Local-first AI tools — Leo Shijun Liu
AI that buys time back.
Not another hustle grind.
The short version.
I'm Leo — Shijun on paper — building from Auckland. Mid-career, kids, waves when the weather cooperates.
AI was supposed to give us evenings back. Instead it raised the daily output bar. I build tools that
push the other way: local agents, CLIs agents can actually use, speech that stays on your machine.
Most of the lab below started as a personal itch. Prototype by evening. Ship before the weekend
eats it. Prefer privacy by architecture, not policy. Open source when it helps someone else.
Hiring for hard, small systems? Collaborating on agent tooling? Or just want to talk shop —
DM is open.
What I build
- Local AI agents
- Agent CLIs & memory
- On-device speech
- Small products, shipped
Lab
Live products → agents → speech → utilities. Scroll sideways.