Christian developer, building from the USA

Technology that actually matters.

I'm Paulo Victor. I build apps, platforms and AI, all made with faith and purpose, for the Kingdom and for people.

  • Part of the team behind Rock Academy, 10,000+ students
  • Creator of Com Ele, live on iOS and Android
200k+
devotionals and reading plans inside my app, Com Ele
10,000+
students on the Rock Academy platform I help build
~1M
peak active users on Abner, my first bot
18
projects built since October 2022
About me

Getting to know me

Hey! Great to see you here! My name’s Paulo Victor, but you can just call me Paulo (that’s what people usually call me, haha)... I’m currently 19 years old (04/12/2006) and have been living in the USA since 2021. I moved here with my family from Portugal, where I lived for about 3 years. Before that, I lived in Brazil until the end of 2019.

My programming journey started in October 2022 with a simple Discord bot called Abner, which was initially created using the popular Bot Designer for Discord platform and only lasted a short time. By January 2023, I had already switched to JavaScript (using Discord.js), where my knowledge really expanded because I didn’t limit myself and learned by doing — no courses or tutorials. This shift happened alongside a friend I met named Gabriel, who knew way more back then. We teamed up and even planned to launch DevHeaven Apps, a small startup involving Abner and other projects.

In early 2024, I got into web programming — starting with HTML, JS, and CSS. That’s when I decided to dive deeper. As time went on, around mid-2024, I got less motivated about the Discord bot, and DevHeaven didn’t take off. Officially, Abner was discontinued on November 7th, 2024 (you can check the official announcement here: link). We don’t plan to restart development anytime soon.

Abner was a huge success — verified just 2 months after launch (December 2022) and hitting 1,000 servers by February 2024, a little over a year later. At its peak, it had nearly 1 million active users across all servers. People loved it. Crazy, right? Abner has been retired, but it still lives on in its official server, now inactive. If you want to check out this amazing journey and relive some memories, join the official server: here.

As for us developers, we took different paths! Gabriel’s working and super busy... Me? With new projects, a fresh mindset, and moving forward, also working hard. Abner will never be forgotten. Since then, I’ve had countless projects... you can check out some of the biggest ones down below.

Fast forward to today, nearly four years into my development journey, I’ve found my calling in building Christian technology. I’m focused on growing the PLVictor ecosystem by investing heavily in apps and platforms that serve the Kingdom and genuinely help people in their daily lives. Working with modern stacks like Dart, Node.js, Flutter, and Firebase, I’m building products such as Com Ele — a comprehensive Bible study app, now live on iOS and Android — along with church management systems and developer APIs. My goal is simple: to create world-class technology that carries faith, purpose, and real impact.

Oh, and here’s a fun fact: I’ve always been a huge fan of competitive mobile games. You know how it is — we spend hours and hours on games that don’t really add anything meaningful to our lives. I tried channeling that same addictive, competitive energy into Com Ele: Forja, a standalone Bible trivia game — but I came to realize that idea is better served folded directly into Com Ele itself, so Forja as a separate project was discontinued in July 2026. The vision isn't gone, just redirected.

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Everything else

All projects

From Discord bots to apps and language models. Tap a card for a quick read, or open the full page.

Rocksby Hardware In Development

Rocksby Hardware

Since March 2026

My first hardware project, built together with João, the founder of Rock Academy. The idea came from him, and we had already planned it just a few days after we started building the Rock Academy platform. Since then we have been building both at the same time.

My first hardware project, built together with João, the founder of Rock Academy. The idea came from him, and we had already planned it just a few days after we started building the Rock Academy platform. Since then we have been building both at the same time.

The concept is fully mapped out and it is in active development. We are not saying exactly what it is yet, but it is something physical, built around conversation, and it takes Rocksby out of the screen and into the real world.

More soon. We are going to go far.

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Abner AI Live

Abner AI

Launched in August 2026

Abner AI is a language model I fine-tuned with SFT (Supervised Fine-Tuning) on top of a 1.5 billion parameter base model. The name is a tribute to Abner, the Discord bot I built in 2022 that grew to nearly 1 million users before being discontinued in November 2024. It's not a continuation of that project, just a name I wanted to carry forward.

Abner AI is a language model I fine-tuned with SFT (Supervised Fine-Tuning) on top of a 1.5 billion parameter base model. The name is a tribute to Abner, the Discord bot I built in 2022 that grew to nearly 1 million users before being discontinued in November 2024. It's not a continuation of that project, just a name I wanted to carry forward.

The full fine-tuning run took almost 4 hours. The model is now live and ready to test right on the PLVictor site, fully indexed and connected to PLVictor Accounts, so you can log in with your existing account and start chatting.

