BLAKELIKE
Accepting new clients

Bring your business into the future.

I build the AI. You get your hours back.

  • →I find the one thing costing you the most time or money.
  • →The fix is live in 1–3 weeks.
  • →Nothing new to learn. You own the code.

UCI Merage · One client at a time · No templates.

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15

Projects Shipped

$3.15M

Sales Tracked

1:1

Client Engagement

Past projects · 16

Shipped work.

Click a card for the quick rundown.

For clients

PitLane — Interactive demoInteractive demo

Live

Featured

PitLane

Ops platform for Deeblane's Bring a Trailer consignment pipeline

SupabaseEdge FunctionsPostgres RLSGoogle Sheets API
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  • Replaced 4 SaaS tools with one platform
  • 13-stage consignment pipeline, 5 role tiers
  • $3.15M in sales tracked
  • Two-way Google Sheets sync
  • Demo runs on fake data with a built-in guide
Polecat Balisongs — Public sitePublic sitePolecat Balisongs — Admin demoAdmin demo

Live

Featured

Polecat Balisongs

Shop-ops platform for solo knifemaker — public site + full admin CMS

Supabase AuthSupabase StoragePostgres RLSVercel
Visit site Try the admin demo
  • Public site where every section is editable
  • Phone-first admin: catalog, builds, build log, events, testimonials
  • Private clients tracker, materials with low-stock alerts, invoices
  • Live since Blade Show 2026, still getting rounds
Doheny Bike — Live demoLive demo

Live

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Doheny Bike

E-bike shop site — hand-picked bikes, local service, built to port to Shopify

HTML/JSTailwindVercelStatic Site
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  • 11-page site, built overnight for a pitch
  • 31 bikes, 6 brands, 14 accessories from 2 data templates
  • Service-request flow, cart drawer, search
  • Repositioned to hand-picked + locally serviced
Marin Car Club — Live siteLive site

Live

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Marin Car Club

Live club site — consignment intake straight to their Sheet, inventory that updates itself

HTML/CSS/JSGoogle Apps ScriptGitHub ActionsPython Generator
Visit site
  • Live at marincarclub.com since Sept 2026
  • Six homepage designs from the club's brand, one shipped
  • Consignment intake straight to their Google Sheet
  • Inventory page refreshes itself every morning
  • Old-site SEO carried over
OC Event Finder — The site + search engine
Custom tool
  • City calendars
  • Libraries
  • Museums & venues
  • Ticketing

Out

Weekly email

+ a search engine for the site

Sources
76
Categories
7

Live

OC Event Finder

A custom scraper that builds Orange County Network's weekly events email, plus a search engine prototype that puts every event on one site

Custom ToolSearch EnginePythonWeb Scraping
Try the search engine
OC Event Finder — The weekly email (real run, Aug 21–27)
The weekly email (real run, Aug 21–27)
  • Scrapes 76 registered sources: city calendars, libraries, museums, venues, ticketing
  • OC-only filter drops LA and San Diego spillover
  • Every event gets an image, a link check, and one of 7 categories
  • Weekly email: events per source, community submissions, calendar import file attached
  • Custom search engine on a prototype of their site: type anything, then filter by week, day, category, city, or free
  • Every event gets its own page with the details, a map link, and tickets
  • One July run: 597 events, zero errors
Caringhands Carehome — Prototype · in progressPrototype · in progress

In Progress

Caringhands Carehome

Senior-living site rebuild — four care homes, one site

Senior LivingPython GeneratorHTML/CSS/JS
  • Senior-living site rebuild across 4 care homes
  • All 19 pages mirrored into a generated skeleton
  • Numbered image placeholders until new photos land
  • Old-template leftovers flagged before launch
Bay Area Mobile Medical Group — Prototype · in progressPrototype · in progress

In Progress

Bay Area Mobile Medical Group

House-call medical practice site — rebuilt privacy-first

HealthcarePrivacy-firstPython Generator
  • House-call medical practice, Bay Area
  • All 44 pages, posts, and archives carried over
  • Sticky appointment button, 10 counties up front
  • Privacy first: nothing third-party loads, forms send nothing yet

