Nautical Dusk Portfolio

Designing calm, high‑impact digital experiences.

I build product experiences with cinematic clarity, balancing expressive visual direction with practical systems thinking. This site follows the Nautical Dusk language: dark atmospheric layers, editorial typography, and precise accent moments.

About

A designer-developer shaped by narrative and systems.

My practice sits between visual identity and product implementation. I care about typography, accessibility, and resilient front-end architecture equally. Across every engagement, I turn abstract goals into clear interfaces, content hierarchies, and scalable component systems.

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Hi there! My name is Mario :-)

Selected Work

Projects

Recent projects across product strategy, interactive front-end systems, and applied AI workflows.

Code-Aware RAG System

This project implements and improves upon the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) paradigm for WordPress documentation retrieval.

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AI Job-Source Agent

An automated pipeline that discovers company career pages and extracts open job position URLs from LinkedIn job search results.

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React.js Website

A hobbit-inspired portfolio website showcasing my journey as a web developer. Built with React and TailwindCSS, featuring custom SVG graphics and a warm, countryside aesthetic reminiscent of the Shire.

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Great digital products feel like open water: clear horizon, strong direction, and enough room for people to move with confidence.
Mario Salinas

Services

What I help teams build

From early concepting to production implementation, I focus on outcomes that improve clarity, conversion, and maintainability.

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Design Systems

Token-driven foundations, scalable components, and practical documentation for shipping teams.

Front-End Development

Performance-aware interfaces with accessible interactions and maintainable structure.

Product Storytelling

Narrative page architecture and messaging hierarchy for portfolios, launches, and brand experiences.