Ryan Kiapour

Full-stack developer · iOS, web, and games

ryan@ryancodes.xyz
ryancodes.xyz
github.com/imryancodes
Massachusetts, USA

Summary

Self-taught developer who has been writing code since age ten. Ship polished iOS apps, websites, and games end-to-end — design, engineering, and release. Winner of the 2026 Apple Swift Student Challenge for Focus Hack. Built a website for the MDI² research lab at Boston Children’s Hospital. Comfortable owning a product from blank file to App Store / live URL.

Selected Projects

2026 — Live

TrialPath

— trialpath.co

Search-first web app for finding clinical trials.

Designed and built the full UX for two distinct audiences (patients seeking last-resort trials and healthy paid participants), adapting framing and ranking for each.
Owned everything: search ranking, trial-detail surfacing, and the email handoff flow for follow-ups.

Next.js · React · TypeScript · Supabase · Tailwind

2026 — LiveSSC ’26

Focus Hack

— App Store

Gamified focus app — winner, 2026 Apple Swift Student Challenge.

Turns focus sessions into a “hacking” mini-game; longer streaks deepen the run, distractions break it. Designed for kids and teens who bounce off conventional productivity apps.
Custom animations and haptics; shipped free on the App Store.

Swift · SwiftUI · iOS

2026 — Live

MDI² Lab — Boston Children’s Hospital

— musculoskeletal.ai

Official site for a musculoskeletal AI research lab.

Designed and built the site from scratch on a tight timeline, working directly with the lab’s principal investigators on copy, structure, and visual direction.
Plain HTML/CSS/JS so the lab team can maintain it without a build step.

HTML · CSS · JavaScript

2026 — Live

WatchPal

— web + native iOS

Pick a show. Stop scrolling.

Started as a hand-rolled web app (watchpal.xyz) — no frameworks, instant load, minimal interaction surface.
Shipped a native iOS version with swipeable cards and tap-and-go discovery (App Store).

HTML/CSS/JS · Swift · SwiftUI

2025 — Live

Eco Educator & War Card Game

— iOS apps on the App Store

Two early Swift projects shipped to production.

Eco Educator: teaches recycling — what goes where and why it matters.
War: classic card game, built as a first SwiftUI project.

Swift · SwiftUI · iOS

2024

Iztech

— founder & operator

Free tech-support firm I started and ran.

Built the front-end site and ran the support side — diagnosed sick computers, weird Wi-Fi, and stuck phones for real users.

HTML · CSS · JavaScript

Skills

Languages

Swift, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, Node.js

Frameworks

SwiftUI, Next.js, React, Tailwind, TypeScript (actively learning)

Backend & Data

Supabase, REST APIs

Game & Hardware

Godot (GDScript), Unreal, Arduino

Design & Tools

Figma, Git/GitHub, VS Code, Xcode

Strengths

End-to-end product ownership · UX/UI design · shipping to production · client communication

Awards & Recognition

2026

Apple Swift Student Challenge — Winner

Apple’s annual global competition for student developers, for Focus Hack.

Education

2025 — 2029

Wayland High School

— Expected graduation 2029

Wayland, Massachusetts