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Emmerson Meña

Naga, Philippines

Generalist · Web · Data · AI

A freelance generalist who takes on a wide range of work, from building websites and web apps to data analysis, research, and content. I work independently, learn fast, and care about getting things done well.

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about

I'm a freelance generalist who takes on a wide range of work. Give me a website to build, data to make sense of, a topic to research, or content to write, and I'll figure out what it needs and get it done.

I move fast, pick up new tools easily, and care about clean, simple work that gets used. AI is part of my toolkit, and I'm good with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Claude Code, but the thinking, judgment, and follow-through are mine.

I work independently and remotely, mostly with US-based teams and clients. I like varied work and roles where I can wear a few different hats.

experience

education

  • BS Materials Engineering2019 – 2025
    University of the Philippines, Diliman
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Strand2016 – 2018
    Ateneo de Naga University - Senior High School

tech stack

Frontend

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSSshadcn/uiThree.js

Backend

Node.jsPythonFastAPISupabasePostgreSQLConvexClerkResend

AI

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiClaude CodeCodexVercel AI SDKOpenRouterRAG

Data & Analytics

Power BITableauGoogle SheetsGoogle AnalyticsDuckDB

Design

FigmaCanvaAdobe Creative Suite

DevOps & Cloud

GitHubVercel

projects

Three live marketing sites for local service businesses (a handyman, a cleaner, a tutor), designed and built end to end with contact forms, email notifications, local SEO, and analytics.
Next.jsTailwindResendVercel
philGEPS AI Tool
Makes Philippine government procurement readable by anyone, from journalists to ordinary citizens. Cleans and loads more than a million contract records into a local analytics database, then answers plain-English questions with AI-generated SQL and clear summaries.
Next.jsFastAPIDuckDBOpenRouter
DraftMeyt
Helps freelancers apply faster on onlinejobs.ph. Parses a live job posting, then writes a tailored subject and message from your saved profile and resume, ready to send.
Next.jsSupabaseCheerioOpenRouter
AI Exam Generator
Helps teachers build assessments in minutes. Generates exam questions and a matching table of specifications from a list of topics, then exports everything to a ready-to-use Word document.
Next.jsVercel AI SDKGemini
Zotero Research Assistant
A literature-review assistant for students and researchers. Answers questions across an entire Zotero PDF library with citation-aware synthesis, grounded in the actual source documents.
FastAPIChromaDBsentence-transformersOpenRouter

certifications

beyond work

When I'm not working, I'm usually watching anime, reading manga, photographing anime figures, 3D printing stuff, or out on a solo trip somewhere in the Philippines. Recently I picked up hiking around Bicol.