Panelo.ai – AI-Driven Panel-Drawing Management Platform
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🚀 Overview
Panelo is a secure, multi-tenant SaaS platform that automates the review, stamping, and document generation pipeline for precast panel drawings.
- AI-powered metadata extraction (↑ 90 % efficiency) using OCR + Transformer-based parsers.
- Automated PDF stamping & border-note insertion with PyMuPDF and Laravel queues.
- Fine-grained role-based access control for clients, engineers, and administrators.
🛠️ Tech Stack
| Layer | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Laravel Blade, Livewire, Alpine JS, Tailwind CSS |
| Backend | Laravel 10 (Jetstream), PHP 8.3, REST + GraphQL |
| AI / ML | PyTorch OCR models, OpenAI GPT-4o for metadata QA |
| Cloud | AWS S3 (file storage), EC2 + Ubuntu, RDS MySQL, CloudWatch, Cloudflare |
| DevOps | Docker, GitHub Actions CI/CD, Terraform IaC, SSL & WAF hardening |
🌟 Key Features & Impact
- Batch Upload & Instant Preview – Engineers drag-and-drop multi-page PDFs; pages render in a resizable viewer with live form-filling.
- Stamp-All Workflow – One-click stamping across hundreds of drawings, preventing overlap with dynamic whitespace detection.
- Credit-Based Billing – Company-level token system with Stripe integration; supports free-tier onboarding.
- Audit-Ready Logs – CloudTrail + Laravel Telescope for end-to-end traceability.
- >300 active drawings processed during the pilot phase, cutting manual admin time by ~60 hours/month for Actech International.
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🧩 My Contributions
- Architected the domain-driven data model for projects, drawings, and versions.
- Implemented AI extraction & stamping micro-services (Python) and queued them via Laravel Horizon.
- Hardened security—migrated from leaked IAM keys to role-based access with enforced MFA.
- Set up CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions → Docker → EC2 blue-green deploy.
- Led user testing with three engineering teams, iterating UI/UX based on feedback.
Status: Private beta with Actech International (Melbourne, AU).
Seeking partners in AEC and manufacturing sectors to expand the platform.