Software Engineering student in Cambodia building a private startup portfolio across market access, education, cybersecurity, SME operations, trading tools, and student opportunity infrastructure.
I am early in my career, but I am deliberately training like a product engineer: ship working systems, document tradeoffs, protect user trust, and use AI agents as engineering leverage rather than as a substitute for judgment.
- Building seven startup-track products under a Cambodia-first product lab
- Turning local market problems into small, testable software systems
- Practicing AI-native engineering: specs, agent reviews, test loops, and clear implementation logs
- Keeping future-startup source code private while publishing honest public proof of work
- Portfolio case studies: kavatana.me documents the product surfaces, screenshots, tradeoffs, and build direction behind my work.
- Studio OS demo: kavatana-studio-os.vercel.app is the neutral public mode of a private AI-native command center. The public build keeps state local and disables live connectors; the private operator adds bounded workspace context and a read-only GitHub organization queue.
- CHNAI LAB profile: github.com/chnai-lab presents the student-run product studio behind the broader portfolio.
- Collaboration system: CHNAI LAB repositories use canonical agent guides, contribution and security boundaries, team ownership, and CI so human and AI collaborators enter through the same reviewable workflow.
Most source repositories are private because these are intended startup assets, not throwaway class projects. Public details are documented at a product and architecture level.
| Product | Problem Space | Current Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| BayonHub | Student opportunity infrastructure | Help Cambodian tech students find internships, freelance work, jobs, and portfolio-building opportunities. |
| Svaeng Yul | Khmer tech education | Khmer video self-study for AI engineering, data science, cybersecurity, software engineering, and related fields. |
| Chomkar | Agricultural market access | Connect buyers and farmers before harvest demand is locked in, reducing hidden coordination power from middlemen. |
| Sat Digital | Community cybersecurity | Rentable cyber guard tools for Telegram communities, groups, and websites. |
| Vantrex | Trading software | Signal and indicator tooling across Forex, crypto, and model-assisted trading workflows. |
| PHSAROS | SME operations | Operating system for restaurants, coffee shops, marts, staff, inventory, and finance. |
| CHNAI LAB | Student-run product studio | A Cambodian student team building owned products with real responsibility, equity, and operating discipline. |
Read more:
- Startup portfolio map
- AI-native engineering workflow
- GitHub account cleanup record
- Repository agent contract
TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, Nuxt, React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, GitHub GraphQL, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare, Vercel, GitHub Actions, and AI-assisted development workflows.
- Product first: start from a real user, workflow, and failure mode.
- Evidence over hype: document what is shipped, what is simulated, and what still needs validation.
- Private by default for startups: protect source code, secrets, and product strategy until a project is ready for public release.
- AI-native, not AI-blind: use agents for speed, review, research, and implementation support, then verify outputs with tests, code review, and manual judgment.
- Bounded authority: give agents the minimum context and permissions needed, and keep consequential product, security, deployment, and financial actions under human control.
- Readable systems: prefer clean architecture notes, small commits, and decisions that a future teammate can understand.
- Portfolio: kavatana.me
- GitHub: github.com/kavatana
- LinkedIn: Ka Vatana