Hendril Lara · AI & software engineering

I turn ideas into
software people use.

I build AI agent systems, full-stack applications and interactive 3D experiences, from architecture to delivery.

Co-founder & former CTO LucentiveFounder Kanzen

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Selected work

Products I’m building, systems made with a team, and digital experiences. Each project explains my part in the story.

Anima in its native dark theme, showing projects in the fictional Estúdio Farol workspace.

Anima

Products & platforms

One place to run several companies: each company's clients, projects, meetings and money, with AI agents helping keep everything moving.

Product concept & engineering

In development

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Tempo’s board for the project Site do estúdio in dark mode: a sidebar with the inbox, my tickets, two projects and the workspace Estúdio Vega, and four visible columns, Backlog, Em andamento, Em revisão and Travado, each holding ticket cards with keys such as SITE-5, titles in Portuguese, labels, priority icons and due dates.

Tempo

Products & platforms

A shared task board for people and AI coding agents: what needs doing, who has it, and what comes next.

Product direction & engineering

In development

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Dark page with the headline GOOD GAMES. STRANGE MINDS. in white and acid green on the left, a green furry creature with huge eyes waving on a graphite block on the right, and a black die floating beside him.

ODDKIN

Websites & experiences

A game studio website with a playful visual identity, creature characters and a few unexpected moments in 3D.

Creative direction & development

Game studio website

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ANANSI conversation UI in dark mode with synthetic contacts and a visible private-network-unavailable notice.

ANANSI

Products & platforms

A private messenger in development, designed around conversations stored on your own devices.

Product definition & engineering direction

In development

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Dark presentation study of Loop’s actual new-campaign UI components in an isolated mock preview, without an authenticated backend.

Dark UI presentation study.

Loop

AI & engineering

A marketing team made of AI agents: they turn a campaign brief into social posts, a person approves each piece before it goes out, and the results are meant to shape the next campaign.

Project management · Concept & architecture

Private prototype

Product direction, concept & architecture: Hendril Lara. Implementation: Lucentive engineers.

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Dark presentation study of the real Icarus Control interface using a saved demo run, with the original unverified-build warning visible.

Dark UI presentation study.

Icarus

AI & engineering

An app factory run by AI agents: they find a gap in the app store, write the plan, build and test the app, and a person gives the final go before it ships.

Project management · Concept & architecture

In development

Product direction, concept & architecture: Hendril Lara. Implementation: Lucentive engineers.

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Maré Alta in Recife with the current C2 app interface and the native morning solar position selected at 08:00. Fictional property demonstration.

Acesa

Websites & experiences

Explore a building, step inside an apartment and understand the space before a visit.

Product concept · Art direction & engineering direction

MVP with fictional property data

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Locus website showing its tangled filament sculpture and headline.

Locus

Websites & experiences

A company website you scroll through like a short film: a tangled sculpture slowly untangles as the story explains what the company does.

Creative direction & development

Cinematic company website

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Intuitive Agent System Studio workspace preview in its native dark theme, with built-in illustrative work and team data.

Intuitive Agent System

AI & engineering

An AI system where software agents take a request, split it into tasks, do the work and keep a record of every step.

Product design & engineering

Built with the Lucentive team; earlier version preserved at ias.dev

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Different projects. The same curiosity.

The complete collection: independent products, tools, experiments and collaborations.

Products & platforms5 projects

ANANSI

A private messenger in development, designed around conversations stored on your own devices.

My contribution

ANANSI is an independent product in active development, built with Rust, Tauri and React. I defined the product, its principles and its security requirements, and I direct the build, which AI coding agents carry out from that specification under my review. End-to-end encryption and network-address protection are design requirements; the product is still being implemented and verified.

  • Product definition for private conversations that stay on your own devices.
  • Security requirements and the rule that every claim points to a recorded test.
  • Direction of a cross-platform app built with Tauri and React by AI coding agents.
  • An interface that shows only what the app can actually prove.

Rust / Tauri / React / TypeScript

In development

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Anima

One place to run several companies: each company's clients, projects, meetings and money, with AI agents helping keep everything moving.

My contribution

I designed and built Anima to bring company operations into one place. Each workspace has its own people, clients and projects, with explicit permissions for agents. Tempo connects the project to its day-to-day work, so planning and follow-through stay in reach.

  • Separate workspaces for companies and freelance work.
  • Clients and projects connected to the same operational context.
  • Named agents with permissions scoped to the work they can access.
  • Tempo integration for the work attached to each project.

