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Human at the controls / Nairobi

Build the system. Expose the failure. Own the result.

Harrison Ndeke is a Nairobi-based AI developer, automation consultant, and Co-Founder & Systems Lead at HarLyn Digital Partners. He builds production n8n workflows, AI agents, web platforms, and API integrations for businesses in Kenya and internationally.

I automate operations, not theatre.

I am Harrison Ndeke, an AI automation developer and full-stack systems engineer based in Nairobi, Kenya. My work connects language models, business APIs, databases, messaging channels, and human decisions into workflows that can be understood, audited, and operated.

HarLyn Digital Partners

Beyond solo consulting, I am the Co-Founder & Systems / AI Lead at HarLyn Digital Partners (harlyndigitalpartners.co.ke) ↗, a digital engineering and cyber-defense agency co-founded with Nazline Mwita (Lyn), a CompTIA Security+ certified cybersecurity analyst and secure software developer.

At HarLyn Digital Partners, we bridge two critical pillars often siloed in traditional development:

  • High-Throughput AI & Workflow Automation: Production n8n clusters, webhook orchestration, LLM triage engines, dead-letter recovery, and sub-second Next.js web applications.
  • Zero-Trust Cyber Defense: CompTIA Security+ verified threat modeling, OWASP Top 10 penetration scanning, secret leakage prevention, and regulatory data protection compliance (Kenya DPA / GDPR).

Flagship Offering: 48-Hour Assessment

For businesses seeking an immediate, high-signal audit of their digital stack, HarLyn Digital Partners delivers the 48-Hour Secure Digital Workflow Assessment (KSh 35,000 / $280). We evaluate web application speed, automation bottlenecks, and attack surfaces—returning a prioritized 90-day execution roadmap and a live founder consultation.

Core Principles

  1. Clarity before complexity. Map the process and the data before choosing a model or platform.
  2. Failure as a first-class path. Validation, retries, alerts, fallbacks, and approvals belong in the design.
  3. Evidence over vocabulary. A working architecture and honest constraint beat a long tool list.
  4. Handoff is part of delivery. Systems should not become mysterious the moment their builder leaves.

Current technical range

Next.js 15 App Router, TypeScript, React 19, n8n, JavaScript, Python scripting, REST APIs, webhooks, Supabase Realtime, PostgreSQL, Airtable, Notion, Google APIs, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, LangChain, structured outputs, vector retrieval, and vision pipelines.

Current availability

Available for international consulting, direct contract builds, and agency engagements via HarLyn Digital Partners.