About · Profile

A founder who codes, an engineer who ships.

I build complete digital products end-to-end, from database schema to deployed UI. RA01 Labs is my studio for shipping focused software, built with calm interfaces, strong operational thinking, and a premium design language designed to scale. I think like a founder and execute like an engineer.

StudioRA01 Labs · Founder & Lead Developer
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Experience3–5 years building production software
AvailabilityOpen to work & collaborations
Sitera01labs.com

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Career milestones, as commits to the build of me.

  1. 8a1f2b92026 · Q1releaseLaunch rahulmehta.ra01labs.com · portfolio v1
  2. d7c4e022025 · Q4shipPricent · smart price-tracking and grocery assistant for Canada
  3. b3e8f512025 · Q3shipNest Access · building access platform for modern properties
  4. 14a6d8c2024foundFounded RA01 Labs · Toronto-based product studio
  5. 9f02a442023gradPost-Grad AI & Machine Learning · Lambton College, Toronto
  6. 3e1b6a02022shipShipped first real production app · React + Node stack
  7. a0f7c192021gradBachelor of Computer Applications · Chandigarh University
  8. 00000002020initgit init · learned to code, decided to build for a living

Studio philosophy

Three principles that drive everything shipped under the RA01 banner.

01 · Calm design

Interfaces that breathe. No noise, no novelty effects. Just intentional hierarchy and a premium design language that scales across products.

02 · Strong systems

Built for how things actually work, not how software vendors imagine they do. Clean schemas, real operational thinking, long-term quality.

03 · Ship with intent

Not an agency, not a consultancy. A studio that builds focused products and gets them in front of real users.

What I build with

A working toolkit refined over years of production work. Not everything I know. The stack I reach for first.

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonSQLBashHTML5CSS3

Frontend

ReactNext.jsTailwindFramer MotionTanStack QueryZustand

Backend & APIs

Node.jsExpressFastAPIGraphQLWebSocketsOAuth 2.0

AI & ML

OpenAIAnthropicLangChainRAGpgvectorHugging Face

Data & Storage

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisSupabaseFirebasePrisma

Mobile

React NativeExpoEAS Build

DevOps & Cloud

AWSVercelDockerGitHub ActionsNginxLinux

Tooling

GitVS CodeFigmaPlaywrightPostman

Disciplines

Product EngSystem DesignDXOperational thinking

Education

From foundational CS in India to applied AI & ML in Toronto.

Post Graduation · Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Lambton College · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Post Grad · CA

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)

Chandigarh University · Chandigarh, India
Undergrad · IN