Devion Villegas · Software Engineer in Dallas

WARNING – HIGH SHIP VELOCITY

BEFORE BROWSING, PLEASE NOTE: THE OPERATOR
OF THIS CONSOLE SHIPS COMPLETE, PRODUCTION-GRADE
SOFTWARE AT AN UNUSUAL PACE.

Also online at
github.com/d3vhound

Best with sound on · Prefer text? Profile · Blog

Devion Villegas, senior software engineer in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, and founder of AppZero Labs

I'm a senior software engineer in Dallas–Fort Worth and the founder of AppZero Labs.

For ten years I've shipped whole systems: web apps, mobile apps, data pipelines, edge infrastructure, and lately the AI harnesses that let a small team move like a big one.

I'm more of a builder than a marketer. What I'm best at is taking an idea all the way to production.

Experience

Founder, AppZero Labs (2025 – Present). Independent mobile app studio turning emerging tech into useful apps. First release: TCGComps, card prices by the SKU, coming to iPhone.

Mobile Software Engineer, SRS Building Products (May 2026 – Present). Leading a team that builds AI engineering harnesses: agent instructions, skills, MCP tooling and verification gates. Shipping enterprise apps in weeks, not quarters.

Software Engineer, Brinker International (Dec 2025 – Apr 2026). Worked on the Chili's digital guest experience platform serving 1,600+ restaurants.

Senior Software Engineer, Carde.io (Aug 2023 – Nov 2025). Lead engineer on a multi-tenant organized-play platform for trading card brands including Disney Lorcana and Magic: The Gathering. Delivered a contract scoped for five engineers largely solo. Built a Cloudflare Workers edge layer that cut backend requests from 5M to 700K during a tournament week.

Senior Software Developer, Yes.Fit (Aug 2020 – Aug 2023). Rebuilt the React Native fitness app (~50k MAU) and built the Next.js store.

Full Stack Engineer, NextGen Code Company (Jun 2018 – Jul 2020). Agency engineering for 20+ clients across web, mobile and cloud.

Web Developer, Texas Tech University Rec Sports (Oct 2016 – Jun 2018). Rebuilt the rec center website with ease of administration in mind. My first production site.

Projects

TCGComps (2026): Card prices, by the SKU. Scan cards, check real sold comps, keep your collection in one place.

Facetra (2026): A local-first design editor built for collaboration between people, codebases and software agents.

LuxDesign AI (2026): Listing photos perfected in seconds: AI virtual staging and photo enhancement for real estate.

TCG Portal (2025): The operating system for trading card stores: catalog, pricing and orders in one dashboard.

Organized Play (2023–25): Tournament and event infrastructure for trading card brands.

TCGBlade.gg (2025): A tournament engine for trading card events.

Devion Villegas, senior software engineer in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, and founder of AppZero Labs

Experience

Projects

Writing

Elsewhere