TypeScript / Next.js / Supabase

In development

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Tempo

A shared task board for people and AI coding agents: what needs doing, who has it, and what comes next.

My contribution

I adapted the ticketing foundation into an independent product with workspace isolation, agent claims, triage and integrations. Tempo connects to Anima through its API.

  • Independent workspaces, project boards and clear ownership.
  • Agent claims and triage keep delegated work visible.
  • An API connection to Anima keeps project context close to the work.

TypeScript / Next.js / Supabase

In development

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learnAI

A private study platform for learning and practicing AI engineering.

My contribution

I built the learning experience, course structure, exercises and progress tracking, with separate learner accounts and English and Portuguese content.

  • I built the learning experience, course structure, exercises and progress tracking, with separate learner accounts and English and Portuguese content.

React / TypeScript / Cloudflare / Supabase

Private study platform

Tri Solar

Turn property and energy evidence into a better-informed solar decision.

My contribution

I defined the solar-feasibility product and built a local evidence and review workflow for property opportunities, with controlled access and traceable handoffs.

  • I defined the solar-feasibility product and built a local evidence and review workflow for property opportunities, with controlled access and traceable handoffs.

Python / SQLite / Geospatial data

Local application in development

AI & engineering5 projects

Intuitive Agent System

An AI system where software agents take a request, split it into tasks, do the work and keep a record of every step.

My contribution

As co-founder, product owner and engineer, I built across IAS and its enterprise applications: orchestration, identity, deployment and operational workflows. That work also extends to ALMA, the company OS, and Lucentive Enterprise, One, Aura and Spaces. Today ias.dev, built by Lucentive, preserves an earlier engineering version of IAS and its documentation as an archive, with a short note on the product’s current direction.

  • Agent-driven execution with inspectable decisions and artifacts.
  • Enterprise surfaces, multi-tenant boundaries, and operational workflows.
  • ALMA agent gateway: machine identity, scoped permissions, and request validation.
  • Product direction and implementation across a shared TypeScript monorepo.

TypeScript / Next.js / Convex / Clerk / agent runtimes

Built with the Lucentive team; earlier version preserved at ias.dev

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Lucentive's AI harness

The tools that let AI coding agents write code safely: reviews, tests and checks before anything ships.

My contribution

I built and co-built the delivery infrastructure used at Lucentive. Reviews and CI receipts are tied to the commit being merged; isolated worktrees, ownership rules and recovery paths keep parallel work manageable.

  • Autonomous PR review bound to the actual commit being merged.
  • CI receipts and merge-time validation of the tested change.
  • Isolated worktrees, ownership, recovery, and escalation rules.

Node.js / TypeScript / Git / Claude / Codex / Playwright

Built and operated at Lucentive

Akoma

Brazilian federal law structured for AI agents, with searchable provisions and links to the source text.

My contribution

I built a pipeline that turns Brazilian federal legislation into structured provisions with stable LexML identifiers and source provenance. Akoma serves this unofficial mirror through a REST API and MCP, with keyword search and checks against secondary sources. The current dataset covers the Constitution, its transitional provisions and the Consumer Protection Code.

  • Structured legal provisions with stable identifiers, hierarchy and source provenance.
  • A REST API and MCP tools for keyword search and exact provision retrieval.
  • Cross-source checks, structural tests and handling for amendments with deferred effective dates.

TypeScript / Cloudflare Workers / MCP / BM25

In development; not deployed

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Loop

A marketing team made of AI agents: they turn a campaign brief into social posts, a person approves each piece before it goes out, and the results are meant to shape the next campaign.

My contribution

I originated the idea and defined the concept, product structure and architecture, then managed implementation with Lucentive engineers. Loop connects campaign planning, writing, slide and video rendering, human approval and scheduled posting. Reading each post’s results for the next campaign is built; live posting is still in test mode.

  • Original idea, product concept and structure: Hendril Lara.
  • System architecture and project management: Hendril Lara.
  • Implementation in partnership with Lucentive engineers.

Private prototype

Product direction, concept & architecture: Hendril Lara. Implementation: Lucentive engineers.

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Icarus

An app factory run by AI agents: they find a gap in the app store, write the plan, build and test the app, and a person gives the final go before it ships.

My contribution

I originated the idea and defined the concept, product structure and architecture, then managed implementation with Lucentive engineers. Icarus connects opportunity research, a written product specification, design, implementation and verification. Build and review feed back into each other before human testing, keeping the idea and the result aligned. Publishing has separate release requirements.

  • Original idea, product concept and structure: Hendril Lara.
  • System architecture and project management: Hendril Lara.
  • Implementation in partnership with Lucentive engineers.

