David Vennik

Distributed Systems Engineer  |  Go  |  TypeScript  |  Protocol Design

dendrite

Self-writing deterministic machine intelligence. One axiom pair, 3-bit seed, 8 opcodes, 64 states. Programs grow via algebraic lattice accretion — not gradient descent, not neural nets. Structure from constraint. 151 Go files.

Live Systems

relay.orly.dev

Production Nostr relay. Go, modular gRPC IPC (9 proto services), Badger KV with graph extensions, SIMD-accelerated crypto, DDD architecture. 633 Go files.

smesh.mleku.dev

Nostr client. TypeScript/Svelte. Forked independently by 3 developers.

plebeian.market

Decentralized marketplace. React 19, TypeScript, TanStack. 100+ PRs merged as contributor.

Published Packages

nostr.mleku.dev

Go protocol library. Substantially improved secp256k1 over btcec base. SIMD-accelerated codecs, zero-copy binary encoding, Schnorr/ECDH/MuSig2. 210 Go files.

Key Projects

plebeian-signer

NIP-07 browser extension. Multi-identity key management, event signing. TypeScript, Chrome/Firefox. 81 commits, 33 releases.

Indra

Source-routed VPN protocol with bidirectional location privacy. Onion-encrypted routing, payment channels. 55 stars.

Parallelcoin

Novel hash function PoW, parallel difficulty adjustment, LAN multicast gossip, multi-app binary.

Skills

Primary: Go (10yr), TypeScript, React 19, Distributed Systems, Protocol Engineering
AI: Claude Code (custom skills, MCP servers, agentic workflows), AI-augmented systems design
Protocols: gRPC/Protobuf, WebSocket, secp256k1, Schnorr, ECDH, NIP-44, MuSig2
Frontend: TanStack (Router/Query/Store/Form), Radix UI, Tailwind v4, Svelte, Playwright
Infrastructure: Linux, Caddy, systemd, Badger KV (graph extensions), Docker, bare-metal, CI/CD
Additional: Rust (gRPC), SIMD (AVX2), Domain-Driven Design

Experience

Full Stack Developer — Plebeian Market Sep 2025 — present

100+ PRs to production React 19/TypeScript decentralized marketplace. Migration tooling, relay management, e2e test suite.

Senior Backend Engineer — Hubmaker Labs Oct 2023 — Jul 2025

Nostr relay + IPC, cross-protocol sync (Nostr/Bluesky/Farcaster → Arweave), matchmaking engine.

Protocol Engineer — Indra Labs Oct 2022 — Sep 2023

Source-routed VPN protocol, onion encryption, relay payment channels. 55 GitHub stars.

Go Developer — Quanterall Feb — Jul 2022

Go training curriculum, consensus protocol design (Kismet).

Systems Engineer — Parallelcoin 2018 — 2020

Novel hash function, difficulty adjustment, LAN gossip, multi-app binary architecture.

Source

Primarygit.mleku.dev/mleku Historicalgithub.com/l0k18 ContributorPlebeianApp/market (as woikos)

Contact

Emailme@mleku.dev LocationCroatia (Remote) Nostrnpub1fjqqy4a93z5zsjwsfxqhc2764kvykfdyttvldkkkdera8dr78vhsmmleku
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