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Zachary
Lewis.

Software engineer · Founder of thefakezach · Detroit, MI

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About

Software engineer and founder of thefakezach, a software consulting agency. I learn by doing, and AI is one of the tools that lets me move fast. My work spans agent platforms, marketplaces, voice agents, data pipelines and hardware, on a strong foundation in TypeScript, Python and PostgreSQL.

Skills

languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonSQL

frontend

ReactReact NativeAstroExpoTailwind CSSViteThree.js

backend

Node.jsBunExpressFastifyHonoFastAPIPrismaSQLAlchemySocket.ioBullMQREST APIs

ai & agents

Anthropic ClaudeOpenAIGeminiLangGraphMCPTemporalLangfuseLLM EvaluationMulti-Agent SystemsA2A ProtocolDeepgramTelnyx

databases

PostgreSQLpgvectorPostGISSQL ServerRedisSQLiteSupabase

auth & payments

StripeBetter AuthJWTMagic LinksOAuth

real-time

WebSocketSocket.ioSSEMessage Queues

cloud & infra

AWSTerraformDockerRailwayNetlifyCloudflare R2GitHub ActionsOpenTelemetryPrometheusGrafanaSentry

integrations

TwilioResendShopifyMapboxGoogle Places

video

Live StreamingMulti-Camera ProductionOBSvMixRemotion

Projects

AgentlandOS ↗

Agent platform

PythonFastAPITemporalReact 19PostgreSQLDocker

A platform where people who don't write code set up AI agents that do real work for their business: send the email, run the workflow, make the call.

The Fake Money Club ↗

Trading workspace

PythonFastAPIReactPostgreSQLWebSockets

A workspace for self-directed traders. Scanners surface setups, a model drafts the reasoning, the trader's own brokerage places the order, and a journal tracks what worked.

Yard Line ↗

Reentry and family support

TypeScriptExpressPostgreSQLSocket.ioMapbox

Helps families stay connected to someone who is incarcerated, and helps people coming home find housing, legal aid, bail funds and work.

The Furnace Freaks ↗

HVAC marketplace

AstroPostgreSQLTelnyxMapbox

Connects Michigan homeowners with vetted HVAC contractors and publishes real contract pricing, so homeowners know what a job should cost. Calls are answered by a voice agent.

Detroit Small Business Map ↗

Business directory

HonoPostGISRedisAstroGemini

A directory of small businesses across Detroit's neighborhoods that fills in its own listings, plus a pipeline that drafts local stories for a person to approve.

Bags of Laundry ↗

Laundry pickup and delivery

AstroReact 19PostgreSQLStripe

Customers book a pickup, drivers collect, a partner laundromat weighs and washes, and drivers bring it back.

On The Floor ↗

Patient care feedback

React 19ExpressPostgreSQLSocket.io

Patients and families rate the nursing care they receive, with a written reason behind every score.

Voice Agents

Phone and SMS

(833) FIX-IT-NOW
Node.jsTelnyxDeepgramPython

Voice agents answering live calls for two businesses, taking bookings and intake details from natural speech.

Snowbot

Robotics, in progress

C++Arduino48 V power

A snowplow robot built from two salvaged hoverboards, with a hardwired emergency stop.

PythonFastAPIA2A Protocol

An open standard that lets any A2A agent make phone calls and send texts.

Spec-Driven Docs ↗

Open source, npm

Node CLIGitHub Actions

A documentation framework that keeps docs in sync with code while AI tools write it.

NLSR ↗

Open source, npm

ReactTypeScript

A React engine that shows text from several agents at once on one shared grid.

Experience

Founder

thefakezach, software consulting agency

Present

  • →Build custom software, agents, voice agents and workflows for clients, from scoping with non-technical owners through launch and support
  • →Run the Build-With-AI Bootcamp for teams

Forward Deployed Engineer

Dynamic HQI

2026

  • →Built the firm's marketing site and a financial-education course for startup founders

Sales & Marketing Systems

Boydell Development

2024

  • →Built the pipeline that filled the company's units: website, photo and video for each property, marketing, leads, showings and short-term rental operations
  • →Built a mapped database of the company's commercial holdings and managed city compliance

Founder & Creative Director

Creative agency (Take Detroit)

2015 – Present

  • →Video production and marketing for clients across industries
  • →Built the sites and tools clients ran their businesses on

Education

Bachelor of Science, Psychology

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania · 2008

Got something
to build?

Work With Me → zach@takedetroit.com