Lead Software Engineer: systems architecture, agentic AI and IAM. Founder of the Telekom PHP Community, Learn-from-Experts speaker.
Ship production, not prototypes.
How to turn vibecoding into web systems that survive deploy, load and years of maintenance. Written from real experience: my own live products and enterprise architecture at Deutsche Telekom.
I build systems, not toys
I'm Dmitry Tarantin. For 15+ years I've built the web — from CRMs and online stores to SaaS I run in production myself. By day, Lead Software Engineer at Deutsche Telekom: systems architecture, agentic AI, IAM. The rest of the time, solo founder and hands-on architect. MSc in IT, PhD candidate in AI.
Real work, in production
A print-on-demand platform that lets German clubs create and run their own merchandise shops.
A digital HOA portal for property managers: resolutions, issue reports, cost context and hybrid delivery.
Renovation and apartment services in Düsseldorf with a focused digital inquiry flow.
What I build with
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