AI interfaces
Chat, assistants, guided workflows, and product surfaces where the model is only one part of the experience.
AI systems
I build AI systems that need judgment, not just API calls.
This includes assistants, agents, automation layers, and product features that need to be useful in the real world. The interesting work is rarely the model alone. It is the system around it.
What I look for
The right place for AI in the workflow.
The interface around the intelligence, not just the intelligence itself.
The operational layer: permissions, fallbacks, observability, and cost.
Agents and automations
Systems that read, classify, route, extract, generate, or act across tools and internal operations.
Workflow design
The useful part is rarely the prompt alone. I shape the inputs, handoffs, edge cases, and human review points too.
Product integration
Embedding AI into an existing product without making it feel bolted on, noisy, or unreliable.
What matters here
The value is in the system design.
A good AI product does not feel like a gimmick. It knows what it can do, where it should stop, how it hands work back to people, and how to improve over time.
Useful before impressive
I look for the part that genuinely saves time, clarifies work, or improves the product instead of adding empty AI theater.
Production concerns early
Permissions, data handling, failure states, rate limits, fallback behavior, and cost control are part of the design from the start.
Behavior you can read
A system should be observable. If it cannot be reviewed, corrected, and improved, it is not ready.
Process
A calmer way to build AI into a product.
Find the right use case
I start by locating the part of the workflow where AI actually helps instead of forcing it where it does not belong.
Shape the system around it
That means input structure, prompts, tools, review paths, interface, and what happens when the model is wrong.
Build for the real environment
Integrations, auth, storage, retries, telemetry, and the details that make the system hold up after the demo.
Refine from use
The first version should be usable. The better version comes from seeing where the workflow actually breaks or slows down.
Typical stack
Model choice matters less than system clarity.
OpenAIClaudeGeminiLangChainTypeScriptPythonNext.jsNode.jsPostgresVercelDocker
If the AI layer is touching product behavior, internal ops, support, or decision-making, it needs more than a prompt. It needs the right structure around it.