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Developer · Photographer · Poland

I build thoughtful software and capture honest moments.

I'm Ivan Salo — a developer and photographer. I build digital products and visual stories with the same attention to detail. In code, I value clarity and thoughtful architecture; in photography — light, atmosphere and honest moments.

Years coding
17+
Shipped projects
40+
Photos taken
10k+
Portrait
Now: building isalo.net
About

Code, light, and the space in between.

Programming gives me structure; photography gives me perspective. Together they shape the way I build — with attention to detail, clarity and atmosphere.

More about me

Engineering

Full stack development. I care about security, performance, resilience and maintainability.

Photography

Portraits and nature. I look for light and capture honest emotions.

Approach

Curiosity over hype. Iterate, simplify, ship — then refine with feedback from real humans.

Selected work

Recent projects

A few things I've designed, built and shipped lately.

All projects
isalo.net

isalo.net

This very portfolio — a dark, premium, fully responsive site built with Next.js, Tailwind and Supabase. Combines a developer showcase with a photography gallery.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSSupabaseVercel
Photo Vault

Photo Vault

End-to-end encrypted photo storage with private albums, sharing links and on-the-fly image transformations.

Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLAWS S3Sharp
Lens Journal

Lens Journal

A minimal MDX-powered photo journal where each entry pairs a story with the photo's EXIF data and location map.

Next.jsMDXMapboxTailwind CSS
Through the lens

Latest photographs

A small slice from my ongoing photo journal.

Full gallery

Have an idea worth building?

I'm open to collaborations on web products and photography projects. Let's make something honest.