In development

Product direction, concept & architecture: Hendril Lara. Implementation: Lucentive engineers.

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Websites & experiences4 projects

ODDKIN

A game studio website with a playful visual identity, creature characters and a few unexpected moments in 3D.

My contribution

I designed and built the ODDKIN studio website around a clear two-dimensional layout, with original characters and interactive 3D elements bringing its personality into the page. The wider project includes Blender-built creatures and experimental miniature worlds.

  • Creative direction and a distinctive game-studio identity.
  • Original character work and interactive 3D elements.
  • A responsive website that brings the studio’s story into focus.
  • Related experiments in miniature environments and browser interaction.

React / TypeScript / Vite / Remotion / WebGL

Game studio website

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Locus

A company website you scroll through like a short film: a tangled sculpture slowly untangles as the story explains what the company does.

My contribution

I translated an AI implementation company’s positioning into a visually led narrative. A custom filament sculpture carries the story, while changing camera angles, pacing and concise copy guide the visitor from the problem to the company’s offer. The experience is available in Portuguese and English.

  • Original sculptural geometry built in Blender.
  • Scroll-directed camera movement and evolving 3D composition.
  • Portuguese and English copy grounded in the company’s offer.
  • Responsive interaction, rendering fallbacks, and deployment.

Three.js / Blender / TypeScript / Vite

Cinematic company website

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Acesa

Explore a building, step inside an apartment and understand the space before a visit.

My contribution

I conceived a property showcase that connects a city map, building availability and an interactive apartment tour, wrote its brief and directed every revision; AI coding agents wrote the code and the 3D under my review. The demonstration uses a fictional developer and sample inventory.

  • I conceived a property showcase that connects a city map, building availability and an interactive apartment tour, wrote its brief and directed every revision; AI coding agents wrote the code and the 3D under my review. The demonstration uses a fictional developer and sample inventory.

React / Three.js / MapLibre / TypeScript

MVP with fictional property data

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Jambro Jam

A private room for listening to music together and chatting.

My contribution

I designed and built synchronized playback, a shared queue and chat in a deliberately nostalgic web room, including reconnect and recovery behavior.

  • I designed and built synchronized playback, a shared queue and chat in a deliberately nostalgic web room, including reconnect and recovery behavior.

React / TypeScript

Personal project

Lucentive collaboration5 projects

ALMA

The software a company runs on: its knowledge, its work and its AI agents, connected.

My contribution

As a Lucentive co-founder, I contributed product direction and engineering across the company OS, its tenant boundaries and operational workflows.

  • As a Lucentive co-founder, I contributed product direction and engineering across the company OS, its tenant boundaries and operational workflows.

TypeScript / Convex / Clerk

Built with the Lucentive team

Lucentive One

One login for every Lucentive product.

My contribution

I contributed to the account platform and its customer-facing flows within Lucentive’s shared product ecosystem.

  • I contributed to the account platform and its customer-facing flows within Lucentive’s shared product ecosystem.

TypeScript / Next.js

Built with the Lucentive team

Lucentive Spaces

A website for a hotel-and-workspace concept, built to show how the idea would feel.

My contribution

I contributed to the public experience and product surfaces. The portfolio entry represents website work, not an operating booking service.

  • I contributed to the public experience and product surfaces. The portfolio entry represents website work, not an operating booking service.

Next.js / TypeScript

Concept and website

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Lucentive Enterprise

The website that shows companies how Lucentive's AI agents would fit into their daily operations.

My contribution

I built and contributed to enterprise website experiences, service presentation and engagement flows, including the earlier cinematic exploration.

  • I built and contributed to enterprise website experiences, service presentation and engagement flows, including the earlier cinematic exploration.

Next.js / TypeScript / Three.js

Built with the Lucentive team

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Lucentive Aura

Lets people hand tasks to AI agents while deciding exactly what each agent may do.

My contribution

I contributed to the interfaces and engineering of the agent-delegation product, centered on identity, consent, scoped authority and revocation.

  • I contributed to the interfaces and engineering of the agent-delegation product, centered on identity, consent, scoped authority and revocation.

TypeScript / Agent systems

Product in development

Hendril Lara

From the first question to the thing people use.

I’m Hendril Lara, a software engineer, product builder and founder of Kanzen. I co-founded Lucentive and served as CTO, working across technical direction, architecture and product engineering.

Sometimes I build the whole thing. Sometimes I define the product and lead the people who bring it to life. Each project here makes that contribution clear.

My background in AI engineering →

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