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Theo AI Live

Theo AI

Launched in June 2026

Theo is a family of Transformer language models trained completely from scratch — no pretrained weights, no transfer learning — exclusively on biblical and theological content in Brazilian Portuguese. This is a milestone: the first open-source LLM series of this kind in PT-BR, built entirely by a solo developer on a cloud GPU.

Theo is a family of Transformer language models trained completely from scratch — no pretrained weights, no transfer learning — exclusively on biblical and theological content in Brazilian Portuguese. This is a milestone: the first open-source LLM series of this kind in PT-BR, built entirely by a solo developer on a cloud GPU.

The project spans four original model sizes (7.4M, 27.3M, 69.3M, and 76.8M parameters), each with a Base (CPT) and Chat (SFT) variant, plus the new flagship Theo-500M (493.8M real parameters, 24 layers, 1 billion tokens, 43k fine-tuning examples) — 10 checkpoints total, all publicly available on HuggingFace. Every model was trained on a corpus of biblical and theological content in Portuguese.

Theo proves two things: that individual developers can build real language models from the ground up, and that small, deeply specialized models can be remarkably capable within their domain. Theo-500M — six times larger than anything in the previous family — is the most capable model in the family, holding its own in biblical conversation with a warm, consistent personality that feels genuinely Christian and genuinely Brazilian.

A big part of the corpus came from Com Ele — my own platform with over 200,000 rich biblical pieces. It was one of those moments where two of my biggest projects became one.

I genuinely thought training a model from scratch was impossible for someone working alone. Theo proved me completely wrong — and now I want to go much further. This experiment lit something in me that I have no intention of letting go. This is only the beginning.

All models, code, and tokenizer are fully open source under Apache 2.0.

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Embeddings Bíblicas PT-BR Live

Embeddings Bíblicas PT-BR

Launched in February 2026

Embeddings Bíblicas PT-BR is the first semantic embedding model for biblical search in Brazilian Portuguese. Development started in early 2026 as part of my research into AI and Christian spirituality — the goal: build a model that understands the spiritual intent behind what someone is feeling, not just the words they type.

Embeddings Bíblicas PT-BR is the first semantic embedding model for biblical search in Brazilian Portuguese. Development started in early 2026 as part of my research into AI and Christian spirituality — the goal: build a model that understands the spiritual intent behind what someone is feeling, not just the words they type.

Built by training a similarity model on ~9,000 curated query-verse pairs, the model understands the emotional and spiritual context behind a search. When someone types "I feel alone" or "I need courage", it finds the verse that truly speaks to that moment — not the one that just contains the keyword.

The model runs on a custom inference stack on an Orange Pi RK3588, using the NPU for low-latency embedding generation. A public API delivers full results including the main verse, secondary references, and confidence scores.

This is more than a search model. It's the foundation of a new kind of spiritual companion that meets people where they are, in their own words.

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PLVictor Status Live

PLVictor Status

Launched in October 2025

PLVictor Status, launched in October 2025, is a real-time monitoring system that keeps a watchful eye on the entire PLVictor infrastructure. This dashboard tracks the uptime, performance, and status of all projects hosted on PLVictor servers.

PLVictor Status, launched in October 2025, is a real-time monitoring system that keeps a watchful eye on the entire PLVictor infrastructure. This dashboard tracks the uptime, performance, and status of all projects hosted on PLVictor servers.

Built with reliability in mind, the system provides complete transparency with automated status updates, real-time performance metrics, incident history, and instant notifications when issues arise. Users can always know the health of every service at a glance.

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PLVictor Blog Live

PLVictor Blog

Launched in October 2025

PLVictor Blog, launched in October 2025, is my personal blog where I share insights about development, faith, technology, and life experiences. It's a space to connect with readers and share knowledge built over years of building real projects.

PLVictor Blog, launched in October 2025, is my personal blog where I share insights about development, faith, technology, and life experiences. It's a space to connect with readers and share knowledge built over years of building real projects.

The blog features a clean, readable design optimized for long-form content with categories, tags, and full-text search. Articles cover a wide range of topics from web development tutorials to reflections on faith and technology.

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John Photographer Live

John Photographer

Launched in October 2025

John Photographer, launched in October 2025, is a beautiful portfolio website I created for a dear friend. The website tells his story as a photographer and showcases his incredible work through a modern, visually-driven design.

John Photographer, launched in October 2025, is a beautiful portfolio website I created for a dear friend. The website tells his story as a photographer and showcases his incredible work through a modern, visually-driven design.

