# AJThe.Dev - Full Documentation

> North London developer specializing in AI automation, Python APIs, FiveM/Lua scripting, and web development. Self-taught since age 13, worked with BBC, Netflix, and Channel 4. Based in Tottenham, serving UK clients for web projects and global clients for FiveM development.

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## About AJ

Started coding at 13 because couldn't afford video games. Built private servers to avoid begging parents for in-game currency. Self-taught from day one - while others studied computers at school, was already ahead, so took music and media instead.

Web development career from 2007 to 2020, working with everyone from local businesses to household names like BBC, Netflix, Channel 4, Nestlé, and Hilton. Last five years focused on Python APIs (often with FastAPI), AI pipelines, and FiveM scripts using Lua.

Based in Tottenham, North London. One developer, no agency overhead, no corporate runaround. Direct communication, fast execution. 17+ years experience, 500+ apps and websites, 133 happy clients.

Identity: **AJTheDev** is the developer persona; **AlexJamesDean** is the musician/gamer/content creator. Same person, different hats.

## Navigation

### Core Pages
- [Home](https://ajthe.dev/index.md)
- [About & Full Story](https://ajthe.dev/about/index.md)
- [Services Overview](https://ajthe.dev/services/index.md)
- [AI Solutions](https://ajthe.dev/ai-solutions/index.md)
- [FiveM Scripts](https://ajthe.dev/fivem-scripts/index.md)
- [API & Web Development](https://ajthe.dev/api-web/index.md)
- [Contact](https://ajthe.dev/contact/index.md)
- [Blog](https://ajthe.dev/blog/)
- [Case Studies](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/)

### Blog Posts
- [No Sense of Now: The Temporal Blind Spot in Frontier AI](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/no-sense-of-now.md) - Opinion: LLMs are stateless and live at their training cutoff — they default to outdated libraries (Whisper, torch, transformers), can't weigh new facts against a frozen worldview, and shift the entire burden of "now" onto the developer. Includes the guided documentation discovery workflow and a New Year's 2026 livestream countdown failure as the cold open (2026-07-11)
- [Lazarus: My Python Apps Now Fix Themselves While I Sleep](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/lazarus-self-healing-python.md) - Self-healing runner for Python: full incident capture (traceback, locals, source context), per-project SQLite memory, and a headless Claude agent that reads the code and past incidents, patches the root cause, and reruns to prove the fix (2026-07-10)
- [PATCHBAY: Why I Replaced WanGP's Gradio UI With My Own Cockpit](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/patchbay-wangp-cockpit.md) - Replacing Gradio with a fast, dark, industrial single-page control surface while WanGP runs headless via its built-in MCP server (2026-07-10)
- [NullCore: Why I'm Building My Own FiveM Framework](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/nullcore-fivem-framework.md) - A standalone, server-authoritative FiveM framework: integer cents, DB-authoritative money, ACE permission tiers — correct and small where ESX and QB are sprawling (2026-07-10)
- [Cloning Myself (and Them): Fine-Tuning on My Own Data](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/cloning-myself-and-them.md) - Building personal AI clones and commercial AI replicas using extracted conversation data (2026-02-02)
- [The Enshittification of Commercial AI](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/the-enshittification-of-ai.md) - Why ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are getting worse as guardrails expand (2026-01-11)
- [32 Bits of Authority: On Becoming the Expert I Used to Watch](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/32-bits-of-authority.md) - Career reflection on turning 32 (2025-12-14)
- [Sollumz 2.8.0 Beginner's Guide](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/sollumz-beginner-guide-blog.md) - Complete guide to creating FiveM assets with Sollumz and Blender (2025-11-30)
- [Why QBCore Over ESX](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/why-qbcore-over-esx.md) - FiveM framework comparison (2025-11-28)
- [AJD Dumpster Diving Release](https://ajthe.dev/blog/posts/ajd-dumpsterdiving-release.md) - Free QBCore script release announcement (2025-11-28)

### Case Studies
- [Abigail: A Voice-First AI Operations Platform](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/posts/abigail-voice-ai-platform.md) - Consolidation of ~15 prior assistant/agent builds into one local, wake-word-driven, interruptible voice operations platform. Python, PyTorch, faster-whisper, Silero VAD, Pocket-TTS, SQLite, Vite, WebSockets. Ongoing (2026)
- [DirectoryLM: Grounded Explainer Videos From Any Folder](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/posts/directorylm-explainer-engine.md) - Local-first engine that turns a directory into a 3-6 minute explainer video where every factual claim is traceable to a source file; renderer refuses to run on unverified claims. Python, Playwright, WebCodecs, sqlite-vec, Piper, faster-whisper, FFmpeg. Ongoing (2026)
- [Lyric Video Builder: Frame-Perfect Karaoke Videos in the Browser](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/posts/lyric-video-builder.md) - GPU-accelerated audio analysis, Whisper transcription + forced alignment, and in-browser rendering for frame-perfect karaoke videos. Python, Flask, PyTorch, WhisperX, Demucs, Playwright, WebCodecs, FFmpeg. Ongoing (2026)
- [AJVV Studio: VibeVoice API Expansion](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/posts/vibevoice-api-expansion.md) - Production-ready TTS API and web studio on Microsoft's VibeVoice: WebSocket streaming, voice cloning, 48k mastered output (2025)
- [Netflix: Dark Crystal Launch Event](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/posts/netflix-dark-crystal.md) - Interactive voiceover booth system processing 3,500+ guests in a month (2019)
- [The AJ Suno V5 Mastery Guide](https://ajthe.dev/case-studies/posts/suno-v5-mastery-guide.md) - Suno V5 reverse-engineered over 2+ years into a 26,000-word, 30-chapter guide; sold on Gumroad (2025)

