AI-native platforms and developer tooling, built and shipped solo

I build production AI systems and developer tools — then I use them myself.

From Job Search Studio's CQRS-driven job-matching pipeline to Compliance Studio's inline AI review agents, I design systems around real workflows, and I ship them end to end.

I shipped Job Search Studio as a defect-hardened SaaS app — NestJS, CQRS, Angular.

Compliance Studio puts AI review agents in the editor, not a CI afterthought.

Platform IAM handles OIDC and policy-based RBAC for every product I build here.

Prompt Studio and Chat Panel share one chat-participant contract, built on separate model-routing backends underneath.

Flagship projects

Selected systems that show how I approach architecture, workflow design, and technical execution.

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How I work

Architecture

I bring DDD, CQRS, and reliability thinking from day one — it's how Platform IAM became shared infrastructure.

AI systems

I built the multi-provider AI router behind Job Search Studio's ranking and evaluation pipeline.

Developer tooling

I build VS Codium extensions like Prompt Studio and Compliance Studio — tools I use myself every day.

Product execution

Job Search Studio shipped as a complete, defect-hardened SaaS app — not a proof of concept.

About

Dave Jackson

I'm a software architect and technical educator who has spent my career building production systems and writing about the disciplines that separate successful software products from expensive technical failures — lean product discovery, acceptance test-driven development, clean architecture, and data-driven adaptation.

In my day-to-day work, I design and build AI-native platforms and developer tooling: multi-agent systems, prompt engineering workflows, and the infrastructure that lets small teams (or one person) ship production-grade software solo.

This site is where I write that experience down — practitioner notes on the Articles page, and longer-form work in the Books and Courses I'm developing. I'd rather share what I've actually learned building real systems than repeat theory I haven't tested myself.

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Current focus

Right now I'm especially interested in AI-native developer tools, local and hybrid LLM workflows, domain-specific interfaces, and systems that help experts work with more clarity and less friction.

  • Building AI-native tools for experts working in complex domains
  • Exploring local LLM workflows and evaluation layers
  • Open to collaborations around DevEx, AI infrastructure, and applied agent design

Let's talk about systems worth shipping

I'm most interested in conversations around AI infrastructure, developer tooling, domain-specific platforms, and technical products that need both architectural depth and product clarity.

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