The platform beautifully highlights his photography journey and portfolio while maintaining fast load times and responsive design across all devices, helping him connect with potential clients and share his passion with the world.

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Network Tools Live

Network Tools

Launched in October 2025

Network Tools, launched in October 2025, is a comprehensive web-based network diagnostic platform featuring ping, traceroute, DNS lookups, geolocation, port scanning, and much more — all accessible from a single, clean interface.

Network Tools, launched in October 2025, is a comprehensive web-based network diagnostic platform featuring ping, traceroute, DNS lookups, geolocation, port scanning, and much more — all accessible from a single, clean interface.

This powerful toolset helps developers, system administrators, and network professionals diagnose network issues quickly and efficiently without needing to install any software. All tools run server-side, providing accurate results from multiple global locations.

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PLVictor APIs Live

PLVictor APIs

Launched in August 2025

PLVictor APIs, launched in August 2025, is a collection of free, open REST APIs available to developers around the world. This project provides reliable and well-documented APIs for various purposes including Bible access, text utilities, and more.

PLVictor APIs, launched in August 2025, is a collection of free, open REST APIs available to developers around the world. This project provides reliable and well-documented APIs for various purposes including Bible access, text utilities, and more.

Built with performance and reliability in mind, these APIs serve thousands of requests daily from developers building amazing applications. All APIs are properly documented with interactive examples and clear usage guidelines.

The API platform includes endpoints for Bible access, text utilities, and more. New APIs are added regularly based on community feedback and needs.

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PLVictor Accounts Live

PLVictor Accounts

Launched in August 2025

PLVictor Accounts, launched in August 2025, is a comprehensive and secure authentication system that powers the entire PLVictor ecosystem. This is a complete, closed-system platform built exclusively for PLVictor services — one login, full access, total control across every product.

PLVictor Accounts, launched in August 2025, is a comprehensive and secure authentication system that powers the entire PLVictor ecosystem. This is a complete, closed-system platform built exclusively for PLVictor services — one login, full access, total control across every product.

The platform includes a powerful, comprehensive dashboard where users can manage their profile, view connected applications, generate and manage API keys, configure security settings including 2FA, review login history, and control every aspect of their account across the PLVictor ecosystem.

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New Life Church Live

New Life Church

Launched in October 2024

New Life Church is one of my first major web projects, launched in October 2024. This comprehensive digital platform was developed for my local church community in Danbury, Connecticut, combining a modern website with an integrated mini app for the congregation.

New Life Church is one of my first major web projects, launched in October 2024. This comprehensive digital platform was developed for my local church community in Danbury, Connecticut, combining a modern website with an integrated mini app for the congregation.

The platform serves as the church's digital home, providing information about services, events, and ministries. It features a clean, welcoming design that reflects the church's values and mission, making it easy for both members and visitors to connect with the community.

The integrated mini app allows church members to stay updated with announcements, access sermon notes, and engage with various church activities. This project demonstrates my commitment to using technology to strengthen faith communities.

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Águas Profundas Live

Águas Profundas

Launched in October 2024

Águas Profundas is a beautiful website I developed in October 2024 for Amanda Micaele, a passionate Christian influencer dedicated to spreading God's Word and helping believers go deeper in their faith.

Águas Profundas is a beautiful website I developed in October 2024 for Amanda Micaele, a passionate Christian influencer dedicated to spreading God's Word and helping believers go deeper in their faith.

This website presents Amanda's Christian study group, "Águas Profundas" (Deep Waters), designed for those who want to leave the shallow waters and dive deeper into God's Word. The course helps students grow in biblical knowledge and spiritual depth.

The group has been an incredible blessing, currently serving over one thousand students with countless testimonies of lives being impacted and reached. The website features a clean, elegant design that communicates the heart and mission of the ministry.

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Com Ele: Forja Discontinued

Com Ele: Forja

Jan 20, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026

Com Ele: Forja was my first game — and it was designed to be much more than just a trivia experience. Development started on January 20, 2026, marking a new chapter in the Com Ele ecosystem. The name "Forja" means "Forge" — because every challenge was meant to shape you into someone stronger in the Word.

Com Ele: Forja was my first game — and it was designed to be much more than just a trivia experience. Development started on January 20, 2026, marking a new chapter in the Com Ele ecosystem. The name "Forja" means "Forge" — because every challenge was meant to shape you into someone stronger in the Word.

The plan was to transform Bible study into a dynamic gaming experience — game modes, friends, leaderboards, progression, daily challenges, and seasonal events, all with the same addictive energy of competitive mobile games, but pointed at something that truly matters.