For myself / experiments

FlipVault — screenshot

Live

FlipVault

Learn butterfly-knife tricks from 550+ curated video tutorials, with progress tracking and a 5-level mastery path

Next.jsSupabaseFramer MotionTypeScript
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  • 550+ curated balisong video tutorials
  • Progress tracking and gamified practice
  • 5-level mastery path
Jarvis — screenshot

Live

Jarvis

Eight Claude agents research any topic for me — and fact-check each other — while I work on something else

Claude APINode.jsMulti-Agent
  • 8 Claude agents: specialists, an orchestrator, an auditor
  • Three depths, from a quick pass to a deep dive
  • Two agents fact-check the others
  • Live dashboard while it runs
Blakelike OS — screenshot

Live

Blakelike OS

My whole business in one native Mac app — contacts, knife inventory and trades, social planning, classes, time tracking

HTML/JSD3.jsSwiftWKWebView
  • 11,150 lines, wrapped in a native macOS app
  • Contacts, knife inventory, trades, reviews, resale
  • Social planning, classes, time tracking
Mahjong Sensei — screenshot

Live

Mahjong Sensei

Teaches Japanese mahjong from zero — guided lessons, puzzles, a yaku reference, and full games against three AI players

HTML/CSS/JSSVGPWA
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  • Beginner curriculum for Japanese mahjong
  • Full 4-player games against AI
  • Puzzles, yaku reference, XP and levels
  • Installable as an app (PWA)
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Blakelike Consulting

This business: 1-on-1 custom software and AI builds for small companies, with no agency in the middle

Claude APIAI ServicesFull-StackContent Strategy
  • 1-on-1: you talk to the person writing the code
  • Custom tools, sites, chatbots, and automations
  • Built fast with AI, owned by you
  • Custom pipelines for automatic video editing & post creation
  • Custom websites with custom features tailored to your business
  • Custom chatbots for customer support & internal use
  • Custom software for inventory management & operations
  • Custom marketing plans with custom tools to execute them
  • Social media content strategy & scheduling

In Progress

Brand Brawl

A daily planner that keeps founders shipping: competitive accountability plus an AI scheduler that plans around your energy

Next.jsTypeScriptPrismaZustand
  • Business planner + daily execution engine
  • Competitive accountability with challenge pools
  • AI scheduler that plans around your energy

In Progress

ClaudeFace

Topic in, short-form video out: script, voiceover, visuals, and thumbnail, aimed at 12 Shorts a day across 4 channels

PythonFastAPINext.jsClaude API
  • Topic in, finished short-form video out
  • Script, voiceover, visuals, thumbnail, metadata
  • Target: 12 Shorts a day across 4 channels

Live

ObsidianConnect

Gives Claude a real memory — every decision, idea, and lesson lands in my Obsidian vault, so new sessions start with full context

ObsidianMCPPythonMarkdown
  • Claude reads and writes my Obsidian vault
  • Auto-captures decisions, ideas, and lessons
  • New sessions start with full context

Concept

Construction AI

Exploring AI services for construction and other blue-collar shops — done-for-you builds plus automation

BusinessAI Services
  • Exploring AI services for construction and trades
  • Done-for-you builds plus automation

Pricing

Four ways in.

Tools from $500. Websites from $1,500. Final scope after the free call.

For context: agencies bill $3–7k/mo for the same scope.

Custom Tools

Start here

From $500

One tool. Tight scope. Shipped fast.

One bottleneck, one tool. You own the code.

  • Discovery + scoping call
  • Built for your exact workflow
  • Deployed to your hosting
  • Source code + docs
  • 14-day hypercare
Scope a tool

Custom Websites

Fully hand-coded

From $1,500

No templates. No page builders. Code you own.

A site written from scratch for your business — fast, on-brand, and editable by you if you want it to be.

  • Designed and coded from a blank file
  • Mobile-first, fast, SEO basics handled
  • Editable content (CMS or admin) on request
  • Your domain, your hosting, your code
  • 14-day hypercare

Built under this tier

Scope a site

Bundles + Retainers

Most popular

From $3,500

CRM + ops platform + automations, built as one system.

A stack of tools that share one database: a CRM for your leads and clients, the dashboard your team runs the day on, and the automations between them. Retainer optional after launch.

