Ryan Stricklin
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Ryan Stricklin

Founder-led engineering with product craft and security depth

Software Engineer, Founder, Full-Stack Developer, Adversarial ML Researcher, Security Engineer

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About

Founder-first engineer with security depth

I build revenue products end to end, then tighten the systems behind them.

I am the co-founder and lead developer at AnyStory, an AI writing workspace for long-form storytellers, and the solo founder of Netto, a Shopify bookkeeping app focused on payout-first accounting with double-entry journals inside Shopify Admin.

My background includes adversarial machine learning research at Johns Hopkins APL and SOC triage work at Texas A&M Cyber Operations. I am currently open to software engineering roles where I can ship product quickly and own systems quality from architecture to production.

Skills

Technical stack across product and infrastructure

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonC++SQL

Backend and APIs

FastAPINode.jsREST APIsJWT AuthRate Limiting

Frontend

Next.jsReactTailwind CSSFramer Motionshadcn/ui

AI and ML

PyTorchYOLOAdversarial MLPrompt DesignModel Evaluation

Databases

PostgreSQLSQLAlchemyPrismaRedisSQLite

DevOps and Cloud

DockerVercelGitHub ActionsLinuxCI/CD

Security

SOC TriageThreat DetectionRBACAudit LoggingSecure API Design

Networking

TCP/IPDNSHTTPNetwork AnalysisPacket Inspection

Experience

Work that spans product and security

  1. 2026 to present

    AnyStory

    Co-Founder and Lead Developer

    I lead product and platform delivery across the Django and React stack, including AI-assisted writing workflows, billing, and operational tooling. The focus is shipping features quickly while keeping reliability high for paying users and daily creative workflows.

  2. May to August 2025

    Johns Hopkins APL

    Developer Intern

    I built and evaluated adversarial ML workflows in Python and PyTorch to test detector behavior under attack conditions. The work emphasized repeatable experiment loops and practical evaluation outputs the research team could use directly.

  3. April 2024 to December 2025

    TAMU Cyber Operations

    Student Triage Analyst

    I triaged SOC alerts using Elastic SIEM and Endgame EDR, investigating suspicious activity and escalating high-signal incidents with clear context. This covered day-to-day detection operations across student and institutional systems.

  4. March 2022 to March 2024

    TAMU Research Office

    Student Technician

    I supported research operations across technical teams, handling endpoint setup, software troubleshooting, and internal systems workflows. The scope ranged from lab device support to day-to-day reliability work that kept projects moving.

Featured Products

Products with paying users and real operations

The strongest signal on this portfolio is product execution, from launch decisions to day-to-day systems ownership.

AnyStory product screenshot
DjangoReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLRedisStripeDocker Swarm

AnyStory

AnyStory is a production AI writing platform that keeps manuscript context stable across long sessions while routing requests across Anthropic, OpenAI, and Grok.

AI writing workspace for long-form projects with multi-model routing, persistent context, and production billing.

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Netto product screenshot
DjangoHTMXCeleryRedisPostgreSQLShopify Admin APIRailway

Netto

Netto is a payout-first accounting system for Shopify merchants, built as an embedded app that turns payout data into accountant-ready double-entry records.

Embedded Shopify bookkeeping app that converts payouts into balanced journal entries and keeps accounting workflows inside Shopify Admin.

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Selected Projects

Research and engineering projects

Adversarial Patch Generator

Python toolkit for training and evaluating adversarial patches against YOLO detectors, including distributed training paths and tuning workflows.

PythonPyTorchYOLODDP
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Risk Compliance Tracker API

FastAPI backend for risks, controls, evidence, and audit events with layered architecture, JWT rotation, RBAC checks, and audit trails.

FastAPISQLAlchemyPostgresJWT
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Spire

Lightweight Windows audiobook and podcast player with local-first library management, RSS support, chapter navigation, and resume flow.

ElectronReactTypeScriptZustandSQLite
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Live Audio Visualizer Plugin

OBS Studio plugin for audio-reactive visuals with normal, mirrored, and radial modes plus detailed controls for sensitivity, smoothing, and decay.

C++OBS Plugin SDKCMakeAudio DSP
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