Over time, it became clear that the idea was better served inside Com Ele itself rather than as a separate game. Com Ele: Forja was officially discontinued on July 8, 2026. It's a redirection, not a retreat — the core vision lives on, folded directly into Com Ele.

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Com Ele (web) Discontinued

Com Ele (web)

Feb 13, 2025 – May 4, 2026

Com Ele Web was my first major biblical project — a web-based Bible study platform built to help Christians grow in their faith through modern technology. Development began on January 2, 2025, and the platform grew steadily over the following months.

Com Ele Web was my first major biblical project — a web-based Bible study platform built to help Christians grow in their faith through modern technology. Development began on January 2, 2025, and the platform grew steadily over the following months.

The platform offered an intuitive interface for reading and studying the Bible, with features like verse highlighting, personal notes, and reading plans. Built as a Progressive Web App (PWA), it provided a near-native experience directly in the browser.

From the very beginning, Com Ele Web was always meant to be a prototype. The vision was never just a website — it was a full-featured, native biblical experience. The web version was the starting point that proved the concept and shaped what was to come.

Everything built here — the features, the design decisions, the user feedback — directly shaped Com Ele. And as the native app arrived, it was time to close this chapter. Com Ele Web was officially discontinued on May 4, 2026.

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Abner Discontinued

Abner

Oct 10, 2022 – Nov 7, 2024

Abner is where everything started. Launched in October 2022 as a simple Discord bot — initially built with Bot Designer for Discord, then fully rewritten in JavaScript by January 2023 — it quickly grew into something none of us expected.

Abner is where everything started. Launched in October 2022 as a simple Discord bot — initially built with Bot Designer for Discord, then fully rewritten in JavaScript by January 2023 — it quickly grew into something none of us expected.

The early days were far from glamorous. Abner started with generic commands, the kind every no-code bot had. I submitted it to bot listing sites to get it out there — and it got rejected. More than once. Some reviewers didn't just decline it, they made a point of it. It was hard to watch something you built get dismissed like that, especially when you believed in it.

But I kept going. The rewrite in JavaScript changed everything — and the community noticed. Abner grew, people fell in love with it, and what once got rejected was now reaching nearly a million users. Abner is proof that the effort is worth it. That if you keep building, keep improving, and don't let the rough start define you — things turn around. Don't give up just because it's hard or because people aren't recognizing it yet. They will.

The bot was verified by Discord just 2 months after launch, in December 2022. By February 2024, it had reached 1,000 servers. At its peak, Abner had nearly 1 million active users across all its communities. It was loved, it was wild, and it was the project that taught me everything about real-world development, scale, and what it means to build something people actually use.

Abner was developed alongside Gabriel, a friend who knew far more than me at the time and pushed me to grow fast. Together we even planned to launch DevHeaven Apps, a small startup around Abner and other projects — which ultimately didn't take off, but left a mark.

On November 7th, 2024, Abner was officially discontinued. The journey ended, but it will never be forgotten. This is the project that started it all.

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The journey

From a Discord bot to apps on two stores

Four years of building, one project at a time.

  1. Oct 2022

    Abner, my first bot

    A simple Discord bot that taught me how to build by doing. Verified by Discord just two months after launch.

  2. Feb 2024

    1,000 servers

    Abner reached 1,000 servers and nearly 1 million active users at its peak. That same year I moved into web development.

  3. Nov 2024

    Closing the first chapter

    Abner was retired on November 7th, 2024. Everything I built after came from what it taught me.

  4. Feb 2025

    Com Ele Web

    My first big biblical project, a Bible study platform that became the base for everything that followed.

  5. Aug 2025

    The PLVictor ecosystem

    PLVictor Accounts and PLVictor APIs go live, tying my projects together under one account.

  6. Feb 2026

    Embeddings Bíblicas PT-BR

    The first semantic embedding model for biblical search in Brazilian Portuguese.

  7. Mar 2026

    Meeting João, joining Rock Academy

    The first real conversation that turned into a place on the team, and a real partnership.

  8. May 2026

    Com Ele on both stores

    Live on the App Store on May 9 and on Google Play on May 31, worldwide.

  9. Jun 2026

    Theo AI

    A family of open-source language models trained from scratch in Brazilian Portuguese.

  10. Aug 2026

    IrisCut and Abner AI

    Starting an AI video editing agent, and bringing the Abner name back as a fine-tuned model.

  11. Oct 2026

    Rock Academy pre-launch

    João's school gets its new platform and apps, built by the team I'm part of. This is only the beginning.

Let's build something meaningful.

Building something meaningful? I'd love to help. Feel free to reach out through any channel below.