Projects
A mix of experiments, tools, and just-for-fun builds—all created alongside the latest AI models. Whether you're AI-curious or deep in the weeds, these projects show what's possible when you learn to work with AI instead of wondering about it from the sidelines.
Dial a Decade
An immersive AI experience that lets you have real conversations with historical figures—from Mayflower pilgrims to Jazz Age musicians to Apollo programmers.
Key Features
- Voice conversations with AI-powered historical characters from different eras
- 1620 Mayflower crossing, 1926 Jazz Age Chicago, 1943 WWII home front, 1969 Apollo mission, 1987 Wall Street
- Each character has deep backstory, period-accurate knowledge, and unique personality
- Immersive visual design with era-specific aesthetics and ambient details
- Ask anything—from daily life questions to pivotal historical moments
AI Siouxland
Hands-on AI workshops for small businesses—practical workflows, no coding required.
Key Features
- Outcome-driven sessions that send you home with one finished, repeatable workflow
- 60-minute intro talk with live demos and a starter prompt template pack
- 2-hour workshop with guided reps, worksheet, and one-page cheat sheet
- Private team sessions tailored to your tools (email, CRM, website) for 6–25 people
- Teaches prompt basics, safety, and fast fact-checking so teams can use AI confidently
LemonNotes
AI-powered meeting recorder that transcribes, identifies speakers, and generates structured notes automatically.
Key Features
- Browser-based recording with real-time duration tracking and easy controls
- Automatic speaker identification with name assignment
- Structured AI-generated summaries, action items, and decisions
- Meeting history for reviewing past recordings and notes
Beanventory
Inventory, recipes, and ordering for coffee shops—with smart alerts, forecasting, and Square point-of-sale sync.
Key Features
- Low-stock dashboard with days-of-cover and reorder signals
- Waste + COGS tracking and dead-stock visibility
- Recipe Builder linking menu items to ingredients with cafe-style measurements
- Square integration for product sync, sales imports, and menu mapping
- Purchase orders, receiving, vendor management, and batch imports
- Multi-location support and simple reporting
Shitty.news
AI-written satirical news digest that slings sarcastic summaries across politics, business, tech, and more.
Key Features
- Daily “Afternoon Dump” digest with hundreds of headlines across politics, business, tech, world, sports, and entertainment
- AI-spun summaries remix each story with unapologetically profane satire
- Breaking news carousel with outbound links to the original reporting
- Category tabs and load-more stream for fast skimming
Paid to Poop
A fully functional PWA that calculates your exact earnings during workplace bathroom breaks. This practical tool answers the question everyone's wondered about by providing real-time calculations based on your actual salary or hourly rate.
Key Features
- Real-time earnings calculator based on salary/hourly rate
- Smart timer optimized for mobile with large touch-friendly buttons
- Comprehensive analytics tracking daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly totals
- Session recovery for accidentally closed browsers
- Complete privacy with local-only data storage
- PWA functionality for native app experience
LeafIQ
AI-powered product recommendations, inventory management, and customer insights for modern cannabis retailers.
Key Features
- AI-powered product recommendation engine
- Real-time inventory management and analytics
- Customer behavior insights and trends
- Streamlined retail operations
ShittyDocs
Satirical AI document generator that's surprisingly useful for rapid prototyping and creative brainstorming.
Key Features
- Generates intentionally bad business documents
- Includes ridiculous legal disclaimers and jargon
- Surprisingly useful for quick drafts
- Creative brainstorming tool
Need AI Strategy & Implementation?
These projects are test beds for the frameworks I use with clients. Through LemnIQ, I collaborate with teams to uncover high-impact AI opportunities, design prototypes that prove value, and coach teams through launch.
Tools & Open Source
Claude Skills
jakerains/claudeskillsA collection of skills and plugins for Claude Code.
/plugin marketplace add jakerains/claudeskillscitrusver
jakerains/citrusverTiny CLI to bump semantic versions with a citrusy twist.
CitrusRules
jakerains/CitrusRulesLightweight rules utilities for JS/TS projects.
DreamHost-Deployer
jakerains/DreamHost-DeployerDeploy static sites/apps to DreamHost via rsync/GitHub Actions.