Francisco Salinas
San Francisco, CA
Francisco learned to code during lockdown and built an $800K+ business selling video game mods from his freshman year dorm room. 12,000+ paying customers across 103 countries, all before he turned 22.
Working that closely with the operating system made him naturally curious about desktop development, and after noticing there was no good disk space visualizer on Windows, he built one. He'd later call it Diskify. That process made him realize how much he cared about building software that actually feels good to use, not just software that works.
He's now building Ida, native macOS software for turning voice commands into actions across desktop apps. The work spans transcription, app integrations, command routing, and interface design.
He graduated Santa Clara University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and was selected for the 7th cohort of SCU's Bronco Venture Startup Accelerator. Francisco is based in San Francisco, CA.
Native macOS software for turning voice commands into actions across desktop apps. The work spans transcription, app integrations, command routing, and interface design.
Metal · AppKit · Qt · C++
Reverse engineered Apple's private liquid glass framework and ported it to Qt6 via Objective-C++ bridging. Starred by a Qt platform architect. #4 all-time on r/QtFramework.
C++, Objective-C++, Qt6
Launched iOS app for sourcing car parts. Snap a photo of any unfamiliar part, a vision model identifies it, and the app surfaces matching listings so you can buy a replacement without leaving the screen.
Swift, iOS · vision models
Voice AI agent that automates SOP information retrieval to help manufacturing teams resolve floor issues faster. First place, AWS Hackathon.
TypeScript · voice AI · Weaviate RAG
Two products: Diskify Space, a disk visualizer for Windows (no DaisyDisk equivalent existed). Diskify Search, AI-powered semantic search across your local files.
C/C++, Qt6, OpenSSL · local inference · SQLite-vec · MRL
ImGui login menu with a full Node.js + SQLite backend. AES-256-CBC encrypted client-server comms, HWID locking, license management. 53 stars, 18 forks.
C++, ImGui · Node.js · SQLite · AES-256
Fetches and stitches real-time INRIX traffic tiles, then uses OpenCV to extract contours into mappable coordinates for high-quality traffic visualization.
C++, OpenCV · INRIX API