Lab — side projects
Things I build
A quiet corner for the software side: apps, command-line tools and experiments — mostly in AI, privacy and small useful web apps. Separate from the photography studio.
Live — try them
A clean Canadian payroll & take-home-pay calculator — CPP, EI, tax and net pay at a glance.
A beginner-friendly quantitative-investing tool — plain-language portfolio guidance for first-time investors.
Generates polished App Store & Play Store screenshots — device frames, captions and layouts in seconds.
A cross-border e-commerce environment checker — verify IP, timezone and network fingerprint before you log in.
Turns a podcast or video transcript into clean, structured show notes and timestamps automatically.
An interactive personal travel atlas — map, pin and remember every place you've been.
A production recipe-management tool for plant operators — manage brick & paver mix formulas, colours and sizes.
A respectful Canada-wide directory of funeral homes, cremation, grief support and estate law — plus obituaries and a step-by-step guide. Built for SEO.
An indie merch brand — “simple objects for people running on 1%.” Apparel, accessories and home goods with a low-social-battery sense of humour.
An AI API-token shop — unified access to LLM APIs, web chat and tooling (Cursor, automation) on pay-as-you-go tokens.
Open source
A lightweight macOS runtime safety guard for local AI coding agents — command monitoring, soft blocking, audit logs and emergency controls.
PII desensitization + AES-256-GCM encryption + compliance reporting (PIPL / PDPA / GDPR) for cross-border data transfers. Python CLI.
A cross-rail spend-policy gateway for AI-agent payments — multi-currency budgets, rail routing, per-transaction limits, payee allowlists and full audit logs; agents never hold credentials.
A Claude Code skill for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO/AEO) — get a brand cited and recommended by AI answer engines. Audit → on-site → off-site → measure.
A bilingual (EN / 中文) skill that generates compliant TikTok Shop US seller playbooks, SOPs, checklists and workflows.
Products & experiments
The mobile companion to CanPay Insights — take-home pay and deductions on Android. Built with React Native.
A global visa-requirements checker — the visa policy for any nationality travelling to any destination.
A Canadian immigration information platform — programs, pathways and requirements in one place.
An e-commerce storefront for a premium silicone & plastic kitchenware brand.
Smart expense capture and approval for small teams — snap a receipt, AI reads it, then review, sign off and reimburse.
A luggage-allowance resale quoting system — a WeChat mini-program for clients plus a web back-office for staff.
An alumni platform for Assumption University — member directory, a digital alumni card and school news, mobile-first.
A browser-game prototype — a tongue-in-cheek paving-empire idle game. An experiment in game loops.
A mix of shipped products, open-source tools and experiments — some are client or internal builds in private repos. Happy to walk through any of them on request.