Public site plus mobile admin CMS
Catalog, build logs, events, testimonials, client tracking, materials inventory, and invoices shipped for a solo knifemaker before Blade Show.
Accepting new clients
Custom software.
Built solo. Shipped fast.
- →Find the bottleneck in your business.
- →Ship a tool that fixes it in 1–3 weeks.
- →You own the code. No retainers required.
UCI Merage · One client at a time · No templates.
12
Projects Shipped
$3.15M
Sales Tracked
1:1
Client Engagement
Past projects · 13
Real builds for real businesses.
Click any card. See the problem, the fix, the stack.
For clients
Live
FeaturedPitLane
+Production ops platform for Deeblane — Bring a Trailer consignment
SupabaseEdge FunctionsPostgres RLSApexChartsVisit demo
Live
FeaturedPitLane
+Problem: 4 SaaS tools running a Bay Area consignment shop. No single source of truth. Fix: one platform, 15-stage pipeline, 4-tier roles, $3.15M tracked. Stack: Supabase auth + RLS, edge functions, Google Sheets sync, ApexCharts. Real app login-gated; link below is a fake-data clone of the UI.
Live
FeaturedPolecat Balisongs
+Shop-ops platform for solo knifemaker — public site + full admin CMS
Supabase AuthSupabase StoragePostgres RLSNetlifyVisit site
Live
FeaturedPolecat Balisongs
+Problem: Wilfred (solo knifemaker, Huntsville AL) ran his shop on memory + spreadsheets — Instagram-only, no way to take custom orders, no inventory tracking. Fix: full custom platform live at polecatknives.com — fully CMS-driven public site (18 editable homepage sections, editable nav + hero CTAs, dedicated Available Now shop feed) plus a Supabase-authed admin where Wilfred self-manages Catalog, In-Shop builds, Archive, Build Log, Events, Testimonials, Clients tracker (specs, materials, hours, money, timeline, blems, photos), and Materials inventory (+1/-1 quick-log, low-stock alerts) — all from his phone, plus print-ready PC-YYYY-#### invoices with PAID stamp. Stack: Supabase Auth (magic-link + password) + RLS, Supabase Storage with iPhone HEIC auto-convert + Cropper.js crop/zoom, typography picker, 4-theme system, mobile-first table-to-card responsive with 44×44px touch targets, full audit pass (a11y, SEO, security, voice scrub). Shipped live in time for Blade Show 2026.
Live
Tip In Racing
+Motorcycle tire inventory tracker
HTMLTailwind CSSlocalStorageVisit site
Live
Tip In Racing
+Problem: Dunlop trackside crew logging tires on paper. Fix: mobile tire service app — grid entry, inventory, customer profiles, POs. Built and demoed live at an open track day in 20 minutes.
In Progress
FeaturedDoheny Bike
+E-bike shop curator + service site (pitch prototype)
HTML/JSTailwindNetlifyStatic SiteVisit site
In Progress
FeaturedDoheny Bike
+Problem: Dana Point e-bike shop (Jason Spates) needed a pitch site + repositioning. Fix: 11-page static prototype built overnight. 31 bikes / 6 brands, 14 accessories, service-request flow, cart drawer, search modal — all from 2 data templates. Repositions "we make bikes" → "hand-picked + locally serviced". Designed to port to Shopify Liquid post-engagement.
For myself / experiments
Live
FeaturedBLAC Consulting
+Personable AI solutions for small businesses — no corporate nonsense
Claude APIAI ServicesFull-StackContent Strategy
Live
FeaturedBLAC Consulting
+1-on-1 support and fully custom solutions for real companies. Not a faceless agency — Blake works directly with you to build exactly what your business needs, using AI to punch way above your weight class.
- ✓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
Live
FlipVault
+Balisong flipping trainer
Next.jsSupabaseFramer MotionTypeScript
Live
FlipVault
+Web app teaching butterfly knife flipping with 500+ curated video tutorials, progress tracking, gamification, and a 5-level mastery system.
Live
BLACOS
+Personal business dashboard
HTML/JSD3.jsSwiftWKWebView
Live
BLACOS
+All-in-one personal dashboard (11,150 lines) wrapped in a native macOS app. Manages contacts, balisong inventory/trading/reviews, resale, social media planning, classes, and time tracking.
Live
Jarvis
+Multi-agent deep research system
Claude APINode.jsMulti-Agent
Live
Jarvis
+8 specialized Claude agents (Opus/Sonnet orchestration) for exhaustive research sessions with a live monitoring dashboard.
