Zachary Oakes • Software Craftsman

© 2026 Zachary Oakes

ザック・オークス

I BUILD
THINGS
THAT SHIP.

Then I build the tooling thatmakes the next thing ship faster.

  • Japan
  • AI-first
  • 20+ years

// Works • Projects • Creations

THE WORKBENCHIS CROWDED.

Revealit, Ibleedpixels, Kagibag, Bento, MCP servers, SDK's, apps, and the tooling around them.

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  • 01

    Revealit TV

    patented shoppable video

  • 02

    Ibleedpixels

    software + AI R&D agency

  • 03

    Kagibag

    events platform

  • 04

    Bento

    SDK + CLI + MCP tooling

  • 05

    AviationMaps

    iOS aviation app

Zach Oakes • Operating System

// Philosophy

AI IS THE
BORING-WORK ENGINE.

The work should still feel like craft.

Philosophy •• + Principles

  1. 01

    Linear is source of truth

    Keep the work in Linear. Context, decisions, and history live there.

  2. 02

    Interrupt and correct

    Stop the train. Fix the input. Better corrections now than chaos later.

  3. 03

    Aim small, miss small

    Start narrowly. Iterate in public. Reduce the blast radius.

  4. 04

    Ship small and learn fast

    Ship to learn. Let reality guide the next move.

Zachary Oakes

BUILD WITH ME.OR READ THE FOOTNOTES.

Japan-based, working JST, shipping software, AI systems, and opinionated architecture.

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