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I'm Lucas. I build AI systems, software and websites that help businesses get things done.

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Independent developer. Filmmaker. Always learning.

Reading, England · working with clients in the UK and New Zealand The person behind the projects
Lucas at his desk at night, code on one monitor and a video edit on the other: the opening frame of the homepage film.

From the systems behind a business
to the stories on a screen.

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Useful work.
Real businesses.

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Concept mockup of Mell: a clear acrylic box of lit circuit boards, light rods and a glowing core on a wooden desk beside a laptop, under the words Mell, Desktop Robot Project.
Personal project · Robotics and AI · In development

Light instead of a face.

Mell is a desk robot I'm building. It listens and remembers, and it shows how it feels through light.

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Artist's concept of a small white camera spacecraft with two solar panels above Earth, beside the words Project Distant Light and A different view of home.
Personal project · Space photography · In development

A different view of home.

Project Distant Light is a photographic space mission I'm developing. A small spacecraft would photograph Earth as it recedes, then fly close past the Moon.

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RS Talent website homepage: a dark cinematic banner reading Exceptional Talent, Every Frame, above a grid of actor headshots.
Client work · Talent agency website

Less searching. More casting.

A new website for RS Talent, a London acting agency. Actor profiles, filtering and downloadable casting packs in one place.

K9 Woodland Services website: three private dog parks near Reading, each with an hourly price and an availability link.
Client work · Dog parks and services, Reading

Three woodland parks, booked online.

K9 Woodland Services runs three private dog parks near Reading, plus walking, day care and grooming. One site brings park hire, service pages and bookings together.

Skinfresh website: a doctor-led skin clinic homepage with a portrait of Dr Frances Pitsilis and a booking button.
Client work · Skin clinic, Auckland · Coming soon

A clinic site built around booking.

A website rebuild for Skinfresh, a doctor-led skin and cosmetic clinic on Auckland's North Shore. Treatment menu, booking flow and enquiry routing. Launching soon.

Techtorium website: a New Zealand IT training institute homepage with a workshop photograph and course figures.
Client work · Education, Auckland · In build

Enquiries that land where they belong.

A full rebuild for Techtorium, a tertiary IT training institute, on Vercel and Supabase. Enquiries are routed into the tools the team already uses rather than a CSV someone processes by hand.

Lucas's name written in Egyptian hieroglyphs inside a gold cartouche, made with Hierolyte.
Personal project · Language and AI

Curiosity became a tool.

Hierolyte connects my study of Egyptian hieroglyphs with my work in software and AI.

What needs to work better?

Start with the problem. We'll choose the right tools together.

AI & business automation

Connect the tools you already use. Reduce repetitive admin, route enquiries and make useful information easier to find. Start with one process worth improving.

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Websites & digital platforms

Clear websites and useful platforms, from a new business presence to bookings, customer portals and connected back-office systems.

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Apps & custom software

Purpose-built tools for the way your team works, alongside native apps for iPhone and Mac. A clear scope, working demos and a proper handover.

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Technology & process reviews

Find where disconnected tools and manual steps are slowing things down. Prioritise the changes that matter, then build and support them.

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Lucas Young at home, with bookshelves behind him.

A technical mind.
A wider view.

I've spent more than 30 years building software, with a career that also took me into visual effects at Weta Digital and into film.

Today I work across AI, apps and the web, alongside my work with The Reel Scene and The Actors Gym.

Away from client work I'm working through a master's degree in artificial intelligence with Udacity, and I'm starting to contribute to two open research projects: the Vesuvius Challenge, reading the carbonised Herculaneum scrolls with computer vision and geometry, and the Roman Space Telescope microlensing data challenge, finding faint planet signals in survey light curves.

I'm also learning Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs and photographing the night sky with a small telescope.

More about me My work in film
FilmMiddle Egyptian hieroglyphsAstrophotography3D printingMaster's in AIVesuvius Challenge

Ideas from
the workbench.

Things I'm building, learning and thinking through.

AI Research

The Part Where AI Stops Showing Its Working

 AI Agents

What Retrieval Owes You When the Corpus Is Your Life

 Automation

Your Enquiry Pipeline Should Not Be a CSV

 Personal

Dairy Farming and Rugby Just Weren't My Thing

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Based in Reading, England.
Working with people in the UK and New Zealand.
Calls from 11am to 11pm UK time, Monday to Friday.

Client project · RS Talent

A casting workflow, made clearer.

The problem: an older WordPress site was slow, hard to update and made browsing actors harder than it needed to be.

The work: a searchable actor database with headshot galleries, filtering, profile PDFs and an automated pipeline that keeps profiles current from Spotlight. Built on Next.js, Supabase and Vercel.

Why it belongs here: it connects business process, web development and first-hand knowledge of the film industry.

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Client project · K9 Woodland Services

Three fields in the woods, one place to book them.

The work: a website for three secure dog parks at Cane End near Reading, with park-hire bookings, service pages for walking, day care and grooming, galleries, maps and customer reviews.

Why it belongs here: a local business whose services and bookings now run through one site.

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Client project · Skinfresh

A doctor-led clinic, with a rebuilt website.

The work: a full website rebuild for a clinic running since 2003: treatment menu, booking flow and enquiry routing, with the doctor's approach kept at the centre of the site. The previous site was outdated and difficult to update.

Where it stands: in development, launching soon.

The connection: a client relationship that began in my Auckland agency years.

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Client project · Techtorium · In build

A training institute with a connected front door.

The work: a full site rebuild on Vercel and Supabase for a tertiary IT training institute in Newmarket, Auckland. Enquiries are routed into the team's own tools instead of being exported by hand.

Where it stands: in build. The case study says what is planned and what is live.

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Personal project · Hierolyte

Following a question into a new discipline.

Studying Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs led me to build an iPhone app for exploring and learning the language. It is one of the places where my interests in AI, education and ancient history meet.

This is personal work, presented separately from client delivery. It shows how curiosity can become a useful product.

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