Zanuka Labs

Zanuka Labs is an Indie development studio owned by Mike Delucchi, specializing in creating web applications from concept to production.

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Focus

Deep technical work, told with clarity.

Case studies

Narrative write-ups covering constraints, decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Systems thinking

Architecture and tooling that favor local control, performance, and longevity.

Architecture & alignment

Architecture and design proposals with honest tradeoffs — building shared direction across engineering, product, and design.

Stack

Technical proficiency & experience.

01

Frontend & web

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Vue
  • Vite
  • React
  • Next
  • Nuxt
  • Angular
  • Cypress
  • Tailwind
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Web standards
02

Backend & data

  • Go
  • Node
  • Elixir
  • Phoenix
  • BEAM
  • Serverless
  • Python
  • Postgres
  • MySQL
  • GraphQL
  • Apollo
  • Relay
  • Redis
03

Platform & delivery

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Fly
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • CI/CD
  • GCP

Case studies

Selected work.

All case studies

June 2011 – Dec 2012

V Motion Project

V Motion Project — a Kinect-powered Gesture Management System in ActionScript 3/Flex that drove realtime audio and building projections for a music video.

  • ActionScript 3
  • Flex
  • PureMVC
  • Kinect

May 2014 – Nov 2017

Nike SNKRS

Lead Application Engineer at Nike WHQ — SNKRS launch experience, production web apps, component libraries, and the Juno isomorphic JavaScript framework.

  • JavaScript
  • Juno
  • Component Libraries
  • Build Pipelines

2013

Emotion Scan

Flash app and microsite experience integrating nViso’s Emotional Imaging API for a webcam-guided financial emotion recognition campaign.

  • Flash
  • ActionScript
  • nViso Emotional Imaging API
  • Webcam