ERICKAMA

I'm an AI specialist, but my greatest skill is understanding people.

(And yes, I use AI daily. And if you don't, more than ever, we need to talk. It doesn't replace 30 years of know-how and experience, it amplifies it.)

I've debugged code listening to Pongo snoring at 3 AM. I survived the Y2K bug at a bank thinking the world would end (spoiler: it didn't). I've walked into meetings where silence spoke volumes.

Thirty years later, my mum still thinks I fix printers.

Three decades, one certainty: technology serves people, not the other way around.

Erick with Pongo

WORK

Three continents. Bosch, Mahle, Gerdau, IBM, Abril, Bank of America, Unilever, Votorantim, Itaipu, CSIRO, NSW Government, Johnson & Johnson, Woolworths, ABC, Legal Aid, Vodafone, EnergyAustralia, Fujitsu, Vipps, BankID, FINN... and that's just the ones that fit on a business card. Your bank transaction in Brazil? My code. That government form in Australia? Also me. Norwegian digital identity? Guilty. If code had frequent flyer miles, mine would own the airline by now.

Bank of America. Millennium turnover. Y2K threatening financial apocalypse. Spoiler: it worked fine.
Bosch taught me spreadsheets can be thrilling. Who knew? Especially when you spot that million-dollar bug buried in a Z_CUSTOM_TABLE.
The world's largest hydroelectric plant. Itaipu. Making massive systems flow better, one line of code at a time.
Legal Aid NSW showed me something: justice shouldn't need a translator. Sometimes the best interface is just a big button saying 'I need help'.
FINN.no - where millions of Norwegians find what they need. Including me. That's where Pongo entered my life, best home office life partner ever.
Digital identity for an entire nation? That's BankID. Now grandmas log in without calling for help. Victory.
Remember when Woolworths checkout got faster? You're welcome.

ABOUT

From São Paulo's endless drizzle to Sydney's golden beaches, then onwards to Norway's midnight sun. Each place taught me something different, but the pattern remains: complex problems need simple solutions.

Here's what they don't tell you about AI: It's not coming for senior engineers. It's our superpower. While others fear judgment or replacement, I'm shipping 10x faster. The difference? I know what to build. AI just helps me do it. Better yet, it makes me technology agnostic—your React problem? Solved. Your Go microservice? Done. Your legacy COBOL? Bring it on. Another tech disruption in a long line of disruptions—and I've surfed them all.

These days, Pongo is my most reliable code reviewer. He's never approved a single PR, but his judgment is flawless. Every line of code is a decision, every decision a philosophy. Mine? Nordic simplicity meets Brazilian warmth - remove everything unnecessary, but keep what makes it human. If grandma can't use it, I've failed. If it needs a manual, I've overthought it. After 30 years of building other people's visions, it's time for my own. The corporate chapter is closing. Saga Labs is opening. This time, I'm not debugging someone else's dream—I'm architecting mine. And yes, Pongo will be Chief Barkitecture Officer.

CONTACT

Want to chat about technology, innovation, or how to explain to your dad that you don't fix Wi-Fi?

Or maybe you need someone who actually solves that 'impossible' problem.

me@erick.no →
Saga Labs → (coming soon)