Agent Work & LLMs
OpenAI · Claude · Gemini · Prompt engineering · Tool calling · Retrieval · Evaluation
About
I'm Franklin — a web systems and AI automation engineer based in Waterloo, Ontario. I came to Canada as an international student and built my technical career from the ground up.
I started with the basics: HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Over time I moved into full-stack engineering, product leadership, and eventually co-founded a startup. I've built platforms that scaled to thousands of users and shipped a blockchain product that helped raise $2.4M.
But I kept returning to the same gap: the difference between what technology promises and what it actually delivers for people doing real work. That's the space I work in: the practical layer where websites, internal tools, intake flows, and intelligent automations meet.
I've lived the operational chaos these systems are meant to solve. That experience shapes how I build: stay close to the problem, find the real bottleneck, and create something dependable that a team can actually run with.
I came to Canada with a plan and not much else. I built the plan as I went. That experience — navigating systems that weren't designed for you, making decisions under real pressure, finding solutions when the conventional path isn't available — shapes how I approach every build.
I work independently and bring in a vetted network of 40+ specialists when a project needs to scale. I'm direct about what I can and can't do. I respond fast. I document everything.
Tools & Approach
OpenAI · Claude · Gemini · Prompt engineering · Tool calling · Retrieval · Evaluation
n8n · Make · Zapier · REST APIs · GraphQL · Webhooks · Background jobs
Node.js · TypeScript · Python · React · Next.js · PostgreSQL · Supabase
Azure · AWS · DigitalOcean · Docker · CI/CD · GitHub Actions
System design · API architecture · Technical delivery · Product thinking
Waterloo, Ontario. Working with clients globally.