Thrilled to see my latest R&D project, "Unfurl," featured in Stash Magazine! This piece is an exploration into the commercial potential of generative AI, asking: Can we bridge the gap between AI’s unpredictable nature and the precision required for production? The entire project lives at the intersection of human art direction and machine learning. To maintain deliberate control over the interplay of flowers and fabrics, I used Cinema 4D as the base structure for the generative layers (ComfyUI, Krea, Kohya). Huge thanks to Tom Parry for building such an incredible, tactile "unfurling" soundscape that perfectly mirrors the visuals. You can watch "Unfurl" and read more about the process in the Stash feature here: https://www.stashmedia.tv/vitor-teixeira-releases-new-personal-short-film-unfurl/

Congrats on the Stash feature! That tension between AI's unpredictability and production-ready precision is exactly the problem I think about with client work too. Curious what your actual pipeline looked like, pure generative output or a lot of manual cleanup after?

This premium cafe didn't even have a website. But after sitting down with the founders, I realised a simple landing page wouldn't cut it. They were running multiple locations entirely in the dark... bleeding time and revenue to manual spreadsheets and chaotic WhatsApp groups.

Using Base44, I built exactly what they asked for: a fully autonomous Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform that handles everything from customer interactions to executive analytics.

⚙️ Founder Requests & The Features I Built:

"We need a premium digital presence" 1. Customer-Facing Web App: A dark, glassmorphic UI matching their high-end artisanal brand. 2. AI Coffee Sommelier: A customer-facing LLM that curates personalized bean and drink recommendations based on taste profiles.

"Stop the manual inventory chaos" 1. Custom Barista POS Terminal: A sleek, fully functional point-of-sale interface. 2. Live Recipe Engine: Automatically calculates exact ingredient milligrams per drink and helps with new employees onboarding. 3. Autonomous Supply Chain: Live-deducts POS orders directly from the Supabase inventory. 4. Zero-Click Procurement: Autonomously emails the owner when any stock drops below 20%.

"Reduce our equipment downtime" 1. AI Maintenance Troubleshooter: An internal LLM that walks baristas through fixing broken hardware on the spot. 2. Real-Time Escalation Sync: Unresolved machine issues are instantly pushed to the Owner’s Dashboard.

"Give us actionable business insights" 1. Owner Command Center: A live executive dashboard with robust data visualization, revenue graphs, and order tracking. 2. Executive AI Auto-Manager: An LLM that constantly cross-references live sales data with maintenance logs to uncover hidden operational insights (e.g., correlating a revenue drop to a specific grinder failure).

The Result: Coffee Jar went from zero digital footprint to operating with the sophistication of a global franchise.

(Note: The full "Before and After" transformation is showcased at the very end of the video walkthrough!) Website link- https://coffeejar.base44.app/

Great work Garv!