Nicholas Van De Pas
Former subsea engineer. Now building with AI.
I spent 7 years designing subsea infrastructure across Melbourne, Houston, and Norway. I resigned to build location-independent products at the intersection of engineering rigour and AI-assisted development. This site documents what I build and how I think about technology.
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Real projects, real problems, real solutions.
Cold Call Debrief Automation
Automated debrief tool that pulls cold call transcripts from CloudTalk and feeds them through Claude for structured analysis. Compresses a feedback loop from days to seconds.
NV Web Design — NZ Trades Business Website
Conversion-focused business website for NZ trades web design service. Not a portfolio piece — a live sales tool for an active business.
Valentine's Day Countdown Site
Climbing-themed countdown site built for my partner. Daily unlocks revealing messages and memories leading up to Valentine's Day.
Google Places Lead Generation Tool
Scraped 500+ NZ businesses without websites across small towns. Became the entire sales database for the web design business.
About
Engineer turned builder. I bring systems thinking from subsea engineering to everything I build — whether that's a lead generation tool, a client website, or the workspace system I use to ship it all.
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