JAMIE
A persistent AI development partner built on agent harnessing and context engineering.
- Agent Harnessing
- Agent SDKs
- Context Engineering
- Prompt Engineering
[ Jacob Ikola ]
Design. Development.
And the systems between.
[ About ]
I design, I develop, and I build the systems between the two. That's played out across pretty different work — a design-system pipeline, a native social app, a news dashboard, a solo D&D game, an AI development partner the rest of it runs through. Different problems, one person owning the design, the code, and the seams between them.
I take on that spread for a simple reason: I want to build things people actually use and enjoy. A tool that gives a team back real time, a game that's just fun to sit down with — to me that's the same job.
Do good. Make fun.
What stays constant is how I work — looking for the system behind the one-off, the seam where design and code drift apart, the friction that recurs across projects instead of just once. It's why I gravitate to small teams where those calls get made together, and why I built the AI partner the work runs through: everything here, the writing and case studies included, was made with it.
// The tools change. The way I work doesn't.
[ Selected Work ]
Loom
A design-system pipeline that scaffolds application UI from a single config source.
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
- Figma Plugin API
Availo
A digital bulletin board for spontaneous event planning — events are posters, your people and calendars are the boards.
- Expo
- React Native
- Drizzle
- GraphQL
- Supabase
Paperboy
A daily news dashboard that removes the friction and noise of scrolling.
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
- Gemini
Party Wipe
A solo D&D combat roguelike for encounters that go sideways.
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
- Three.js
[ Experience ]
Spectrum Net Designs
Full-Stack Developer, UI Designer · Feb 2022 – Jul 2025 · Grand Rapids, MI
Built the company's first design system from scratch — Figma components and living documentation — cutting style drift across the team's output. Ran client engagements 1:1 from requirements through delivery. Contributed full-stack to Auctioneer Software, a SaaS auction platform, across agile sprints — the bidding flow, user management, and auction lifecycle, from interface down to database schema.
- React
- TypeScript
- GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- Figma
Independent Contractor
Design & Development Consultant · Mar 2021 – Jan 2022 · Remote
Solo developer on marketing sites and internal SPAs. Owned the full loop — Figma wireframes, client feedback, production code. The job was catching problems in the design phase so they didn’t become expensive in the build phase.
- CSS
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Figma
PropelUp
Full-Stack Developer · May 2019 – Jul 2020 · Indianapolis, IN
Sole developer on a Learning Management System. Took it from zero to a product that companies were beta-testing in production. Traveled with sales for user interviews and live demos. Only person on the team with full context across design, engineering, and sales.
- React
- Express
- Heroku
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL