Hi, I’m Raina.

I build things in 48-hour sprints, then obsessively polish the details after.

3 Shipped products
3x Hackathon wins
2 Org leadership roles
Raina Zab

Why I build

I build at the intersection of product, engineering, and execution, and I care a lot about making things feel clear. I like shipping fast, sharing what broke, and improving each version in public.

I'm studying CS at San José State and I'm usually thinking about workflows that waste people's time. The projects I keep coming back to are the ones that reduce friction, make decisions faster, and actually get used.

Fun fact: if I can't explain the product clearly in one sentence, I treat that as a bug.

Currently

Society of Women Engineers

Professional Development Committee

Also

Girls Who Code

Technical Development Board Member

Raina at SWE Event

What I've shipped

Deadwax

🏆 Best Overall
24h · SJHacks

Version control for music producers. Built in 24 hours at SJHacks. Commit your stems, branch ideas, and prove ownership of every contribution. Won Best Overall.

Hackathon Music Tech Supabase LinkedIn My post
Deadwax project preview

bottlr

🏆 2x Winner
48h · SF Hacks

We built bottlr in 48 hours at SF Hacks because campus recycling handoffs were chaotic and hard to track. It became a real-time pickup network and won SFU Innovation & Entrepreneurship / Emerging Tech and Jobs for Future Ventures: Best Hack for the Future of Work.

Hackathon SwiftUI Impact LinkedIn My post
bottlr collector map view

Rho

36h · CalHacks

Rho came from us being tired of switching tabs to compare API behavior. We built a side-by-side response testing tool in 36 hours at CalHacks.

API Hackathon
Rho product preview

What I'm up to

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Say hi

I'm always down to chat about internships, projects, or just random ideas.