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Pixel art frog, Kevin Davila avatarGDE

Kevin Davila

CLASS:
Software Engineer
QUEST:
Build cool stuff.
WEAPON:
A terminal and the internet.

Software Engineer · Google Developer Expert

Leaping between solid architectures and clean code.

Software engineer with experience shipping solid products that solve real problems: mobile apps, bots and web platforms on architectures that hold.

Now going deep into AI on the road to becoming an Inference Engineer. I share the process: what I broke, what I measured and what I learned.

> Technical skill inventory:

  • TypeScript (Strict)
  • Angular
  • Next.js
  • NestJS
  • Node.js
  • Supabase
  • React / React Native
  • Astro
  • AI / LLMs

[ Scrolls & chronicles ]Migration from Codea Bien

Scroll Archive // Latest posts

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AI

Your First Local Model in 10 Minutes (Ollama)

Before renting a single GPU, let's run a model on your own machine. Free, no account, 10 minutes. The goal isn't production: it's understanding the full request-to-tokens cycle, wh…

4 min // 200 xp
AI

Rent Your First GPU Without Fear (~$1 per hour)

It's time for real hardware. We'll rent a 48 GB GPU, run our first commands, and shut it down without leaving money behind. Total chapter budget: ~$3. You buy nothing.

3 min // 150 xp

[ Guides & manuals ]Step-by-step series

Spellbooks // Step-by-step guides

> View all guides
Guide8/8 chapters [COMPLETE]

vLLM from zero: your first inference server

From zero to your own vLLM server on a rented GPU: 8 hands-on chapters, for under $5, with measured numbers at every step.

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Guide8/8 chapters [COMPLETE]

My First Self-Hosted Inference Server

The complete PoC: what I measured, what I broke and what it cost to serve an open-source model on a rented GPU.

Series progress100%

[ Inventory ]Built from first-hand experience

Quest Log // Projects

  • Quest 01In play

    MOBILE // AI

    Purrpify

    Pet medical history: record the vet visit or photograph the prescription and Gemini extracts structured records with treatments and appointments.

    • React Native
    • Expo
    • Supabase
    • Gemini

[ Achievements ]Unlocked credentials

Achievements // Unlocked

  • Google Developer Expert

    GDE credential: recognized by Google as an expert and community contributor.

  • 69 technical posts

    Codea Bien: blog about Angular, Supabase and AI, now moving to kevindavila.dev.

  • Multiplatform

    Product work on mobile, messaging and web: same data domain, three different worlds.

[ Talks & events ]Boss fights & keynotes

Stage Talks // Conferences

Calendar in the works. As a GDE I take part in community events and meetups: upcoming talks, recordings and slides will land here soon.

[ Contact channel ]

Let's talk

Got an interesting project, a talk to organize, or just want to trade notes on Web or AI? Let's talk.

> Alternative channels:

• GitHub: @kevindaviladev

• LinkedIn: /in/kevindaviladev