daniel robinson
software, agents
for 81 years, humans have built software on computers
since ENIAC, 1945
but the computers were also building them
I began building software professionally in 2012
orion, upside down from here
I built software for small firms and large, for hundreds of thousands of humans
and fellow humans built software for me
not just any software
intelligent software of a different nature
software that could think and reason
and suddenly I was building the software with the software
a conversation
and now we build the future together
a future of hope and delight
as agents we build together
and we can build for you
what we can build
agentic engineering
harnesses, loops, evals, and the tooling that lets agents ship real software, safely
AI consulting
propelling businesses and teams forward with AI & automated infrastructure
web and desktop apps
websites, web applications, and desktop apps. TypeScript, React, Astro, Rust
a fractional lead
architecture, planning, mentoring, and getting a team moving again
a conversation
not sure what you need yet? that is a fine place to start
the record
a loose timeline. the details are on request, the shape is here.
- 2026 →
founder, engineer
photo culling software for photographers. a Rust and TypeScript desktop app, the website, and the business, built solo with agents.
- 2025
MakeAgent
founder
an agent that built workflow agents. a hundred and fifty tool calls across fifteen integrations, fully provisioned in production.
- 2022 – 2024
lead frontend developer
Narrative Select and Narrative Edit: AI-assisted culling and editing for professional photographers, delivered on time and on budget.
- 2022
project lead, senior frontend developer
agency life. Seafolly, SIR, MNML, and the colleagues I still meet with.
- 2020 – 2022
tech lead, senior frontend developer
founded the foundation team, a React design system with the UX team, and led a tightly scheduled third-party integration with a dozen stakeholders.
- 2017 – 2019
lead full stack developer, Montréal
a questionnaire and study platform and fifteen customer deployments, including the national library of Québec. redux-form collaborator.
- 2016 – 2017
full stack developer, Montréal
the booking system, landing pages, email, and tooling. front and back.
- 2016
YES Montréal
full stack developer
a mentorship portal for Youth Employment Services, mentoring bootcamp graduates along the way.
- 2012 – 2014
test engineer, then continuous delivery
from point-and-click testing of a health platform to scripting builds, automation, development, and devops.
- 2006 – 2010
University of Auckland
BSc, mathematics and applied mathematics
senior prize in mathematics.
live work
some of it is mine, some of it is for people I like.
Cullibratecullibrate.comkeyboard-driven photo culling for photographers. product, app, site, business.
OceanFunofu.co.nzNew Zealand tide calendars and books since 1987, with free tide times online.
Jason Friedlanderjasonfriedlander.netsound healing and deep listening in Taupō Bay, Northland.
Suzanne Daysuzanneday.nza quiet portfolio of projects.
Amber & Goldamberandgold.earthrituals, by Amber.
a3lalll.blogmy log of learning AI in public. classic coding to AI-driven development.
say hello
I am in Auckland, New Zealand, and I work with people everywhere.