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👋 Hi! I’m Alastair (aka @pyrat)

I’m a software developer, product builder, and CTO at Createview AS, focused on computer vision tooling, backend systems, and developer-first products.

I build open-source libraries, run production services, and create SaaS products that solve real-world problems — from vision pipelines to hardware BOM management.


🚀 What I’m Working On

  • 🧠 Computer vision tooling & ML infrastructure
  • 🌐 Backend systems in Python and Ruby on Rails
  • ⚙️ APIs, DevOps, and self-hosted services
  • 🛠️ Products that bridge software + hardware

🧑‍💼 Professional Role

🏢 CTO — Createview AS

As CTO at Createview AS, I work on technical strategy, architecture, and delivery of scalable software systems, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability.


🧱 Products & Organizations

🧾 BomBuilds

Founder & creator of BomBuilds — a Bill of Materials (BOM) management platform for hardware teams and builders.

BomBuilds helps organize parts, manage builds, and keep hardware projects sane as they scale.


📸 OsloVision

Creator and maintainer of OsloVision, a collection of practical computer-vision tools and services.

Public repositories:

  • paddle-ocr-http — HTTP API wrapper around PaddleOCR 3 / PP-OCRv5
  • anpr-rpi-standalone — Stand-alone automatic number plate recognition for Raspberry Pi / edge devices

More tools and documentation coming over time.


📌 Open-Source Projects

💻 Developer Tools & Libraries

  • wee_beastie — Lightweight forum engine for Rails
  • ssl_requirement — SSL enforcement utility for Rails
  • wee_lightbox — Lightbox integration plugin for Rails
  • deployment_recipiez — Nginx + Thin/Passenger deployment recipes
  • chef-backup — Chef cookbook for automated backups
  • wee-php-beautifier.tmbundle — PHP beautifier bundle for TextMate

Explore everything here → https://github.com/pyrat


🧠 Tech Stack & Interests

Area Tools
📸 Computer Vision Python, YOLO, PaddleOCR, SAM
🌐 Backend Rails, FastAPI, Flask
⚙️ DevOps Docker, CI/CD, Nginx
💻 Frontend JavaScript, Bootstrap

📫 Get in Touch

Thanks for stopping by 👋

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