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Beyond The Code

Luthfi Arifin

Product Engineer • Founder • Tech Researcher

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Bridging the gap between AI research and everyday utility.

While state-of-the-art AI models have achieved incredible capabilities, there is still a massive gap in bringing these advancements into practical, everyday use. I am deeply passionate about bridging this divide — harnessing the power of LLMs, RAG, and Agentic Workflows to build intuitive, user-centric tools that solve real-world problems.

Guided by the “Beyond The Code” philosophy, I believe that writing code is just the baseline. The true challenge lies in engineering intelligent systems that deliver intuitive experiences and scale effectively.

Applied AIProduct StrategyEngineering Excellence

Ventures that moved real metrics.

Each role was a climb — strategy, execution, and a forward-looking vision turning engineering into measurable business impact.

01Jan 2025 – Present

Abadikan & Abadikan Studio

Founder

Leading a digital innovation venture across event technology and a premium web-experience studio — turning static digital presence into high-conversion interactive experiences.

longer exploration time
+40%
more ready to book
−50%
basic sales questions
ReactViteGSAPPayment Gateways
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02Apr 2024 – Present

Tech in Asia

Product Engineer

A two-year climb at Southeast Asia’s largest tech-media company — from owning the mobile app v2.0 rebuild to bridging engineering and product strategy with Applied AI.

+611%
avg. session length
+120%
daily active users
TTS
AI feature shipped
FlutterDartPythonClean Architecture
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03Jul 2021 – Dec 2024

WIGO

Co-Founder & CTO

Built a comprehensive B2B/B2C tourism SaaS ecosystem from the ground up, connecting travelers with destinations across Indonesia.

B2B/B2C
SaaS ecosystem
0→1
architected from scratch
FlutterNestJSDockerMySQL
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04May 2020 – Oct 2023

Happy5

Android Team Lead

Grew from intern to Team Lead over 3.5 years, leading a distributed Android engineering team for a culture & performance management platform.

Lead
distributed team
CI/CD
CircleCI + Fastlane
KotlinAndroidCircleCIFastlane
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Giving back, beyond the keyboard.

Judging, speaking, and mentoring across Indonesia's tech ecosystem — paying the climb forward.

The Judge

Expert Jury — Dinas Pendidikan DKI Jakarta

Appointed to judge the Provincial & Regional Student Competency Competitions (LKS) in IT Software Solutions for Business.

May 2022 – Present

The Speaker

Podcasts, Webinars & Tech Talks

Guest on TiDB “Data in the Hallway” (Vector DBs & RAG), speaker at Nakoding (Flutter productivity) and Tech Speaker at SMKN 26 Jakarta.

Ongoing

The Mentor

Educator at SMKN 10 & 26 Jakarta

Crafted curriculums and mentored the next generation of software talent.

Ongoing

Sharing the view from up here.

Writing, awards, and the community I build with — the warm side of the expedition.

Technical Writing

A step-by-step guide to building intelligent AI — from a “Hello World” example to Tikeetron’s agent workflows.

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Unpacking the magic behind AI that understands both images and text, grounded in real-world projects.

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Crafting personalized travel itineraries with Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Vector Search.

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Scaling Flutter codebases with a modular architecture for faster builds and cleaner team ownership.

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Explore isolates and compute functions to optimize Flutter UI performance and responsiveness.

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Strengthening Google authentication and data protection in your Flutter mobile app.

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Unlock Flutter for the web with responsive design techniques across breakpoints.

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Honors & Awards

Best Presenter — ITIS 2025 (IEEE)

Recognized for the RAG mind-map research presentation.

Top 5 Global Winner — TiDB Future App Hackathon 2024

5th place out of 2,100+ participants from 80 countries.

Silver Medalist — LKS National XXVII

IT Software Solutions for Business (2019).

National Finalist — ASEAN Skill Competition XIII

4th, national selection for IT Software Solutions for Business (2020).

1st Winner — LKS Provincial DKI Jakarta

IT Software Solutions for Business (2019).

1st Winner — LKS Regional, Jakarta Timur

IT Software Solutions for Business (2018).

1st Winner — Kamp Kreatif SMK Indonesia (KKSI)

Smart School Technology (2019).

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Have an idea that needs Applied AI, product strategy, or an immersive web experience?

I partner with teams to turn cutting-edge models into products that ship. Let’s talk about the climb ahead.