indie hacker, author of Ace Trace apphttps://ivkin.dev/en-ushttps://ivkin.dev/blog/rate-limiting-job-orchestration-at-scale/https://ivkin.dev/blog/rate-limiting-job-orchestration-at-scale/Building distributed rate limiting with Redis and Lua, and a backpressure-aware job dispatcher for AI agentsTue, 16 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/the-acquisition/https://ivkin.dev/blog/the-acquisition/Selling Ace Trace: lessons from negotiating my first indie app acquisitionThu, 28 Aug 2025 23:12:38 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/fashion-search-ai-powered-style-discovery-in-one-day/https://ivkin.dev/blog/fashion-search-ai-powered-style-discovery-in-one-day/Building an AI fashion search engine in 8 hours with Next.js, GPT-4 Vision, and real-time product recommendationsFri, 11 Apr 2025 00:53:38 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/vibe-debugging-with-memes/https://ivkin.dev/blog/vibe-debugging-with-memes/Building an MCP server that generates memes from error messages for vibe debuggingMon, 24 Mar 2025 18:07:37 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/mit-ai-filmmaking-hackathon/https://ivkin.dev/blog/mit-ai-filmmaking-hackathon/Creating a 2-minute AI film at MIT AI Filmmaking Hackathon using OpenArt, Midjourney, and ElevenLabsSat, 22 Feb 2025 22:00:00 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/my-startup-journey-challenges-and-the-battle-for-intellectual-property/https://ivkin.dev/blog/my-startup-journey-challenges-and-the-battle-for-intellectual-property/Co-founder search through YC matching platform and lessons from a startup partnership gone wrongTue, 16 May 2023 21:19:35 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/ace-trace-social-feed-and-2022-updates/https://ivkin.dev/blog/ace-trace-social-feed-and-2022-updates/2022 recap: hiring ML engineers, YC Startup School learnings, and building a social feed for Ace TraceThu, 27 Apr 2023 01:53:12 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/build-dylib-library-for-ios/https://ivkin.dev/blog/build-dylib-library-for-ios/Using Boost and Ceres Solver in iOS: building dynamic libraries for physics-based golf ball trajectory fittingWed, 23 Nov 2022 02:20:47 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/ace-trace-update/https://ivkin.dev/blog/ace-trace-update/Finding product-market fit for Ace Trace: UX experiments, pricing strategies, and cofounder searchSun, 24 Jul 2022 18:47:47 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/sf-startup-conference/https://ivkin.dev/blog/sf-startup-conference/First time at a Silicon Valley startup conference: networking tips and the reality of founder eventsThu, 28 Apr 2022 16:34:22 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/matrix-transformations/https://ivkin.dev/blog/matrix-transformations/Understanding matrix transformations for Visual SLAM and camera pose estimation in mobile AR appsThu, 07 Apr 2022 15:16:55 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/post-hackaton/https://ivkin.dev/blog/post-hackaton/Lessons from MIT Reality Hack: joining teams, managing stress, and building a pitch training VR gameSun, 27 Mar 2022 15:54:53 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/mit-reality-hack-getting-ready/https://ivkin.dev/blog/mit-reality-hack-getting-ready/Preparing for MIT Reality Hack: exploring AR/VR development with Apple ARKit, Unity, and A-FrameSun, 20 Mar 2022 15:31:55 GMThttps://ivkin.dev/blog/first-post/https://ivkin.dev/blog/first-post/Quitting my job to build products: the beginning of my indie founder journeyTue, 15 Mar 2022 23:54:28 GMT