About the Developer
Design · Data · AI — building products end‑to‑end with care.
Bio
Bryan Loss is a founder, developer, and creative technologist passionate about building products at the intersection of design, data, and AI. He is the creator of WhiskeyMate, an award‑winning app that helps collectors document, discover, and share their whiskey collections through intelligent features and a personalized AI bartender. Bryan’s work blends technical precision with a strong sense of brand and user experience, spanning iOS, Android, and web. He is also building This Fucking Guy, a meme‑forward social publishing platform that pairs editorial curation with user submissions, pseudonymous profiles, comments, notifications, moderation tooling, and a shared architecture that also powers This Fucking Gal. Projects like Birdie Tickets and Drift Audio reflect the same drive to turn sharp ideas into polished, real‑world products.
- WhiskeyMate: whiskeymate.net
- This Fucking Guy: thisfuckingguy.com
- Drift Audio: drift audio home
- Birdie Tickets: birdietickets.com
Tech Stack
As a full‑stack developer and founder, I build and scale products that combine clean design, data‑driven insights, and seamless user experiences.
Frontend & Apps
- iOS: SwiftUI · Combine · Firebase SDK · Charts · StoreKit 2
- Android: Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · Hilt · Firebase SDK · Google Play Billing
- Web: Next.js · React · TypeScript · HTML5 · Bootstrap 5 · Vanilla JavaScript (modular imports) · Responsive layouts
- Cross‑Platform: Flutter (planned for Drift Audio)
Backend & Infrastructure
- Serverless: Firebase Cloud Functions (Node.js / TypeScript) · Firebase Admin
- Database: Firestore (NoSQL) · Firebase Storage · Remote Config
- Hosting: Firebase Hosting (multi‑site: whiskeymate.net · birdietickets.com)
- Security: App Check · Firebase Auth (Google, Apple, Email)
- Architecture: shared multi‑brand configuration for parallel site variants
- Automation: Cloud Functions for Printful, Stripe, and Email Workflows
Commerce & Integrations
- Payments: Stripe (Checkout, Tax, PaymentIntents) · PayPal Business
- Fulfillment: Printful API (on‑demand merch)
- Affiliate Networks: Impact · CJ · Rakuten · Amazon Associates
AI, Data & Analytics
- AI: OpenAI & Google Gemini (Vertex AI) for Fitz, the AI AppTender
- Analytics: GA4 + BigQuery · Firebase Analytics
- Scripting: Python & Redis (data ingestion and migration tools)
DevOps & Tooling
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions
- Monitoring: Crashlytics · Sentry
- DNS & CDN: Cloudflare
- Design: Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere)
- Validation & Product Logic: Zod · custom domain‑layer validation and action routing
- IDE: Xcode · Android Studio · Cursor
APIs & Connected Services
- TypeSense (search indexing) · Nodemailer (email delivery)
- Google Maps (Hunt Maps feature)
- Twitter/X & Facebook APIs (social content)
- Universal Links & App Clips (deep linking)
What I’m building
- WhiskeyMate: AI AppTender (Fitz), Hunt Maps, PDF exports, and collection analytics.
- This Fucking Guy / This Fucking Gal: a satire‑driven social publishing platform with submissions, comments, notifications, moderation, and dual‑brand editorial architecture.
- Drift Audio: minimalist listening experiences; cross‑platform app in exploration.
- Birdie Tickets: simple ticketing with clean analytics and creator‑friendly tooling.