AI & language tech
Conversational AI agents, real-time speech translation, and AI-powered tools for ESL learners. Built end to end, from NLU pipelines to production rollouts.
Independent · Ottawa, Canada
Software, games, and tools, made outdoors.
Independent developer building AI-powered apps, indie games for Steam and iOS, and open-source tools for fellow developers.
What I build
Three areas of focus, each with its own rhythm. Most projects sit at the intersection.
Indie games
Shouldermen on Steam. Dandelopia on iOS. Brain Fu on mobile. Small games with big personalities.
Developer tools
NullCommits for cleaner git history. LatestRelayer for low-cost live streaming. Open source by default.
Selected work
A small sample. The full list lives on the projects page.
Steam
AI companions
Indie game
Shouldermen
An indie game on Steam featuring AI-driven companions and emergent gameplay. Built around intelligent NPC behavior and dynamic storytelling, with a focus on what AI characters can do when they actually notice the world.
Real-time
Translation
Live Translate Live
Real-time AI translation for live speech, built for cross-language conversations with low-latency speech-to-text.
Open source
Streaming
LatestRelayer
An open-source live-streaming relay server designed for budget VPS hosting. Self-host on a $5 box.
Latest writing
Notes on AI development, language technology, and indie game dev.
Building conversational AI agents: a developer's guide from Ottawa
A practical walkthrough of architecture, NLP pipelines, dialog management, and deployment for custom chatbot work that actually ships.
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How real-time language translation works
From speech recognition pipelines to neural machine translation, the tech that powers live speech translation apps.
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How AI is transforming ESL learning and language education
From AI conversation practice software to speech-to-text for language learning, the shift inside language classrooms.
Let's build something.
AI development, indie game collaborations, or something we haven't thought of yet. The best way to get in touch is LinkedIn.