Hi, I'm Dustin Thach.
Aerospace engineer + full-stack builder.
UCF Aerospace Engineering, Class of '26 — recently relocated to San Francisco for an opportunity. I design airframes by day and ship production software for real businesses by night — Stripe storefronts, AI security topologies, CV-driven UAVs, and a valveless pulsejet on the bench.
A valveless pulsejet,
designed and fabricated end-to-end.
A valveless pulsejet engine — no moving parts, no reed valves. Combustion is gated entirely by acoustic resonance inside a tuned U-bend, fluid mechanics, and the geometry of the inlet and tailpipe.
Modeled in SolidWorks, simulated with custom Python CFD scripts, and fabricated in 304 stainless. Currently in build — combustion test pending. The interactive 3D model on the next page is the same geometry as the drawing.
- Overall length
- 1452 mm
- Inlet diameter
- ⌀ 159 mm
- Combustion ⌀
- ⌀ 176 mm
- Cycle target
- 180–220 Hz
- Thrust class
- 1.5 kgf
- Material
- SS-304
What I've shipped.
- Ship full-stack web apps for paying small-business clients (Next.js + Stripe + Supabase + Selenium automation).
- Operate a 99.9 %-uptime social-automation bot and IT infrastructure (homelab, WireGuard VPN, Active Directory) for ongoing accounts.
- Deploy and maintain a 52-camera AI security topology with facial recognition + door-access integration.
- Coursework focus: hypersonics, propulsion, flight dynamics, fluid mechanics, control systems.
- Design + fabrication of a valveless pulsejet — acoustic resonance modeling, FEA, high-temp metallurgy.
- UAV platform with vision-based gesture flight control (OpenCV / MediaPipe / PID).
- CAD airframe design with simulated thrust vectors and nose-cone aerodynamics.
- Successful certification flight — clears motors above 640 N·s impulse class.
Independent Software & IT Consultant
B.S. Aerospace Engineering
Tripoli L2 — High-Power Rocketry Certification
15 projects, end‑to‑end.
A working sample across hardware, software, mobile and infrastructure — most are in production for real customers, a few are personal R&D.
La Bestia en el Arte
Lead engineer · Stripe + Supabase commerce
Production Next.js storefront for an art collective: Supabase auth, Stripe checkout for merch and raffles, Resend transactional emails, and an admin console for inventory and order fulfillment.
AutoPosting Pro
Founder + sole developer · paying dealerships
Desktop operator tool that scrapes dealership inventory and publishes to Facebook Marketplace, Pages and Instagram simultaneously — on your schedule, without touching a keyboard. Anti-detection patterns, per-account scheduling, Instagram Reels automation.
UAV Platform X1
Hardware + vision systems
Autonomous quad-rotor with a vision-driven control loop. Hand tracking pilots the airframe; object detection stabilizes hover. PID-tuned for sub-100 ms vision-to-actuator latency.
Valveless Pulsejet
Mechanical design + fabrication
Designing, fabricating and tuning a valveless pulsejet engine. Fluid mechanics, thermodynamic resonance modeling, and high-temp metallurgy converge into an acoustic propulsion unit. Currently in fabrication.
L2 Rocket Stability
Airframe + aerodynamic stability
CAD-modeled airframe with simulated thrust vectors and nose-cone geometry. Ground-tested, flight-qualified, and certified L2 — clearing the door to motors above 640 N·s.
Enterprise Homelab
Infrastructure architect
Self-hosted server topology behind Cloudflare tunnels. NGINX reverse proxy, WireGuard VPN, automated background workers and remote OpenClaw streaming endpoints.
IHUMUntuned
iOS app · DSP + UX
SwiftUI iOS app for producers and taggers. On-device DSP pitch analysis, real-time stem grading, and an Xcode-built audio pipeline for fast project review on the phone.
Warehouse SecurityAI
Deployment + AI integration
Deployed AI-enabled camera array with on-device facial detection, automated alerts and integrated door-access controls. Full security topology spanning a multi-bay warehouse.
Orlando Insurance Market
Marketing site + lead capture
Next.js marketing and lead-capture site for an Orlando broker. SEO-tuned location pages, live quote intake, and a notification pipeline that hits the agent within seconds.
QRPro Generator
Full-stack solo build
Customer-facing QR generator with login, plan management, dashboard analytics and an API surface. Containerized via Docker for one-command deploys.
SingularVPNiOS
iOS app · network extension
Native SwiftUI VPN client. Connection state machine, animated server selection, real-time speed and ping read-outs, and country-flag server cards.
Audio VisualizerCinematic
Web Audio + canvas
Canvas real-time visualizer. Bass / mid / high band tracking, cinematic camera moves, particle systems, and three colorways (Calm, Ethereal, Intense) that morph with intensity.
Quote Maker
Internal tool
Browser-based quote generator for the consulting practice. Client info, dynamic labor + material lines, drive-time calc and one-click print-ready PDF output.
Gemini Watermark Remover
Chrome extension
Chrome extension that strips Gemini watermarks from generated images. Runs the LaMa inpainting model fully in-browser — nothing leaves the device. Drag-and-drop, before/after slider, per-image logs.
PopOut
Full-stack prototype
Full-stack marketplace coordinating pop-up vendors with venues and shoppers. Backend booking, frontend storefronts and a notification layer for new drops.
Stacks I work in daily.
Aerospace & CAD
- SolidWorks · Fusion 360
- OpenRocket · CFD basics
- FEA · Static + Modal
- Acoustic resonance modeling
- Pulsejet propulsion build
- L2 high-power rocketry
Software & Web
- TypeScript · React · Next.js 16
- Python · Flask · FastAPI
- Stripe · Supabase · Resend
- PostgreSQL · SQLite
- Tailwind · shadcn/ui
- Vercel · Render · Docker
Computer Vision & ML
- OpenCV · MediaPipe
- PID control loops
- PyTorch (basics)
- On-device inference
- ONNX runtime · WASM
Mobile & Native
- Swift · SwiftUI
- Core Audio · DSP
- NetworkExtension
- Xcode · TestFlight
IT, Infra & Security
- Active Directory · Azure AD
- Microsoft 365 admin
- Cloudflare Tunnels · NGINX
- WireGuard VPN · OpenClaw
- Reolink AI · door access
Automation & Scraping
- Selenium · BeautifulSoup
- Anti-detection patterns
- PyArmor packaging
- Cron + background workers
Small-business IT & software.
Three packages I currently deliver for paying clients while I finish my degree.
Network & Infrastructure
Network topology, homelab + server configuration, Cloudflare tunnels, NGINX reverse proxies and WireGuard VPNs that keep your team online from anywhere.
- Homelab integration
- WireGuard VPN servers
- Cloudflare tunnels
Workspace & Identity
Computer formatting and lifecycle onboarding. Microsoft Azure, Office 365 domain mail, Active Directory, and software subscription coordination.
- AD & Azure setup
- Hardware formatting
- M365 domain mail
Support & Automation
Remote troubleshooting via my own ticketing system. Workflow automation and ongoing maintenance to keep downtime at zero.
- Custom ticketing
- Workflow automations
- Ongoing maintenance
Let's talk.
Currently in San Francisco, originally Orlando. Considering offers for Summer 2026 internships and full-time '26 — aerospace, full-stack, or anywhere those overlap. Also open to short contracts. I read every email.