Laurie
Manager / Coordinator
Makes sure we don't drown in our own chaos. Tight priorities, clean comms, no moving parts breaking.
theratekeeper.ca
I ship. You don't.
I build things that actually work — products, systems, automation, decision infrastructure. No PowerPoints. No six-week roadmaps. Just code, ops, and AI doing the heavy lifting. I operate across planning, building, and shipping. Not a specialist. A generalist who finishes things.
Get in touchI don't do ideation. I don't do strategy decks. I do shipping. Product design, systems architecture, automation infrastructure, decision support tools — whatever it takes to move from idea to working product. I care about structure and clarity because sloppy systems fail when they get real pressure.
Most people specialize in one lane. That's fine if you like solving the same problem forever. I work across the full stack: planning, coding, ops, workflow design. I use AI not as decoration but as a core part of the build process. When I touch a problem, it stays fixed.
The people and operators behind the work.
Manager / Coordinator
Makes sure we don't drown in our own chaos. Tight priorities, clean comms, no moving parts breaking.
Admin / Family Ops
Handles mail, calendar, family logistics. Unglamorous. Critical. Never breaks.
Support / Ops
Stops systems from catching fire at 2 AM. Handles whatever broken thing is on fire today.
Idea-to-Project Operator
Kills bad ideas before they waste time. Turns concepts into actual projects with backlogs that don't suck.
SerumOS Lane
The grind on SerumOS. Systems work. Precision instead of vibes.
AI Systems Architect
Builds the plumbing. Infrastructure, automation, decision systems. Makes the rest possible.
Active systems and product surfaces.
Where work actually happens. Routed correspondence, approvals, AI-assisted intake. Frontend + backend orchestration + knowledge base. No email death spiral.
The idea graveyard. Capture, rate, approve, or kill. One place instead of 47 Slack threads. Track what's real, what's dead, what's next.
The front door. Scroll-driven hero animation, brand-first design, no fluff. Landing page that doesn't bore you. Static, fast, actually works.
Brokers underwrite here. Rate discovery, deal tracking, approval status. Real-time. Better than email and spreadsheets.
54 documents. Qualification calculator. DSCR modeler. Compliance checker. RAG system for people who actually underwrite mortgages.
Track everything you're taking. PK curves, dosing schedules, blood tests. 500+ compounds in the database. Precision ops for serious people.
Most people treat AI as a feature. I treat it as infrastructure. It's in the build process, not the slide deck. Use it where it cuts iteration time. Use it to tighten systems. Skip it where it adds noise. The only metric that matters is: does the output work?
No hype. No "AI will solve everything." I care about what actually ships faster, cleaner, with less friction. That's it.
Specs, architecture, decision frameworks. AI cuts the thinking time in half.
Front-end, back-end, automation. Faster than humans. Better when humans steer.
Monitoring, automation, decision support. AI runs the boring stuff 24/7.
AI is a first-class component. Not bolted on. Architected in from day one.
I host and produce podcasts at the intersection of AI, product building, and practical systems thinking. On Spotify.
Contact
Building something that needs product thinking, AI-assisted development, or operational infrastructure? Let's talk.
nik@theratekeeper.ca