Custom Software • AI Automation • Smart Home & Hardware

Practical software, AI tools, and local-first smart systems.

I’m Joe Young, a software engineer and systems builder in Denver, Colorado. Through LiftPath Consulting, I build custom backend tools, AI-powered workflows, self-hosted Home Assistant appliances, and hardware integrations that solve real operational problems without cloud lock-in.

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01 Custom Software & AI

02 Home Assistant & Smart Home

03 Systems & Hardware

Builder’s Approach Joe Young • Denver, CO

“I build software and smart systems that you actually own—from SQL databases and serverless APIs to self-hosted Home Assistant apps and AI automation tools.”

Software Stack Python, T-SQL, C#/.NET, Azure & Kotlin

Smart Systems Home Assistant, Claude AI & Local IoT

Python & REST APIs • SQL Server & T-SQL • C#/.NET & Azure Functions • Claude AI Workflows • Home Assistant & Docker • Z-Wave / Zigbee / Shelly

What I Do

Custom engineering built for ownership and reliability.

Whether you need a custom internal tool for your business, an AI workflow that saves hours of manual data entry, or a private smart-home setup, I build clean, maintainable systems.

Custom Software & AI Automation

I build tailored backend tools, database workflows, and practical AI integrations for small businesses and teams tired of stitching spreadsheets together by hand.

SQL Server (T-SQL, stored procedures) & automated data pipelines
Custom Python, PowerShell, C#/.NET, & Azure Functions services
Practical Claude AI assistants, document parsers, & REST API bridges
Automated reporting, barcode/label generation, & Excel/CSV automation

Home Assistant & Smart-Home Builds

I design and build local-first Home Assistant systems and custom add-on appliances that run inside your home—fast, private, and free of recurring cloud subscriptions.

Custom containerized Home Assistant add-ons & wall/TV dashboards
Z-Wave, Zigbee, & Shelly relay electrical and sensor integrations
Phone notification workflows with actionable Done / Snooze triggers
Native Android TV & mobile companion apps

Hardware & Systems Integration

When off-the-shelf software and devices don’t talk to each other, I build custom adapters, API connectors, and local hardware bridges to unlock your data.

Microcontroller & Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensor bridges
Android / Tasker automation and automated Google Sheets logging
Smart relay & sensor wiring with transient/snubber protection
End-to-end API testing, webhook orchestration, & data sync

Proof of Work

Apps & tools I’ve built.

Everything below is my own independent software work—including my open-source Home Assistant Add-ons repository and custom automation utilities.

Weather & Traffic Telemetry Python / ECMWF + GFS

Ski Assistant

16-day snow forecasts for Colorado resorts combining ECMWF and GFS weather models, live radar, powder alerts, best-day picks, departure times that beat I-70 traffic, and a full season log.

AI Coaching & Fitness PWA Claude AI / Piper TTS / Garmin

AI Workout Tracker

Daily training plans, an interactive Claude coach chat, guided yoga and qigong sessions with neural voices (Piper), interval timers, Garmin sync, and personal-record trophies—installable as a phone app.

Dashboard & Native TV Client Home Assistant / Kotlin TV

Daily Briefing & Android TV App

The day at a glance on the TV—aggregating weather, calendar, workout, meals, what’s due, ski conditions, money, and shopping—paired with a native D-pad Kotlin Jetpack Compose Google TV app and morning phone summary.

Market Data & Execution Alpaca / Interactive Brokers

Trading Terminal & Headless IB Gateway

Self-hosted market data, research, and paper/live trading workstation connected through Alpaca and a containerized, headless Interactive Brokers Gateway add-on.

Personal Finance & AI SimpleFIN / Claude AI

Budget

Private, self-hosted personal budgeting appliance featuring automated SimpleFIN bank synchronization and Claude AI transaction analysis without handing financial data to third-party ad networks.

Kitchen & Pantry Automation Claude AI / Barcode Scan

Meal & Grocery Planner

Weekly AI meal plans, recipe management, a barcode-scanned pantry inventory, and store-grouped grocery lists synced directly to Home Assistant.

Property & Asset Upkeep Push Actions / Warranty Log

Home Maintenance Log

Tracks recurring home upkeep with actionable Done / Snooze phone reminders, automated printer toner alerts that add cartridges to the shopping list, and an appliance/warranty register with receipt storage.

Productivity & Personal CRM Timers / CSV / Claude AI

Work Tracker & Friend Reminder

A 24/7 work log tracking hours by client and case with live timers, follow-up nudges, and 0.25h timesheet CSV exports—alongside Friend Reminder, which sends a daily phone nudge to stay in touch with friends using Claude-drafted openers.

Workflow & Data Utilities SQL / Excel / AI Summaries

TabBuilder & MeetingAI

Focused productivity utilities: TabBuilder executes a batch of SQL queries and formats each result into its own clean Excel worksheet tab, while MeetingAI records meetings and generates structured AI summaries with decisions and action items.

How I Work

Repeatable engineering & AI-accelerated delivery.

I build with AI coding agents every day (Claude Code and Antigravity) and write custom AI skills and agents to ship clean, tested software in a fraction of traditional consulting timelines.

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Multi-Arch CI/CD by Default

One clean repository structure where GitHub Actions automatically builds and publishes both ARM (aarch64) and x86 (amd64) container images to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR).

Shared Secrets & Zero Lock-In

Centralized configuration patterns so credentials stay on your own hardware, with documented changelogs, custom icons, and resilient fallbacks if a sensor or service goes offline.

Enterprise Rigor, Indie Speed

Years of hands-on experience designing production SQL Server stored procedures, REST/XML/JSON integrations, and high-volume warehouse and shipping workflows—applied directly to your project.

About

Hi, I’m Joe Young.

Software engineer, systems integrator, and founder of LiftPath Consulting in Denver, Colorado.

I hold a Bachelor of Computer Science from Georgia Southern University and bring years of hands-on work on enterprise warehouse management systems, order lifecycle platforms, and mission-critical operational processes.

My day-to-day core is SQL Server (T-SQL, stored procedures), C# / .NET, Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, Azure Functions, and barcode/report design. Outside of enterprise systems, I spend my time building self-hosted Home Assistant apps with built-in Claude AI features, wiring smart relays and microcontroller hardware, woodworking, and skiing Colorado.

Get in Touch GitHub (@j0eyoung)

Technical Stack

Backend, Data & Cloud

SQL Server / T-SQL Stored Procedures Python C# / .NET Azure Functions PowerShell REST / JSON / XML APIs

AI, Automation & Operations

Claude AI Integrations Custom AI Agents & Skills SSRS & ZPL Barcode Design Warehouse & Shipping Workflows GitHub Actions CI/CD Docker (aarch64 / amd64)

Smart Home & Hardware

Home Assistant Add-ons Kotlin Android TV ESP32 & Arduino Bluetooth LE (nRF52) Z-Wave / Zigbee / Shelly Android Tasker

Contact

Let’s talk about what you’re building.

Have a custom software tool, AI automation workflow, Home Assistant build, or systems integration in mind? Send me a message below.

Name Joe Young • Denver, Colorado

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