Niel Malan - A.I. Experiments

My Projects and Tools

AskNetty.AI

The AI Assistant for Families and Communities. AskNetty simplifies family organization and community...

AskNetty.AI

The AI Assistant for Families and Communities. AskNetty simplifies family organization and community living with smart AI agents that connect, organize, and deliver information when you need it. Transforms scattered WhatsApp messages into organized, searchable knowledge.

Technologies Used:

WhatsApp API
Telegram API
AI/ML
Voice Transcription
Image Recognition
Natural Language Processing

Challenges:

Building a multi-modal AI system that processes WhatsApp messages, voice notes, and images while maintaining personal context for families and communities. Creating seamless integration across multiple communication channels.

Learnings:

Developed expertise in multi-modal AI systems, real-time message processing, community knowledge management, and building contextual AI assistants that reduce the mental load for parents and community managers.

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CardMarket.co.za

A website that allows South African TCG players to quickly lookup international prices of trading ca...

CardMarket.co.za

A website that allows South African TCG players to quickly lookup international prices of trading card game cards with daily updated pricing data.

Technologies Used:

Nuxt.js
Cloudflare Pages
GitHub Actions
Static Site Generation

Challenges:

Creating a high-performance static site that updates pricing data daily while maintaining fast load times for South African users.

Learnings:

Mastered static site generation with Nuxt.js, automated deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions, and leveraging Cloudflare for global performance optimization.

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Screenlight

When recording video, I wanted to use my 2 large monitors for lighting. I ended building a simple we...

Screenlight

When recording video, I wanted to use my 2 large monitors for lighting. I ended building a simple web tool using A.I. so you can set your monitor colour.

Technologies Used:

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Cursor.ai

Challenges:

Finding a quick and easy way to set my monitor to s specific colour for lighting use during video.

Learnings:

To use this, just lick the View Project button below. A separate tab will pop out with the project opened. Move that tab to the monitor that you want to use as a lighting source. Then repeat for each additional monitor. To change the colour, click on the small drop-down arrow in the top right corner of the screen. It will reveal a colour picker and mode selector.

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TraderSWars Unlimited

A responsive app for managing and sharing your Star Wars Unlimited Trading Card collection. ...

TraderSWars Unlimited

A responsive app for managing and sharing your Star Wars Unlimited Trading Card collection.

Technologies Used:

Next.js
Flask
Django
Cursor.ai
Anthropic Claude

Challenges:

Designing an intuitive user interface and implementing real-time shareing and updates across multiple users.

Learnings:

Improved skills in building reactive user interfaces and learned effective use of A.I. tooling for development.

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Portfolio Web App

A basic portfolio web application for displaying projects and articles....

Portfolio Web App

A basic portfolio web application for displaying projects and articles.

Technologies Used:

Replit Agent
Flask

Challenges:

Working around the niggles of Replit Agent v0.1

Learnings:

Gained experience in working with A.I. tools and learned how to use them for development.

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YouTube Knowledge Extraction

A tool that extracts transcripts from YouTube videos for easy knowledge extraction....

YouTube Knowledge Extraction

A tool that extracts transcripts from YouTube videos for easy knowledge extraction.

Technologies Used:

Flask
YouTube Transcript API
Python

Challenges:

Integrating the YouTube Transcript API and handling various video URL formats.

Learnings:

Learned how to work with external APIs and process video transcripts efficiently.

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My Projects and Tools

AskNetty.AI

CardMarket.co.za

Screenlight

TraderSWars Unlimited

Portfolio Web App

YouTube Knowledge Extraction

Featured Blog Posts

Overview of the A.I. Dev Tool Start-Ups from the YC S24

A list of Agentic Frameworks and Tools

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My Projects and Tools

AskNetty.AI

CardMarket.co.za

Screenlight

TraderSWars Unlimited

Portfolio Web App

YouTube Knowledge Extraction

Featured Blog Posts

Overview of the A.I. Dev Tool Start-Ups from the YC S24

A list of Agentic Frameworks and Tools

About Me

Skills

Programming Languages

Cloud

Frameworks & Tools

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