My portfolio / Software developer / New Zealand

Luke Ponga.

I build reliable, deterministic systems — from fleet backends in .NET to AI-assisted applications powered by Gemini.

Based in Hamilton, New Zealand

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01 / Work

Selected work

Projects pulled from my GitHub, across native Xbox apps, backends and Gemini-powered tools.

Flagship product / 2026

PriceSnap

AI-powered resale valuation for New Zealand. Photograph an item, identify it with multimodal AI, inspect condition, gather market evidence and return a useful NZD price estimate.

  • Android
  • Kotlin
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • REST
  • Vercel
Backend Android app Website Live site
How it works
  • Identifymultimodal AI
  • Inspectcondition insights
  • CompareTrade Me, Marketplace, eBay
  • Estimateprice in NZD

02 / Activity

Recent activity

What I've pushed to most recently, and the languages across my public repositories.

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      03 / Repositories

      All public repositories

      Every public, non-fork repository on github.com/lukeponga-dev.

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      04 / About

      About

      I'm a software developer based in Hamilton, New Zealand. I like solving real-world problems through structured code and automation — whether that's tuning performance, working in tricky native environments, or designing clear dashboards.

      My background combines computer science, software development and hands-on IT support, so I build for predictable behaviour, clear failure states and systems that are easy to operate. I'm especially interested in applied AI, native and mobile apps, APIs and IoT.

      Education & certifications

      Computer ScienceUniversity of Waikato
      Software Development · Level 6ATC Vision College
      Web Development & Design · Level 5ATC Vision College
      ISTQB Foundation (CTFL)Software testing certification
      Natural Language AIMicrosoft Build certificate
      Generative AICodeSignal certificate

      Stack

      Languages
      C# · TypeScript · JavaScript · Kotlin · Java · Rust · SQL
      Backend & APIs
      .NET · Node.js · Next.js · Flask · FastAPI · REST
      AI engineering
      Google Gemini · multimodal AI · agents · structured outputs · grounding · evaluation
      Native, mobile & IoT
      UWP / XAML for Xbox · Android · Retrofit · Arduino · sensors
      Infrastructure
      Git · GitHub Actions · Docker · Nginx · Vercel · Google Cloud · Azure
      Engineering
      OOP · data structures · testing · security · Agile · system design

      05 / Contact

      Let's build something dependable.

      Open to software engineering, AI and product-development opportunities.

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