Selected work
Two products at different stages: one running in production, one being built in public view of the problem.
I started SkyLog after managing fleet tracking and operational systems at Skyner Engineering. It now unifies CarTrack and Ctrack data, compliance tooling, and real-time monitoring for mixed-tracker fleets.
Couple Sync compares two calendars across time zones and surfaces shared windows. It only requests Google free/busy data—event titles are never fetched, stored, or displayed.
Selected open source
All repositories ↗X from the terminal, built against the private GraphQL API reverse-engineered from the Android app.
Go 02 git-meshA VS Code dashboard for operating across many Git repositories without context switching.
TypeScript 03 skystreamSelf-hosted Next.js streaming app with TMDB metadata and PWA playback.
TypeScript 04 commerce-clisCheckout flows for Checkers Sixty60, Takealot, and Woolworths—without opening a browser.
TypeScript / JavaScriptOpen source
Not a logo cloud. Each mark links to a specific feature, fix, or diagnosis accepted by its maintainers.
Spogo Added playlist follow, unfollow, and following commands to the upstream Spotify CLI (+800 lines across 22 files).
Merged 02
CodexBar Added personal Cursor on-demand spend alongside the shared team pool.
Merged 03
RepoBar Built the GitHub Actions and runner-limits dashboard.
Merged 04
Hermes Agent Made Markdown tables readable in Discord and extracted shared renderers.
Shipped with authorship 05
Agent Deck Root-caused the reused-dialog cursor bug that hid long session paths.
Diagnosed → shippedContributions span @yashiels and @yashiel-stitch.
Experience
Building the infrastructure behind card-present payments: the in-person terminal systems and the rails they run on.
Node.js · Java · Kotlin · PaymentsA board seat at an AI company building autonomous agents that run businesses. My corner of it is SkyLog.
Leadership · AI agents · OperationsLed Android delivery for Nedbank Insurance and the Android side of its React Native migration.
Kotlin · Java · Android · React NativeLed a four-person team and designed AWS serverless systems for citizen engagement, reporting, and observability.
AWS · Serverless · Terraform · Team leadImproved ecommerce UX, search visibility, site performance, and campaign delivery.
WooCommerce · Performance · SEOMoved legacy operating workflows into Odoo and automated the handoffs around them.
Odoo · ERP · Workflow designIntroduced fleet monitoring, telematics analysis, and operational reporting for a logistics business.
Fleet telematics · Logistics systemsBuilt an enterprise fleet platform end to end: real-time tracking, seven modules, deep analytics. It started as a gap I kept hitting managing yards at Skyner.
TypeScript · GCP · Firebase · Tracker adaptersMentored students through object-oriented programming and Java fundamentals.
Java · Teaching · OOPRan ERP, fleet tracking, and logistics systems—the operating context that produced SkyLog.
Sage ERP · CarTrack · GeotabFoundation
An engineer shaped by operating real systems first—from fleet logistics and ERP to mobile banking, cloud platforms, and payments.
Contact
Working on payments, fleet operations, or tools for people who run real systems? I’m always up for a thoughtful conversation.