  • Custom CRM — leads, clients, follow-ups, pipeline
  • Ops dashboard: inventory, invoicing, scheduling
  • Automations + integrations (Sheets, email, payments)
  • Roadmap for the full stack, source code + docs
  • Optional monthly retainer — direct line, no PMs

Built under this tier

Start a bundle

Onsite Sprint

Embedded

$10,000+

1 week onsite. 3 weeks to ship.

I embed in your shop, find the leverage, ship inside 3 weeks.

  • 5 days onsite with your team
  • Workflow audit + opportunity scoping
  • Full tool built + deployed in 3 weeks
  • Team training + docs
  • 30-day hypercare
Book a sprint

Add-ons

One-time services that bolt onto any tier above. Scoped after intro call.

  • Claude Code Quick Start$1,000
  • Shopify Migration$2,500–3,500
  • Compliance / Legal Setup$750
  • Wholesale Portal Build$1,000–3,500

Selected outcomes

What clients got.

Public site plus mobile admin CMS

Catalog, build logs, clients, inventory, and invoices — all managed from his phone. Shipped before Blade Show.

Polecat Balisongs

One ops platform that replaced four tools

PitLane put their 13-stage consignment pipeline in one place: inventory, sales, follow-ups, and Sheets sync.

Deeblane

Live site with leads straight to their Sheet

Consignment leads land as a row in the club's Google Sheet with an email each, and the inventory page refreshes itself every morning.

Marin Car Club

Weekly events email from 76 registered sources

One engine pulls city calendars, libraries, museums, and venues into a seven-category email every week, flags any source that breaks, and feeds the search engine in a prototype redesign of their site.

Orange County Network

Common questions

Things people ask.

Do I need to understand AI?

No. I build it, set it up, and show you how to use it. No homework.

Where should a business start with AI?

Start with whatever slows you down most. AI aimed at the wrong problem just does the wrong thing faster.

Why one person instead of an agency?

You talk to the person writing the code. AI does the grunt work, I do the thinking. Agency output without the agency bill.

How long does a typical build take?

1–3 weeks. You see progress every few days.

What if I don't know exactly what I need?

That's what the call is for. We find the bottleneck, then scope the fix.

Do you only build AI tools?

No. Dashboards, websites, automations, internal tools. AI goes in where it saves you time, not everywhere.

What if it's not a fit after the call?

We move on. The call is free. If I can't deliver it well, I'll say so.

What's your background?

UCI Merage, senior. 15 shipped builds: a consignment shop, a knifemaker, a car club, an events engine, and more.

Services

What I build.

  • →AI that answers leads and quote requests before they go cold
  • →Ops dashboards that replace the spreadsheet maze
  • →Websites that turn visitors into leads
  • →Content pipelines that turn one idea into ready-to-post video and social
  • →Internal tools for inventory, scheduling, and invoicing
  • →Automations that move data between the tools you already use

Got a bottleneck?
Let's ship the fix.

Two minutes of questions, one at a time. Or grab a free 15-min call.

Start a project Book a 15-min callOr email me

Currently accepting new clients · First call typically within 48hr

Watch the builds on Instagram: @blakelikeai

Blake Sichel

Who you're working with

Hi, I’m Blake.

University of California, Irvine — Paul Merage School of Business, 4th year, class of ’27. One-person operation. Self-taught through putting in the work, amplified by listening to my network. Firm believer in “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

  • →Founder, Blakelike Consulting · Mar 2026 – present · Designs and deploys custom AI systems and automation for small businesses.
  • →MakerSpace Manager & UAV Treasurer / Head of Drone Program, Zotbotics @ UCI · Oct 2025 – present · Runs the 3D-print farm, leads the Tinywhoop & 5-inch drone program.
  • →VP of Mentorship, LEADS @ UCI Paul Merage · Oct 2024 – present · Mentor Assigner, Creative Director, and overall leader of the LEADS business org.
  • →Project Manager, Empire Construction & Engineering · May – Sep 2025 · Ran commercial and winery restoration jobs across the North Bay.
  • →Freelance Photographer, @blakelikecar · Mar 2022 – Jan 2025 · Pro car & vehicle-listing photography — booked, shot, edited, and delivered end to end.
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