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| 🎙️ 15 Yrs Studio | ✅ OpenAI Merged | 🎤 250+ Artists | 👾 4 OS Repos | 💯 Lighthouse Score | 🌍 50K+ Orgs |
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| Primetime Recording | openai-agents-python | Hip Hop · Reggaeton | Active Contributor | WCAG 2.1 AA | Cal.com Impact |
Juan Franco is a Software Engineering Fellow at Pursuit and a builder with an unconventional path into tech. Growing up in Queens as a first-generation Dominican American, he built his career through music, aviation, and entrepreneurship before finding software engineering as the thread that connects everything he has ever done.
Fifteen years running Primetime Recording Studio in Queens, an FAA Powerplant license, an Airframe certificate, and a background in aviation systems have all shaped how he approaches complex problems with creativity and precision.
"What drives Juan is building things that solve real problems for real people — not just demo-worthy apps, but tools with a genuine reason to exist."
🚀 Projects built at Pursuit:
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| 🍽️ Plate IQ | AI nutrition app · Claude Vision + USDA FoodData Central | React Node.js PostgreSQL OpenAI |
| 🗺️ DR E-Ticket | 100 Lighthouse score · Full WCAG 2.1 AA redesign | HTML CSS Accessibility |
| Real-time flight tracking + Wingmate AI assistant | JavaScript Node.js AI |
🔭 Long-term vision: Building at the intersection of AI, wellness, and financial transparency — with a deep interest in how decentralized systems can create economic opportunity for communities historically locked out of traditional finance.
Real codebases. Real maintainers. No tutorial projects.
| Status | Repository | Contribution | Stack |
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| ✅ MERGED | openai/openai-agents-python | Added HoneyHive to official tracing integrations | Python AI |
| ⏳ APPROVED | plastic-labs/honcho | OpenAI Agents SDK memory integration example | Python AI Memory |
| ⏳ OPEN | calcom/cal.com #28776 | Fixed 3 WCAG 2.1 AA failures · Screen readers now work · 50,000+ orgs | TypeScript React a11y |
| ⏳ OPEN | XRPLF/xrpl-py | 3 PRs: websockets version bump · hex signatures · optional LedgerEntry fields | Python XRPL |
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Skill Spread — Multi-Discipline |
Weekly Dev Breakdown |
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Tech Stack — Weighted by Depth
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║ ★ H I G H S C O R E S — O P E N S O U R C E ★ ║
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║ 1ST openai/openai-agents-python ................ 9,200 pts ✅ ║
║ 2ND plastic-labs/honcho ......................... 7,800 pts ⏳ ║
║ 3RD calcom/cal.com · 50,000+ orgs ............. 6,500 pts ⏳ ║
║ 4TH XRPLF/xrpl-py · 3 PRs .................... 4,200 pts ⏳ ║
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║ CAREER XP ║
║ FULL-STACK ██████████████████████████████████████████ 90% ║
║ WEB3 █████████████████████████████████████████ 85% ║
║ MUSIC █████████████████████████████████████████████ 95% ║
║ OPEN SOURCE ██████████████████████████████████ 75% ║
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║ ACHIEVEMENTS UNLOCKED ║
║ 👾 MERGED PR 🎙️ 15YR STUDIO ✈️ FAA CERT ⛓️ $169K MCAP ║
║ 🚀 PURSUIT L3 🏠 LANDLORD 🔒 LOCKED 🔒 LOCKED ║
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║ — INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE — ║
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The Studio Story 15 years. 250+ artists. One room in Queens that became a career. Primetime Recording Studio has been home to Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Bachata, and Electronic artists since 2009. Running a professional studio taught systems thinking, client management, pricing strategy, and how to turn creative chaos into deliverable product — long before I wrote my first line of code. |
What it taught me about engineering
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"I didn't take the traditional path into tech —
and that's exactly what makes the work different."
— Juan Franco · @m1lestones · Queens, NY