Forge sovereign AI.
In peace.

Practical AI workflow automation for Anchorage businesses. Honest pricing. Real work shipped. No enterprise theatre. No surveillance defaults.

Building in public · v1.2.1 · No degrees, just working systems
NOW zpak.io v1.2.1 live · koan inference stack · PACIS v1.0 dev
NO COST · NO PRESSURE

The free 15-minute AI opportunity audit.

Tell me what your business does. I'll spend 15 focused minutes identifying three workflows AI could automate, what each would save you per week, and which one to do first. You get a one-page brief delivered by email. No sales pitch, no commitment.

If the brief is useful, we can talk about building it. If it isn't, you've lost nothing — and you know more about your operation than you did this morning.

Services

What I actually do.

Builder-rate pricing. Real work. If something will take longer than I quoted, I tell you up front. If a project is outside my range, I tell you that too.

01

AI Workflow Setup

$300–$800 / project
Fixed price. 1–5 day turnaround.
  • Custom AI tool selection
  • Prompt engineering for your workflow
  • Step-by-step setup & handoff
  • Documentation you can re-run
02

Weekly Competitive Brief

$299 / month
Recurring. Cancel anytime.
  • Tracks 3 competitors weekly
  • Pricing & service changes
  • Industry news that affects you
  • One recommended action
03

Custom AI Agent Build

$500–$1,500 / project
Quoted after free scoping call.
  • Tailored to one specific workflow
  • Local-first or cloud — your choice
  • Tested before handoff
  • 30 days of fixes included
04

Strategy & Setup Consulting

$50 / hour
Builder rate. Will rise as I get busier.
  • AI tool selection & setup
  • Prompt engineering coaching
  • Workflow audit & planning
  • Privacy & security walk-through
05

Technical Writing

$150–$500 / project
Documentation, SOPs, prompt libraries.
  • AI user guides & manuals
  • Internal documentation & SOPs
  • Prompt libraries for your team
  • Educational content
06

Security Posture Walk-through

$200 / session
2 hours. Honest, not enterprise.
  • Practical security health check
  • Password & auth review
  • Backup & recovery basics
  • Plain-language report
Projects

What I'm building.

Live builds, active research, and long-range experiments — all sovereign, most open source.

Approach

How I work.

01 · CLARITY

Honest scoping

If a project will take longer than quoted, I tell you. If it's outside my range, I refer you out. No scope creep, no surprises.

02 · INTEGRITY

Your data stays yours

Local-first by default. No data sales. No third-party trackers on what we build. Operator sovereignty is not a feature — it's the architecture.

03 · PEACE

Boring, durable systems

I don't ship clever code that breaks in a month. Slow, deliberate, lasting work. Wu wei at the systems layer.

04 · CRAFT

Real handoff

Every project ends with documentation you can use without me. No silent lock-in. No dependency traps.

About

Shaun Patrik Dyess.

I'm a self-taught AI systems architect from Anchorage, Alaska. I run ZPAK (Zen Peace AK) — a one-person studio building AI workflow automation, prompt engineering tools, and intelligence infrastructure for people who want to use AI on their own terms.

I don't have a CS degree. I don't have certifications. What I have is years of iterative, hands-on building — and an obsession with making AI work for people instead of extracting from them.

That honesty is the offer. If you want a polished agency with a slide deck and offshore engineers, I'm not your person. If you want practical work shipped quickly at builder-rate pricing — by someone who will tell you when something is outside his depth — that's exactly what this is.

Location

Anchorage, Alaska — remote-friendly

Primary Stack

Claude · Ollama · Mastra.ai · Python · PHP · HTML/CSS · llama.cpp

Open To

AI workflow builds, prompt engineering, technical writing, strategy sessions. Builder-rate only.

Currently

7 active projects spanning AI infrastructure, autonomous agents, and creative tooling — all building in public.

Research Node

research-zen-WST · Ryzen 9 5950X · RTX 4070 · Ubuntu 24.04

Contact

Let's talk.

Whether you want the free audit, a quote, or just to ask whether AI fits your operation — fill this in and I'll respond within 48 hours from Anchorage.

Or email directly: s.dyess@zpak.io