# Ray Fernando

> Ray Fernando is a Los Altos based former Apple engineer who now builds AI software in public through livestreams, apps, writing and open source tools. His work connects lessons from the Apple Watch update system with hands-on experiments in AI coding and user-focused quality checks.

- **Role:** Independent software builder and creator
- **Organizations:** Apple, Ray Fernando, LLC
- **Known for:** Contributed to the Apple Watch update system during a 12-year Apple tenure, according to his first-person account., Published open source projects for AI coding workflows, local-model sizing and MLX-based video transcription., Built a public catalog of livestreams, tutorials and engineering articles.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2023** — Worked at Apple for 12 years, including work on the Apple Watch update system, according to his first-person accounts.
- **2023** — Left Apple and began building and sharing AI development work publicly.
- **2024** — Published accounts of Apple Watch engineering and streamed experiments with Apple MLX and AI coding tools.
- **2025** — Published a detailed account of an AI-assisted production failure and rollback.
- **2026** — Published the open source Bug Review Board workflow and WAVES agent orchestration method.

## Achievements

- Contributed to the Apple Watch update system during a 12-year Apple tenure, according to his first-person account.
- Published open source projects for AI coding workflows, local-model sizing and MLX-based video transcription.
- Built a public catalog of livestreams, tutorials and engineering articles.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published WAVES, a method for coordinating and verifying work from AI agents.
- **2026-05** — Published his Bug Review Board approach to testing apps from the user perspective.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rayfernando.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayfernando1337
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/RayFernando1337
- GitHub: https://github.com/RayFernando1337
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RayFernando1337

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Last updated: 2026-09-29