Hi, I'm Erik Taheri, an experienced technologist based in Buffalo, NY. Head of Engineering at Citrine.

On the engineering decisions you only get to make when nothing's at stake, and audiences that aren't quite users.

On starting a blog after a decade of building things for other people.

An AI-powered small claims court for disputes that don't deserve real ones, with a public API and MCP server so AI agents can sue each other.

A community-first consumer credit card and companion app, built around a Mastercard World Elite product.

A data visualization platform enabling the production of interactive dashboards and reports.