About — Vladan Markovic

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Software architect and engineering leader with 25+ years of experience spanning mobile, desktop, web, fintech, blockchain, and agentic AI systems. I have built and shipped production software across every major platform era — from Pocket PC and Palm OS in the early 2000s, through a Nintendo DS game that sold 300,000 copies, to architecting the core backend of a regulated European cryptocurrency exchange serving 400,000+ users across 57+ countries.

Founder of INTERCODE and co-founder of two other ventures (SoftSerbia and Kriptomat). I have held CTO, Lead Developer, Software Architect, and R&D Director roles, with a consistent track record of solo product delivery and cross-functional team leadership.

My current focus is principal-level solutions architecture and agentic-AI system design — LLM integration, multi-agent workflows, and the Spec-Driven Development methodology I've been developing for AI-assisted engineering.

I operate remotely, communicate directly, and favor short, high-signal interactions over process overhead.

Education

University of Kragujevac (1998–2003) — Mathematics-Informatics. Two years of pure mathematics followed by two years of programming and computer theory.

Master's thesis on the RSS protocol — built an RSS reader application that fetched feeds from the university (exam schedules, grades, news) into a single client for students. My first shipped product.

Beyond code

Gaming since the Spectrum ZX 48k in 1985-ish. Log of 47 games across 19 genres and a Top 10 that rotates slowly. WoW since launch day 2004. The occasional long-form technical review.

Tinkering projects: ESP32 smart home (C, MQTT, BLE, door locks), Quake II modding, WoW Lua addons, a neural net in C from 2004, a 2D Phaser.io mobile game, and assorted AI agents.

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