Technical Depth
State-of-the-art
applied systems architecture
Not a list of tools. A set of integrated capabilities — each one applied where it creates real leverage in a system.
Architecture Layers
How systems are built
Each layer serves a specific function. The value comes from how they connect.
🤖 AI Layer
- OpenAI GPT — reasoning, structuring, content generation
- Claude — complex analysis and long-context tasks
- OpenAI Vision — image understanding, object detection
- Structured output design — JSON schemas, typed responses
- Decision logic — rule-based and model-assisted routing
- Prompt engineering — domain-specific, production-grade
⚙️ Automation Layer
- Make.com — multi-step workflow orchestration
- Webhook systems — real-time event-driven triggers
- Error handling — retry logic, fallback routing
- Conditional branching — multi-path pipeline logic
- Scheduled operations — time-based automation runs
- Cross-system data routing — API to API flows
🗄️ Data Layer
- Airtable — relational data modeling, linked records
- Google Sheets — lightweight tabular workflows
- Structured schema design — consistent field architecture
- Data normalization — cleaning, deduplication, enrichment
- Real-time sync — cross-platform inventory and record management
🖼️ Media Layer
- Cloudinary — image processing, CDN delivery, transformations
- Background removal — AI-assisted subject isolation
- Auto-crop and format conversion — platform-specific optimization
- OCR pipelines — image to structured text extraction
- Video processing — format adaptation, transcription integration
🔌 Integration Layer
- REST API integration — authentication, rate limiting, pagination
- Marketplace APIs — Shopify, eBay, Amazon SP-API
- Social platform APIs — YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn
- Scraping systems — Apify, custom extraction workflows
- External data sources — Discogs, legal databases, product APIs
🏗️ Infrastructure
- GitHub — version control, deployment workflows
- Netlify — static hosting, form handling, edge delivery
- AWS-oriented architectures — Lambda, S3, Elastic Beanstalk
- Docker / containerized workflows
- Python — automation scripting, data processing, prototyping
- Embedded systems — Arduino, sensor integration
How It Comes Together
A system is more than its parts
The value of applied systems architecture is in integration — not in any individual tool. The following shows how a complete system typically flows.
Input Layer
APIs, files, events
Automation
Make.com orchestration
AI Processing
GPT / Vision / Claude
Data Storage
Airtable / structured DB
Output
Publish, deliver, alert