web and mobile parity, and a verifier agent.

  • Native features

    Push notifications and iOS Live Activities.

  • Next.js BFF

    A backend-for-frontend in Next.js in front of the Symfony API.

Stack

  • Next.js 16
  • React 19
  • TypeScript
  • Expo / React Native
  • TanStack Query
  • Stripe
  • RevenueCat
  • Superwall
  • PostHog

dafi-ai.com ↗App Store ↗

Figures from my CV. Usage figures from the DAFi admin dashboard, 20 Oct 2026.