In Progress
Brand Brawl
+Entrepreneur execution engine
Next.jsTypeScriptPrismaZustand
In Progress
Brand Brawl
+Daily execution engine combining a business planner, competitive accountability system, and AI-powered scheduler with energy-aware task scheduling and challenge pools.
Live
Mahjong Sensei
+Japanese mahjong teaching app
HTML/CSS/JSSVGPWA
Live
Mahjong Sensei
+Japanese mahjong teaching web app with beginner-friendly curriculum, 4-player game vs AI, puzzle system, yaku reference, XP/leveling, and a dark forest aesthetic.
In Progress
ClaudeFace
+AI content automation platform
PythonFastAPINext.jsClaude API
In Progress
ClaudeFace
+Self-hosted AI content automation generating and distributing short-form video across multiple channels. Target: 12 Shorts/day across 4 channels with AI review pipeline.
Live
ObsidianConnect
+AI-powered second brain
ObsidianMCPPythonMarkdown
Live
ObsidianConnect
+Persistent memory system giving Claude Code access to an Obsidian vault for cross-session knowledge, auto-capture of decisions and ideas, and multi-project context.
Concept
Construction AI
+AI for blue-collar businesses
BusinessAI Services
Concept
Construction AI
+Exploratory business offering AI-powered services to construction and blue-collar companies. Blending done-for-you services with AI automation shop offerings.
How it works
Three phases.
Always shipping.
Phase 01 · 15 min
Discovery
Free call. Map the bottleneck. Scope the fix. No pitch.
Phase 02 · 1–3 weeks
Build
Scope → design → ship. Progress every few days. Direct line to me.
Phase 03 · Live
Ship
Tool deployed. 14-day hypercare included. Retainer optional after.
Pricing
Three ways in.
Single tool → multi-tool platform → embedded sprint. Final scope after the free call.
For context: agencies bill $3–7k/mo for the same scope.
Custom Tools
Start hereFrom $500
One tool. Tight scope. Shipped fast.
One workflow bottleneck → one custom tool. You own the code.
- ✓Discovery + scoping call
- ✓Built for your exact workflow
- ✓Deployed to your hosting
- ✓Source code + docs
- ✓14-day hypercare
Bundles + Retainers
Most popularFrom $3,500
Multi-tool platform + ongoing build hours.
Stack of tools built as one system. Retainer keeps shipping after launch.
- ✓Multi-tool system
- ✓Roadmap for the full stack
- ✓Source code + docs
- ✓Optional monthly retainer
- ✓Direct line — no PMs
Onsite Sprint
Embedded$10,000+
1 week onsite. 3 weeks to ship.
Embed in your shop. Find the leverage. Ship the tool 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
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
Real businesses.
Real outcomes.
One ops platform replacing four tools
PitLane centralizes a 15-stage consignment pipeline, role-based access, inventory, sales tracking, follow-up automation, and Google Sheets sync.
Content strategy and brand system
Social planning, content calendars, and engagement-driven post direction built around the owner's voice and audience.
What I build
What I build.
- →Custom admin dashboards & ops platforms
- →Websites that convert
- →AI-powered content pipelines (video, social, blog)
- →Internal software (inventory, scheduling, invoicing)
- →Chatbots (support, lead capture, internal Q&A)
- →Marketing automations & data integrations
Custom Claude skills · 6
Tools I built for myself.
Tools I run daily. Same patterns I install for clients. Click any to see how it works.
Jarvis
+Multi-agent deep research system
8 specialized agents (Scout, Cipher, Nexus, Prism, Contrast, Scribe + orchestrator + auditor). 3 tiers: Quick (2 min) · Standard (15 min) · Deep (1+ hr). Live dashboard. Replaces hours of manual research.
Claude APIMulti-AgentNode.js
Jarvis
+Why it matters
- ✓Replaces hours of manual research with autonomous AI agents
- ✓Built-in fact-checking via dedicated Contrast & Scribe agents
- ✓Live dashboard shows agent progress in real time
- ✓3 tiers: Quick (2 min), Standard (15 min), Deep (1+ hr)
By the numbers
8
Agents
3
Research Tiers
45min
Avg Deep Dive
20+
Sources per Report
Client Audit & Pitch
+End-to-end client acquisition pipeline
URL in → deployed pitch site out. Researches the business, audits their presence, extracts brand colors + fonts, generates personalized copy, builds the site, deploys to Vercel. Full client acquisition on autopilot.
