Open Source Friday - [Proyecto 26 - ProjectX] - [02-19-2026] #198
Description
Name
J.D Nicholls
GitHub Handle
Tell us about yourself
Founder of Proyecto 26, Full-Stack Developer and Open Source Contributor with over 13 years of expertise in web, mobile, game, blockchain and cloud development. Skilled in building scalable architectures, seamless user experiences and driving innovation through Open Source.
Beyond my professional work, I'm deeply involved in the tech community as a speaker, mentor and community contributor. I regularly share knowledge at events and meetups such as JSConf, CityJS, MedellínJS, Temporal and community workshops, focusing on topics like distributed systems, full-stack architecture and modern frontend and backend development.
“To be, or not to be, that’s not the dilemma… Let it be.” 🌱
Project Name
Proyecto 26 - ProjectX, a Full-Stack Template for AI Engineers/Makers
Project Repo Link
https://github.com/proyecto26/projectx
Stream Date
- Yes
- Not yet
Dates
02-19-2026
Twitter URL
LinkedIn URL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdnichollsc/
Additional Information
Stop wrestling with boilerplate. Start shipping MVPs fast. I built ProjectX; a production-ready template that combines Durable Execution, AI agents and modern full-stack tools in a single monorepo. I'll show you how Agents with MCP servers and Skills can implement features for you while you focus on what actually matters. Code on screen. Real patterns. No fluff.
I've been building in public with this template and have already received feedback from the Temporal community. I gave a talk about event-driven architectures at Temporal community youtube channel and workshops at MedellinJS and CityJS. This talk will be code-heavy with live demos; attendees will see the actual codebase, how the AI workflows are structured and how to extend it for their own use cases. The GitHub repo is open-source, so they can start using it immediately. I'm also happy to share production lessons learned from building BAXUS (140k users) using similar patterns.
Temporal Community Talks (2025) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuLl5qEJ3Ok, Workshop at MedellinJS Meetup (2025) https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/medellinjs/events/306994453/, Workshop at CityJS Medellín Conference (2024), Open talk at Mteherandev Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3UnY11Pa_k&t=1165s
I presented similar content about event-driven architectures and Temporal workflows for full-stack developers at these events. The ProjectX template itself was renewed recently, but the patterns and practices behind it have been shared and validated with the community.
Previous presentation: https://slides.com/juandavidnicholls/projectx