Hi, I'm Mitchell Dawkins, a Software Engineer passionate about building software that makes a lasting impact. Right now, I'm working on a multi-tenant video platform that pulls insights from video content — and documenting everything I learn along the way. This site is a space to capture the challenges, decisions, and discoveries that come with building meaningful tech and helping run a nonprofit. Follow along as I share the practical lessons I pick up throughout the journey.
A self-hosted VPS platform for deploying and managing a fleet of WordPress sites, each running as an isolated Docker stack with Git-driven deploys, centralized MainWP management, automated backups, and a FastAPI + React control plane.
Full-stack NBA analytics platform with AI-powered prop bet predictions, ML models trained on historical player data, real-time ESPN integration, and a Monte Carlo simulation engine for edge finding.
Automated data pipeline that transforms raw CSV film logs into polished weekly and season-long football player evaluation reports — complete with a static site, PDF exports, and GitHub Actions CI/CD.
Full-stack WNBA analytics platform with AI-powered prop predictions, a real-time betting scanner, Monte Carlo simulations, and a multi-service backend built across PHP/Laravel and TypeScript/SvelteKit.
A fully self-hosted microservices stack that turns any article URL into an NPR-style two-host podcast episode using local LLMs and zero-shot voice cloning — no paid APIs required.
A multi-tenant platform for processing, transcribing, and analyzing video content using AI — with custom model training, RAG-powered search, and tenant-isolated Docker containers.
A deep dive into building a self-hosted, multi-tenant WordPress platform — isolated Docker stacks, Git-driven deploys, WP-CLI automation, and a MainWP hub managed from a single FastAPI + React control plane.
How I host the GH Film Review Pipeline website completely free using GitHub Pages and GitHub Actions—no servers, no hosting bills, just a static site published straight from CI.
A deep dive into building a complete data pipeline and static site generator for football player evaluations using Python, pandas, and automated reporting.
I'm a Softweare Engineer passionate about building software, problem solving and making an impact. With experience in AI/ML, software development, and cloud architecture, I'm constantly exploring the boundaries of what's possible with today's AI tools.
Hugging Face, OpenAI, Ollama, RAG, Whisper, Scikit-learn
React, Next.js, TypeScript, FastAPI, Laravel
AWS, Docker, CI/CD
n8n, GitHub Actions, Playwright