Many inputs, one flow
PDFs, photos, documents, and exported notes need different extraction paths. Text extraction and OCR feed a shared generation flow so the study experience stays consistent.
Curiousby nature.Engineerby practice.
Karlyle Ambursley
Software engineer /
Co-founder, Atelier
/
Jamaica
See what I’m building
Co-founder at Atelier,
where we build
and ship
software products together.
SELECTED WORK
Built with Atelier.
Three projects from my work with the Atelier team.
01 / STUDY TOOLS / ATELIER
After
Notes
From notes
to practice.
An Atelier product
After Notes is one of the products we build at Atelier. I work across the interface, backend, and AI integrations with the team.
Turning study material into practice takes more than a prompt. It takes a useful study loop.
Try After NotesA useful study loop
Bring your own material, work through focused questions, and get an explanation when something doesn’t click. Missed concepts feed back into review.
Making AI dependable
Generated content has to fit the application. Structured outputs are checked before use; answer validation and review rules live in code.
- Material
- Practice
- Explanation
- Review
A closer look at the engineering
Keep the answer on the server
Answers are checked after submission. An incorrect choice can lead to an explanation and a follow-up question aimed at the missed concept. Review logic stays explicit in code, not delegated back to the model.
Evaluate the full result
For generated study questions, I compare correctness, end-to-end completion time, and cost, including rejected or incomplete runs. Valid JSON or a fast first response can still leave a broken question, answer, or explanation. I judge the finished study material, not just the model call.
02 / ANDROID / ATELIER
Receipt
Binder
Keep the receipt.
Lose the clutter.
An Atelier product
A place for the receipts you’ll need again. Capture a receipt, put it in a folder, and keep it close.
Receipt Binder brings scanning, organization, and storage into one mobile flow.
Explore Receipt BinderFLUTTER / DART / FIREBASE / ON-DEVICE OCR
Paper to something useful.
Camera capture and on-device text recognition help turn receipt images into information you can work with.
A home for the everyday.
Folders and receipt management keep the app focused on a simple job: keeping records within reach.
On the device or in the cloud.
Local file storage and Firebase-backed storage support different ways of keeping receipts, with the interface connecting both.
Inside the mobile build
Feature by feature
The Flutter app separates receipt capture, folders, extraction, and account features, with Provider composing their state and dependencies.
Two storage paths
Local files and Hive handle device storage. Firebase adapters handle the cloud side, behind repository interfaces.
Beyond the screen
Firebase Functions support cloud-storage quotas and Google Play subscription verification, connecting mobile behavior to backend checks.
03 / MARKETPLACE / ATELIER
Tropiva.
One marketplace.
Several sides to build.
Built with Atelier
A marketplace project with buyer, seller, and admin experiences, backed by a shared API.
My work includes web and backend development, authentication, invoices, and validation.
UNRELEASED / DESIGN & DEVELOPMENTREACT / TYPESCRIPT / EXPRESS / FIREBASE / SUPABASE
Finding and choosing.
Product browsing, store discovery, and the path from a product page to a cart.
The other side of an order.
Product management, orders, and storefront tools need an experience of their own.
What connects it.
Admin tools and backend services tie the portals together. The newer UI shown here is a review prototype, not a released marketplace.
THE SHARED WORK
One of the founders.
Still in the code.
Atelier is where a lot of these threads come together.
We build our own products and work with organizations on their software. As a co-founder, I’m involved in deciding what we build and doing the engineering to get it there.
That means product conversations, web and mobile development, backend services, AI integrations, and infrastructure, with the rest of the founding team.
More from AtelierEXPERIENCE & TOOLS
Different layers.
Same builder.
Interfaces, APIs, mobile apps, and the systems connecting them.
2025 TO PRESENT
Intellibus
Software engineering consultantTypeScript monorepos, Effect TS services, REST APIs, real-time workflows, and shared tooling. Working with stakeholders on requirements, architecture, and delivery.
2025
Sagicor Innovation Lab
Innovation developer · internshipNode.js / Express and .NET APIs, backend integrations, notifications, database triggers, and transaction validation.
2024 / 6 MONTHS
ICT Authority
Formerly eGov Jamaica LimitedInnovation Hub intern
Web and API development, server configuration, and BPMN process mapping. Research, test cases, user surveys, and stakeholder collaboration.
Earlier projects & other experience
Tybra Gas & Natmane Software Solutions
Flutter mobile applications, Firebase integrations, client requirements, testing, and documentation.
Beyond development
Finance and fundraising leadership with UTech’s School of Computing and Information Technology student committee, 2022–2025.
The working toolbox
- Interfaces
- TypeScript · JavaScript · React · Vue · HTML · CSS
- Services
- Node.js · Effect TS · Express · Hono · Python · FastAPI · Fastify · .NET
- Mobile
- Flutter · Dart · React Native · Capacitor
- Data
- PostgreSQL · Supabase · MySQL · MongoDB · Firebase
- Operations
- Linux · Git · Docker · AWS · Azure · Server configuration
- Applied AI
- LLM APIs · Structured outputs · Tool calling · Model evaluation · Provider routing · Usage controls
- Process
- BPMN · Requirements · User testing · Technical documentation
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
The curiosity
stuck around.
I’ve always wanted to know how things work, and what I could change.
Growing up, that often meant taking electronics apart, fixing a connection, or trying to get more bass from a speaker. I considered mechanical and aerospace engineering before finding my way into software.
That curiosity never really stayed in one field. Software gave me another way to explore it, but I’m still drawn to the machinery, the systems, and the engineering behind how things work. I like understanding what’s going on beneath the surface, whether that’s in a piece of hardware or a system running somewhere on a server.
LOOKING AHEAD
What I’m working toward.
I want to keep building things people actually use, but I don’t want my interests to stop at software. There’s a lot I want to explore, from infrastructure and intelligent systems to hardware, research, and engineering problems I haven’t encountered yet.
Some of those ideas might become products. Others might just be experiments that teach me something new. I want to make room for both, while getting better at taking things from an idea to something that works in the real world.
And I want to do more of that from Jamaica. Not just working with technology developed elsewhere, but helping build things here that can stand alongside work from anywhere.
Small experimentsLogic & motion
A SMALL DIVERSION
Two bits. A little logic.
FLIP A BIT
OR CHANGE THE GATE
THE BASS DEPARTMENT
Some things
you just have
to
tinker with.
Pull it apart. Turn it up. This one’s a small experiment in motion, controls, and a little excess.
VISUAL ONLY / NO AUDIO
EXPERIMENT 001The bass department.Assembled
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01
GrilleThe protective cover
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02
DriverWhere sound happens
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03
CircuitWhat drives it all
Visual experiment · no audio.
SOMETHING IN MIND?
Let’s see what
we can make.
Start a conversation
Project conversations go through Atelier. I’ll see you there.