KA

Kelvin Amoaba

Backend and infrastructure engineer building scalable systems and exploring the depths of low-level architecture. Currently at Vela Partners.

Research

  • Source-Bounded Exact Recovery over Docker's Logs API

    Preprint 2026 · Abstract

    Defines source-bounded exactness — every retained, distinguishable Docker source record eventually appears exactly once in durable collector output — with a generation-aware multiset oracle that separates source truncation from collector omission. Across 120 collector-runs, a fixed LogDeck revision was exact in 60/60 trials while unmodified Grafana Alloy 1.18.0 was exact in 20/60, showing that lifecycle reacquisition, not a persisted read position alone, determines exact recovery within the retained-source horizon.

  • CoFEE: Reasoning Control for LLM-Based Feature Discovery

    arXiv 2026 · Abstract

    A framework for automating feature discovery from unstructured data using LLMs with cognitive constraints, inducing reasoning behaviors like backward chaining from outcomes and verification against data leakage criteria. Achieves 15.2% higher success rate, 29% fewer features generated, and 53.3% cost reduction over vanilla LLM approaches.

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Projects

  • Telemetry

    Observability for AI and LLM apps, built on OpenTelemetry.

    Captures every model call, tool step, and retrieval as a trace — with tokens, cost, latency, and errors attached — through drop-in TypeScript and Python SDKs or any OTLP exporter, with cost computed from live pricing for 4,700+ models.

  • LogDeck

    A self-hosted control plane for Docker and Podman, shipped as a single Go binary.

    Tails every container into a local store so log history survives redeploys, and adds full-text search, container and Compose management, alerting, multi-host support, and a built-in MCP server that lets AI assistants read logs and act on containers.

  • iShortn

    A URL shortening service with a built-in analytics dashboard.

    It tracks link clicks, geographic data, and user behavior in real-time. Currently has over 10,000 users and more than a million link clicks.

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  • Lookout

    A zero-dependency monitoring agent for Linux servers, written in Go.

    Reads metrics directly from /proc and evaluates alert rules in-process — with hysteresis thresholds, disk-fill prediction, and a dead-man's switch — shipping as a single static binary under systemd instead of a full Prometheus stack.

  • formbase.dev

    A backend service for HTML forms.

    It lets users collect form submissions and file uploads just by pointing their HTML form to the service endpoint, no backend code required.

  • OpenStatus

    Active contributor to OpenStatus, the open-source monitoring platform with incident management.

  • RiftCheck

    AI-powered API contract change detection for GitHub repositories.

    Monitors every commit and PR for breaking changes across REST, GraphQL, and gRPC, and notifies the right teams instantly.

  • is-temp.com

    A temporary email service powered by a custom SMTP server built in Golang.

    It provides disposable email addresses and supports attachments and custom domains.

  • directt.to

    An open-source alternative to Google Dynamic Links — create powerful, trackable, and customizable short links.

  • zihni

    AI-powered analyst agents for VCs.

    Built autonomous LLM-based agents to automate early-stage tasks like pitch deck analysis, market research, and investment memo generation—drastically reducing due diligence time.

  • bazaar

    A full-stack self-healing web scraper that leverages AI to automate complex web scraping workflows—over 10 million records collected, with a 90% reduction in manual data collection.

  • docker reverse proxy

    A custom Docker reverse proxy built from scratch to understand how tools like Traefik and NGINX work under the hood.

    Focused on dynamic service discovery and routing.

  • meta-scout

    A simple API that extracts website metadata—including Open Graph images, descriptions, and titles—for quick content previews and link enrichment.

Activity

6,703 contributions in the past year