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NIAK — engineering, product, AI and automation

Computer Engineer · Product · Digital Growth · AI & Automation

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Work · How I work · Toolbox · Activity


I build useful systems out of messy problems.

I'm a computer engineer by training with more than a decade across software, web, e-commerce and digital systems. I work where technical architecture, product thinking and business performance meet.

  • Engineering roots — applications, information systems, web platforms and process automation.
  • Product & business scale — acquisition, marketplaces, analytics, conversion and multi-market e-commerce.
  • Current focus — AI, automation, observability and systems designed to remain understandable as they grow.
Background in 30 seconds
  • Built business applications and web tools before moving into broader digital project work.
  • Led digital marketing and e-commerce across 20+ web properties in four European markets.
  • Worked across development, project ownership, SEO/SEA, marketplaces, analytics, tracking and conversion.
  • Today I use that hybrid background to design products that connect code, users, operations and business constraints.

Engineering to digital systems to growth and commerce to product and AI

What I bring

⚙️ Engineering & systems

Interfaces, constraints, data flows, failure modes and maintainability.



⚡ Product & growth

Technical decisions connected to users, conversion, operations and business value.



🤖 AI & automation

Reasoning and assisted workflows with important decisions kept reviewable.



🧩 Open source

Inspectable, reproducible systems with explicit boundaries and evidence.




Selected work

NiakVIO

NiakVIO — a maintainable provider engine built around compatibility evidence, repair and native-device validation.

What NiakVIO focuses on
  • Structured provider architecture and reusable provider knowledge.
  • Native-device Labs across TV, mobile and desktop.
  • Evidence-based compatibility, diagnosis and repair.
  • Validation and safer publication instead of optimistic green checks.

Repository · Project page


NiakGPT

NiakGPT — a local-first power workspace for longer, more structured ChatGPT work.

What NiakGPT focuses on
  • Local-first architecture and explicit ownership boundaries.
  • Better navigation and continuity for long-running Projects.
  • Native-feeling browser UX rather than a separate dashboard.
  • Automation that extends the product without obscuring what it is doing.

Repository · Project page


How I work

Three rules stay visible in almost everything I build:

  • Understand the real problem before automating it.
  • Prefer evidence over assumptions.
  • Design for failure, observation and repair.
The principles behind that
  • Make the complex understandable.
  • Automate repetition — not responsibility.
  • Keep failure states visible instead of manufacturing green checks.
  • Use AI to extend judgment, not hide it.
  • Let architecture protect iteration rather than impress people.
  • Ship → observe → repair → simplify → repeat.

Understand, model, build, validate, observe, repair

Toolbox

Languages & core engineering
JavaScript · TypeScript · PHP · Python · C++ · C · SQL · HTML · CSS

Main application stack
Node.js · React · Next.js · Symfony · REST APIs · Browser Extensions

Full toolbox & domains
  • Programming & software engineering — JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, C++, C, SQL, HTML, CSS, object-oriented programming, application architecture, business applications and technical problem solving.
  • Web & application stack — Node.js, React, Next.js, Symfony, REST APIs, JSON, browser extensions, WebViews, third-party integrations and web application architecture.
  • Data & databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, relational modelling, ETL, Talend, data transformation and database-backed application workflows.
  • Systems & infrastructure — Linux/VPS, Docker, Docker Compose, Git, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Cloudflare, Nginx/Caddy, systemd, reverse proxy/HTTPS, deployment workflows, health checks, logs, monitoring, backups and rollback thinking.
  • Testing & platform tooling — Python test/validation scripts, CodeQL, Dependabot, Playwright/Chromium, Android emulator/ADB, native Android/TV testing, QEMU-based CI and cross-device compatibility work.
  • AI & automation — AI-assisted workflows, agent orchestration, multi-provider routing, validation loops, local-first tooling, API automation, Zapier, workflow design and process automation.
  • E-commerce platforms — PrestaShop, Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, catalogue operations, product data, marketplaces, modules/connectors, multi-store environments and e-commerce architecture.
  • SEO & acquisition — technical SEO, content/search strategy, SEA, Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, marketplace acquisition and multi-market growth.
  • Analytics & performance — Google Analytics, tracking plans, analytics instrumentation, Looker Studio, KPI dashboards, Excel, conversion analysis, UX/CRO and performance reporting.
  • CRM & lifecycle — emailing, Mailchimp, Brevo/Sendinblue, Mailjet, automation scenarios and customer journey optimisation.
  • Product & delivery — product architecture, digital strategy, project ownership, requirements, vendor coordination, cross-functional delivery, experimentation and continuous improvement.
  • Broader engineering exposure — Android NDK/JNI, Java/Kotlin/Swift ecosystems, systems/networking fundamentals, cross-platform architecture, Tauri/WebViews and lower-level performance constraints.

Current focus

AI agents with validation · local-first software · cross-platform tooling · observability · e-commerce systems · product architecture


GitHub activity

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Build things worth maintaining.

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  1. NiakVIO NiakVIO Public

    Community engine for Nuvio providers: aggregation, compatibility tests, repair, native Labs & learning. No media hosted/distributed; named works are test fixtures. | Moteur communautaire Nuvio : ag…

    JavaScript 13 1

  2. NiakGPT NiakGPT Public

    Power workspace for ChatGPT: Projects, long-thread performance, continuity, navigation & local-first productivity. • Espace de travail avancé pour ChatGPT : Projects, performance des longs fils, co…

    JavaScript 3

  3. NiakTV NiakTV Public

    A personal Android TV home. Cinema wallpapers, optional watch-next, custom app dock and a minimal performance mode. No ads. EN / FR.

    Java 1

  4. ProsperoEden-Encore ProsperoEden-Encore Public

    ProsperoEden Encore Switch 1 + 2 EXPERIMENT emulator fork for PS5 FW 13.60: NSP, XCI, NSZ, XCZ, ExeFS, NRO, NSO, NCA, NAX, KIP; LZ4, ZBIC, zstd. Audited Eden/OpenGL fixes, stable per-core JIT, Dual…

    Python 75 7

  5. Prospero.Eden-Encore Prospero.Eden-Encore Public

    Forked from cualquiercosa327/ProsperoEden

    https://github.com/niakw/ProsperoEden-Encore

    7