Shelwyn Corte / 2026
Engineer. Husband. Dad. Rider. Builder.
This is my corner of the internet.
01 / Me
I'm probably more than my LinkedIn profile.
I'm a software engineer who spends a lot of time thinking about artificial intelligence, automation, systems and how to make computers do things they probably shouldn't be able to do.
But that's only one part of me. There's the engineer, the husband, the dad, the rider, the photographer, the guy who starts side projects and the guy who can disappear down a technology rabbit hole for three days.
02 / The important stuff
Work is important. Life is more important.
My wife.
My favourite human and this absolute hot cupcake. She’s been there for the brilliant ideas, the terrible ones, the unfinished ones, and every “I can definitely build that.”
And somehow, she still believes me.
My boy.
The little human who makes everything else seem considerably less important.
The best part.
The trips, celebrations, ordinary days and photographs I don't want to lose.
03 / The machine
Brixton Crossfire 500
486cc of bad influence.
Some people meditate. I ride. There's something about getting on a motorcycle, leaving the city behind and having nothing in front of you except the road.
Rides / Mods / Moments
04 / The serious stuff
I build intelligent systems.
My work sits somewhere around the intersection of AI, software, automation and data. I care less about buzzwords and more about making technology actually useful.
Building systems where AI doesn't just answer questions. It understands context, uses tools, makes decisions and executes workflows.
Turning repetitive, painful processes into reliable software. If something has to happen 500 times, I'd rather make a computer do it.
APIs, data, Python, databases, infrastructure and the unglamorous engineering that makes the exciting stuff actually work.
Local LLMs. Computer vision. Agents. Developer tools. Random prototypes. Things that started with: “I wonder if I can...”
05 / Things I've built
Some are polished. Some are experiments. A few are still classified as “works on my machine.”
AI / IoT / Embedded
From alcohol dispensers to juice machines. Intelligent vending that has to work in the real world, not just a demo.
Data / ML / Retail
Retail recommendation systems built on data and machine learning. What to suggest, what to stock, what the customer didn't know they wanted yet.
AI / LLM / Agents
Chatbots that can use tools, keep context and do more than bounce FAQs back at people.
Experiments / Side Projects
Hobby robots and other side projects I built because I had a question and absolutely needed to know the answer.
06 / Life lately
Not everything needs to be a project. Some things are just worth remembering.
07 / Right now
08 / Things I've thought about
Sometimes AI. Sometimes software. Sometimes whatever has been occupying my head lately.
Pulling stories from Medium…