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Paul Bakaus

Projects

Things I've built, from weekend experiments to widely used open source. The ones still running come first.

Active and open source

Impeccable

Status Active

A design tool for AI coding agents and the people who direct them: shared design vocabulary, persistent project context, and quality checks that run inside your codebase. Now the flagship product of Renaissance Geek, my company backed by a16z, and shipping bundled with the new GitHub Copilot app.

Company
Renaissance Geek
Stars
70k
Ships with
GitHub Copilot app

Radiant

Status Active

A curated collection of 80+ production-ready WebGL shaders and visual effects for the web. Zero dependencies, MIT licensed. Browse the gallery, pick a shader, copy the code.

Shaders
80+
License
MIT
Dependencies
None

Papercut fixes

Small tools for friction most people accept.

agent-reviews

Status Active

Token-efficient, automated GitHub review workflows and bug fixing. Manages the full PR lifecycle for teams using AI coding agents at scale.

burn-after-login

Status Active

Solves authentication for AI browser automation. Analyzes your auth system, creates dev-only login shortcuts, then removes itself from the project.

Legacy and notable

Earlier work, from jQuery UI in 2007 to Spotter.

  1. Creator

    jQuery UI

    The standard interaction library for the web. Brought drag and drop, sortable lists, date pickers, and more to the web. Part of the jQuery Foundation and core jQuery team.

  2. Co-founder, acquired by Zynga

    Aves Engine

    One of the first in-browser game engines. Co-founded a startup around it, acquired by Zynga.

  3. Product lead at Google

    Chrome DevTools

    Led product and developer relations for Chrome's built-in development tools, the ones web developers open every day.

  4. DevRel lead at Google

    AMP and Web Stories

    Kickstarted and led developer relations for the AMP project and its visual storytelling evolution, Web Stories.

  5. Founder, Head of Creator Relations

    Google for Creators

    Started the sister organization to DevRel within Google, focused on supporting content creators across the web.

  6. EVP Product

    Spotter Studio

    Built and scaled an AI-powered SaaS platform that helped thousands of YouTube creators reclaim time and grow their channels.

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