Tiaan Dames

Founder and full-stack engineer shipping end-to-end products for international clients, including the Chute System and Airborne Africa Adventures. Leads product design, build, operations, and store submission as a solo engineer.

Developed a local AI assistant focused on execution-first behavior rather than chat-first interaction. Produced supporting video marketing and demos for product walkthroughs.

Built a school communication mobile app replacing WhatsApp groups and paper notices with per-school isolated parent/teacher access. Delivered production-ready submissions to Apple, Google Play, and Huawei AppGallery with database-enforced RLS isolation validated by adversarial tests.

Architected an edge-deployed AI automation pipeline that turns inbound prospect emails into LLM-parsed quotes, deposit invoices, and auto-provisioned client workspaces within minutes after payment. Runs day-to-day operations across the Pinnacle business using self-resuming build patterns and Cloudflare-based infra provisioning.

Built a South Africa-compliant dealer management dashboard with purchase intake, OCR invoice parsing into structured vehicle records, and stock/VAT/accounting workflows. Automated finalised invoice updates to sold-stock and ledger/audit logs atomically, and prepared the system for production use.

Built and deployed an edge-hosted Telegram bot for client intake with guided quote flows and real-time lead alerts. Implemented admin gating by operator chat ID using webhook secret-token authentication.

Planned Buy Sell Safe, a trust-first pre-launch marketplace for vehicles, property, services, and goods with a facilitator-only legal posture. Included optional escrow, verification, and dispute resolution, with planning complete but build not started.

Builds the Pinnacle Personal Assistant brand and Business Centre line, including white-labelled booking, invoicing, bookkeeping, and quoting portals in production. Designs and maintains marketing assets and locked brand systems for client delivery.

Developed LifeCapsule, a time-locked messages app where messages unlock at a server-validated future date with no client-side tampering. Shipped subscription tiers and recipient unlock flows with mobile store deployment.