## Services & Pricing

### AI Solutions (https://ajthe.dev/ai-solutions/)
N8N workflow automation, ComfyUI pipelines (image/video generation, upscaling, LoRA training), chatbots & Discord bots, RAG systems & document AI, text-to-speech (Vibevoice for long-form, Maya1 for emotional speech, custom API layer), custom AI integration (Ollama local inference, OpenAI/Anthropic cloud APIs, Hugging Face models).

Pricing:
- Consultation: £75/hour (feasibility, tool recommendations, written summary)
- Implementation Plan: £250 one-time (full spec, architecture diagram, phased plan)
- Day Rate: £400/day (most popular; min 2 days; 7 days post-launch support)
- Weekly Retainer: £1,800/week (5 focused days; 14 days post-launch support)
- Monthly Retainer: £6,000/month (20 days; rollover of unused days; strategy calls)

### FiveM Development (https://ajthe.dev/fivem-scripts/)
Custom QBCore scripts £20-£50 per script (max £99 for complex builds). Custom MLOs quoted by size/detail. FiveM developer since late 2017; QBCore specialist; can also work with ESX or standalone.

Ready-made (QBCore, on https://alexjamesdean.tebex.io):
- AJD Economy Pack (Scavenge + Crafting + StreetSelling): Open Source £59.99 / Closed Source £44.99 / £9.99 per month subscription
- AJD-Scavenge: OS £27.99 / CS £19.99
- AJD-Crafting: OS £24.99 / CS £17.49
- AJD StreetSelling: OS £19.99 / CS £12.99

Guides & tools (on https://ajthedev.gumroad.com):
- ServerMaster (FiveM server management toolkit): £20
- Complete Guide to FiveM MLO Creation: £24.99

Open source = full code access; closed source = cheaper, config/UI customisable, identical functionality. All purchases include Discord support (online 95% of the day).

### API & Web Development (https://ajthe.dev/api-web/)
Company websites, web applications, dashboards, REST APIs (Python/Node.js), CRM & CMS, e-commerce, 3D visualisations (WebGL/Three.js), maintenance & rescue projects.

Stack: React, Vue/Nuxt, Electron, vanilla JS; Python, Node.js, FastAPI, Express; PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Redis; PHP/WordPress when needed. Hosting not handled directly but guided honestly.

Pricing: Consultation £75/hour · Day Rate £400/day · Fixed project quotes with milestone payments.

## Work Approach

### Philosophy
- Direct communication - you talk to me, I build it
- No agency overhead or corporate bureaucracy
- Fast context switching - three niches without losing context
- Practical over impressive - things that actually work

### Process
1. You reach out (Discord fastest, or email - no forms, no booking systems)
2. Scope and honest quote (no surprise fees, no scope creep)
3. Build with regular updates and same-day answers
4. Handover, documentation, ongoing availability

### Geographic Reach
- **UK Clients**: Web development, consulting
- **Global Clients**: FiveM development, Python APIs, remote work
- **Time Zone**: GMT/BST (London)

## Background & Journey

### Early Years (2000s)
Started coding ~13 in an internet café, trying to out-smart Habbo Hotel; learned PHP/SQL rebuilding it as a private server by 14. Studied music and media (already ahead in computing).

### Web Development Era (2007-2020)
Freelance web development: local businesses to BBC, Netflix promotional projects, Channel 4, Nestlé, Hilton. WordPress, custom CMS, e-commerce. 500+ builds.

### Current Focus (2020-Present)
Python/FastAPI APIs, AI pipeline integration (N8N, ComfyUI, RAG, TTS), FiveM/Lua scripting (since 2017), automation and workflow optimization. Scouts Hugging Face weekly for new models.

## Contact & Availability

- **Discord (fastest, online 95% of the day)**: https://discord.gg/d39aaZXAjh
- **Email**: aj@ajthe.dev
- **Location**: Tottenham, North London, UK (GMT/BST)
- **Stores**: https://alexjamesdean.tebex.io (FiveM scripts) · https://ajthedev.gumroad.com (guides & dev kits)
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/alexjamesdean
- **Website**: https://ajthe.dev

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*One developer. No agency overhead. No corporate runaround. You talk to me, I build it, done.*