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Luan (Brexton) Tran

Luan (Brexton) Tran

Designer & Developer

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Hi there, I'm Brexton.

I spent my early years in the beauty industry, but I have always been fascinated with technology and how digitizing workflows can help society do better.

With over four years of building and shipping apps from scratch, all my projects are built after my 60-hour work week.

My philosophy is that software has to mean something to people and society. The two have to stay in harmony, and digital tools should make human lives better. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Work

  • PeachUI

    Component Library

    Open-source React component library and live catalog for dense tools, dashboards, and AI agent interfaces.

    OSS · React 19 · Tailwind v4

    → View→ Live→ GitHub

  • Improvlens

    Event Photo Sharing

    Real-time event photo sharing app between guests and hosts.

    → View→ Live

  • Aesthetikk

    Photo Editing App

    Browser-based photo editor with 900+ color presets and image manipulation effects.

    PWA · WebGL

    → View→ Live

  • Stellar

    FinTech

    Local income/expense tracking app with built-in LLM retirement assistant.

    IOS for v1

    → View→ Live

  • Peachy

    Personal CRM

    Local-first personal CRM to manage relationships with people you care about, with AI agents assisted organizing everything.

    web · Agentic harness

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Blogs

  • How-2-WebGL2

    Explore how WebGL2 works in a React application.

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  • Caching & Memory Management

    How Aesthetikk caches 900+ color presets on the client without crashing the browser tab.

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  • Smooth Sliders: RAF Throttling in React

    How Aesthetikk minimized the use of useEffect for sliders and leverage RAF throttling for smooth UI renders.

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  • How I Added AI to a Finance App With No Backend

    How Stellar keeps ledgers in on-device SQLite and calls an LLM through a thin cloud function without shipping API keys.

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  • Front End Architecture

    How Stellar wires 40+ screens + 280+ .tsx components with layered hooks, Zustand forms, and an event bus , without a mega store or prop drilling.

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  • Notifications Without a Backend

    How Stellar schedules income nudges, bill reminders, and backup alerts on device ,no cloud cron, no push server.

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