Project Ecosystem

Enterprise-grade systems engineered for scalability, resilience and security. From high-security coordination platforms to autonomous infrastructure guardrails.

Selected systems and personal engineering work. Employer systems are described only at the level appropriate for public sharing.

Lead Software Engineer & Head of IT at UMS Kenya — building and strengthening production systems people depend on.

Flagship Case Studies

Production-grade systems featuring 2,000+ word technical deep-dives into architecture and failure handling.

Inkly — Secure, High-Availability Messaging Architecture — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Inkly: Privacy-First Messaging with Horizontal Scaling and Sacred Bond Encryption

Inkly is a high-availability secure messaging platform engineered for zero-knowledge privacy and horizontal scalability. Built with Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis; clients are Flutter-based.

  • Node.js/TypeScript
  • Flutter/Riverpod
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • +2
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Aegis — Autonomous Infrastructure Guardrail System — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Aegis — Autonomous Infrastructure Guardrail System

An AI-assisted reliability and remediation platform designed to detect anomalies, enforce policy and prevent unsafe self-healing in production systems.

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • OpenTelemetry
  • OPA (Open Policy Agent)
  • +2
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LedgerX - Finance Management Application — software application by Ancel Ajanga

LedgerX: Double-Entry Ledgers That Audit Themselves

LedgerX is a finance management application developed by Ancel Ajanga. PostgreSQL financial correctness and multi-tenant isolation power this production-grade platform for invoicing, payments, double-entry accounting, audit, fraud detection and diagnostics.

  • Next.js 14
  • React 18
  • TypeScript
  • NestJS
  • +2
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Core Engineering Projects

Robust systems and applications demonstrating domain expertise in finance, AIOps and distributed systems.

Fits by Aliv — Kenya-First E-Commerce Marketplace — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Fits by Aliv: E-Commerce That Never Oversells

Fits by Aliv is a full-stack e-commerce application developed by Ancel Ajanga: a Kenya-first marketplace for thrift and sustainable fashion. Production-grade checkout with M-Pesa STK Push, vouchers and VAT/WHT; soft inventory reservations and verified payment reconciliation prevent oversell and double-spend.

  • NestJS
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • +2
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NestFi — Resilient Financial Coordination Platform — software application by Ancel Ajanga

NestFi — Resilient Financial Coordination Platform

A production-grade financial platform engineered for correctness under failure, asynchronous payments and unreliable networks.

  • NestJS
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • +2
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EduManage - Multi-Tenant School Management SaaS — software application by Ancel Ajanga

EduManage: One Platform, Many Schools, Zero Leaks

EduManage is an education application developed by Ancel Ajanga. Multi-tenant isolation and hierarchical RBAC enable multiple institutions on one platform. Failure-aware Express/NestJS backend with tenant-scoped access and Socket.io real-time events.

  • NestJS
  • Express.js
  • MongoDB
  • JWT
  • +2
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SignFlow - Real-Time Sign Language Translation Platform — software application by Ancel Ajanga

SignFlow: Real-Time Sign Language, Zero Latency

SignFlow is an accessibility application developed by Ancel Ajanga. A high-fidelity assistive technology platform for real-time sign language translation with WebSocket streaming, 3D avatar simulation and WCAG-compliant accessibility-first design.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • MongoDB
  • +2
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OpsFlow - Incident & Operations Management Platform — software application by Ancel Ajanga

OpsFlow: When Incidents Hit, the System Already Knows

OpsFlow is a business and operations application developed by Ancel Ajanga. AI-driven anomaly detection and failure-aware automation in a production-ready incident platform. Dual-database (PostgreSQL + MongoDB), real-time WebSockets, team-based multi-tenancy, 50+ API endpoints.

  • NestJS
  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • +2
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EduChain - Blockchain Certificate Management — software application by Ancel Ajanga

EduChain: Tamper-Proof Certificates on the Blockchain

EduChain is an education and blockchain application developed by Ancel Ajanga. ERC721 NFTs and IPFS decentralized storage power tamper-proof academic certificates on Ethereum. Hybrid storage: MongoDB, IPFS and blockchain for verification.

  • React 19
  • Tailwind CSS
  • RainbowKit
  • Wagmi
  • +2
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Supporting Labs & Experimental PoCs

Refined labs and technical experiments exploring new patterns in UI engineering and frontend optimization.

TaskForge - Modern Task & Project Management Platform - Full Stack Application — software application by Ancel Ajanga

TaskForge: Real-Time Collaboration Without the Conflicts

TaskForge is a productivity and project management platform developed by Ancel Ajanga. A resilient, real-time collaborative platform for engineering teams with sub-second latency, conflict-free synchronization and 100+ concurrent users per project.

  • Next.js 14
  • React 18
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • +2
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E-Learning Platform - Full Stack Application — software application by Ancel Ajanga

E-Learning Platform: Sub-2s Loads for 10K+ Students

E-Learning Platform is an education learning management system developed by Ancel Ajanga. A resilient, scalable LMS for thousands of concurrent students and hundreds of courses, with sub-2-second page loads, course management and real-time progress tracking.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Axios
  • React Router
  • +2
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Attendance System - Full Stack Application — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Attendance System: 95% Accuracy, 70% Less Admin

Attendance System is a full-stack education application developed by Ancel Ajanga. A resilient attendance management system for educational institutions with automated tracking, analytics and reports. Handles 500+ users with 95% accuracy improvement and 70% reduction in administrative overhead.

  • React.js
  • Create React App
  • Tailwind CSS
  • React Router
  • +2
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Rasoha Academy - School Website — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Rasoha Academy: One Site for an Entire School Community

Rasoha Academy is an education website developed by Ancel Ajanga. A modern, responsive site for a private school in Narok, Kenya, providing programs, events and resources for students and parents.

  • React 19.1.1
  • React Router DOM 7.7.1
  • React Scripts 5.0.1
  • Tailwind CSS 3.4.17
  • +2
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Travelogue - Travel Storytelling Website — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Travelogue: Maps and Stories That Pull You In

Travelogue is a travel platform developed by Ancel Ajanga. It features interactive world maps, travel stories, destination exploration and responsive design for travel enthusiasts.

  • React 18
  • Create React App
  • Tailwind CSS 3.3.0
  • PostCSS
  • +2
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Event Countdown - Life Events Timer — software application by Ancel Ajanga

Event Countdown: Never Miss a Milestone

Event Countdown is a utilities web application developed by Ancel Ajanga. A feature-rich countdown timer for creating and managing multiple countdowns for life events with recurring events and smart notifications.

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Vanilla JavaScript
  • ES6+
  • +2

Continuous R&D in Progress

I'm currently architecting new systems in the areas of decentralized identity and high-performance financial ledgers. Check back soon for more architecture deep-dives.