AutomationSalesWeb Scraping
Client Audit & Pitch
+Why it matters
- ✓Turns a URL into a deployed pitch site without manual work
- ✓Auto-extracts brand colors, fonts, and design language
- ✓Generates personalized pitch copy based on business research
- ✓Includes follow-up email sequence generation
By the numbers
~10min
URL to Pitch
6
Pipeline Steps
Yes
Auto-Deployed
Auto
Brand Extraction
Visual Audit
+Automated application quality inspector
Point at any running app. Audits DOM, console errors, network, accessibility, visual consistency. Returns severity-ranked report. Catches bugs humans miss.
QAAccessibilityAutomation
Visual Audit
+Why it matters
- ✓Catches bugs humans miss — console errors, broken links, a11y violations
- ✓Works on both browser apps and native desktop apps
- ✓Structured severity-ranked report you can hand to developers
- ✓Checks WCAG contrast, focus states, touch targets automatically
By the numbers
5
Check Categories
~3min
Audit Time
2
Modes
14+
WCAG Checks
Obsidian Connect
+AI-powered persistent memory & knowledge system
Persistent Claude memory backed by an Obsidian vault. Auto-captures decisions, ideas, lessons, project state. Every project's context available to every other project. No more re-explaining.
ObsidianMCPKnowledge Mgmt
Obsidian Connect
+Why it matters
- ✓AI retains context across sessions — no more re-explaining
- ✓Auto-captures decisions, ideas, and lessons without you asking
- ✓Cross-project knowledge sharing between all your work
- ✓Your second brain grows automatically as you work
By the numbers
Yes
Cross-Session
3 types
Auto-Capture
All
Projects Connected
Obsidian
Storage
BLAC TIDE
+End-to-end lead-gen + audit + outreach pipeline
Multi-agent system that takes a target market and produces hand-personalized cold outreach with a working software prototype attached — fully automated end-to-end. Hunts businesses, runs a 10-category digital-presence audit on each, generates a 1-of-1 pitch site at pitches.blakelike.com/{slug} (with a working prototype tailored to their actual gap), drafts a voice-checked email, and lands it in my Gmail drafts. I review and click Send — TIDE never auto-sends.
Multi-AgentBun + TypeScriptClaude SonnetGmail MCP
BLAC TIDE
+Why it matters
- ✓Replaces a 3-person agency workflow — single operator, end-to-end
- ✓Every pitch site is genuinely 1-of-1 — owner sees their own findings + a working prototype
- ✓Voice-check rejects templated phrases before draft hits Gmail
- ✓Idempotent — auto-reconciles sent/deleted/kept drafts on every run
By the numbers
5
Pipeline Stages
10
Audit Categories
5
Drafts per Run
Never
Auto-Send
ClaudeFace
+Faceless content pipeline — topic to published video, end to end
Topic + niche → finished short-form video. 7-stage pipeline: script → voiceover → image → video → thumbnail → composer → metadata. Pluggable video providers (Sora, Kling, Higgsfield, Veo, Wavespeed). Local dashboard tracks every stage. Per-stage retry — failed video gen doesn't kill your script.
Python CLIVideo GenMulti-Provider
ClaudeFace
+Why it matters
- ✓One command takes you from topic to finished short-form video
- ✓Pluggable provider architecture — swap Sora for Kling in a config change
- ✓Per-stage retry — a failed video_gen doesn't discard your script + voiceover
- ✓Local web dashboard tracks every project through 7 production stages
By the numbers
7
Pipeline Stages
5
Video Providers
~5min
Topic to Video
Yes
Web Dashboard
Common questions
Things people ask.
Why one person instead of an agency?+
You talk to the person writing the code. No junior devs, no account managers, no scope creep. AI does the grunt work — I do the thinking. Agency quality, fraction of the cost.
How long does a typical build take?+
1–3 weeks. Discovery → spec → build → ship. Progress visible every few days. No internal back-and-forth slowing it down.
What if I don't know exactly what I need?+
That's the discovery call. We surface the bottlenecks you've been tolerating, then scope the fix. Most people leave the call with a clear plan.
Do you only build AI tools?+
No. Dashboards, websites, automations, internal software — anything custom. AI is just leverage to ship faster. End product is real software, not chatbot wrappers.
What if it's not a fit after the call?+
We move on. Call is genuinely free. I only take projects I can deliver well — if yours isn't one, I'll say so.
What's your background?+
UCI Merage, junior. 12+ shipped builds: Bay Area consignment shop, Alabama knifemaker, balisong trainer (500+ tutorials), and more. Full-stack. Direct with owners.
Who you're working with
Hi, I'm Blake.
University of California, Irvine — Paul Merage School of Business, 3rd Year. 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, BLAC 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.
Got a bottleneck?
Let's ship the fix.
15-min call. Scope your problem. Decide fit. Free.
● Currently accepting new clients · First call typically within 48hr
