AI Product EngineeringVisayas Startup Awards Winner

Startrpack AI Packaging Platform

Dual-engine packaging consultancy and AI evaluation studio for Philippine MSMEs.

Role

Founding Product Engineer & Architect

Organization

PackUp / Startrpack (Himo AI)

Timeframe

2025 — Present

Status

Active Development

TurborepoNext.js 16 (App Router)Astro 5React 19TypeScript (Strict)Tailwind CSS v4Gemini API (@google/genai)Supabase & PostgreSQL

Executive Summary & Strategic Overview

Dual-engine packaging consultancy and AI studio combining an Astro 5 marketing frontend with a Next.js 16 interactive compliance studio for Philippine food and cosmetic makers.

Verified Performance Metrics & Business Impact

$150K USD

Commercial Value Unlocked

$150,000 USD preliminary commercial value unlocked upon initial launch

1st Place

Startup Awards

Visayas Startup Awards 2025 Category Winner (PackUp / Himo AI)

11 Points

FDA Compliance Engine

Deterministic regulatory verification under Philippine FDA AO 2014-0030

4-Step

Sequential Studio

Confirmed milestone pipeline preventing zombie states and API waste

The Engineering Challenge

Local food and cosmetic makers face severe packaging barriers. Professional packaging design costs thousands of dollars, and complex Philippine FDA labeling rules lead to supermarket distribution rejection.

The Architectural Solution

Engineered a 4-milestone packaging studio that parses job orders with multimodal vision, generates 5-swatch brand identities, verifies 11-point FDA compliance, and outputs print-ready 2D labels with 3D retail mockups.

Core Technical & Architectural Highlights

01

Dual-Engine Monorepo Architecture

Separated public consultancy marketing in Astro 5 from real-time AI generation in Next.js 16 with shared UI token contracts in Turborepo.

02

11-Point Philippine FDA Compliance Engine

Implemented deterministic rule verification under AO 2014-0030 and RA 7394 with split-pane inspector and in-place image-to-image text revision.

03

Telemetry & RA 10173 Trust Architecture

Integrated real-time Gemini token and cost telemetry with dual local/Supabase logging alongside Philippine Data Privacy Act trust safeguards.

Agentic AI Pair Programming & Antigravity Acceleration

Engineered within Antigravity using specialized multi-agent domain subagents across UX strategy, design systems, and software architecture to deliver verified zero-regression releases.