◆ Internal · Confidential · 2026

Start building.

No computer-science degree required — every project on the portfolio was built by someone who started exactly where you are now.

Elitez already commits 40 training hours per employee per year — this is that same standing investment, just pointed at AI instead of a classroom.

GETTING STARTED

Five steps, not five weeks.

STEP 1
Pick one small annoyance
Not a grand vision — one repetitive task you personally do too often. Browse Ideas Wanted on the homepage if nothing comes to mind.
STEP 2
Get access to an AI tool
Use Claude or our local LLM (e.g. Qwen Code) — most projects here started with just a chat window and a plain-English description of the problem. Time spent here counts toward your 40 training hours/year.
STEP 3
Describe what you want, in plain English
You do not need to know how to code. You need to be able to explain a problem clearly — the same skill you already use to brief a colleague.
STEP 4
Ask when you're stuck
Ask on WhatsApp — nobody expects you to figure everything out alone.
STEP 5
Ship something small, then tell us
A working prototype beats a perfect plan. Once you have anything real, use the form below — we will get you a card on the portfolio and on the builders page.
GET SET UP

I want to try this.

Fills in an email so we know you're interested — this is not wired to a shared tracker yet, so a real reply will follow.

FAQ

The real objections.

"I'm not technical."
Neither is anyone on this list. The skill that matters is describing a problem clearly, not writing code.
"I don't have time."
Most projects here were built in evenings alongside a full-time day job — see the commit counts on each project card. Start with something that takes an hour, not a quarter.
"What if I break something?"
Start on your own idea, on your own time, separate from production systems. Nobody's first attempt touched a live system that mattered.
"Will this replace jobs — including mine?"
Every project here was built to remove repetitive work, not people — freed-up time has gone to judgment calls and higher-value work, not headcount cuts.
"Do I need permission?"
No. We expect creativity and taking initiative — see also the note from leadership on the journey page.
"What tools do I actually need?"
Claude or our local LLM (Qwen Code) — most of what's live here needed nothing more than a chat-based AI tool to start.
ONE GROUP, TEN BRANDS

Which brand are you in?

This push is group-wide — wherever you sit across the 10 Elitez Group brands, you're building toward the same three visions.

Career Hub by Elitez already coaches our clients' own employees through career transitions, using WSG-certified career facilitators. This site is us doing the same thing, pointed inward — coaching ourselves through the transition to becoming AI-capable.

Elitez Elitez & Associates Dynamic Human Capital (DHC) JonDavidson Hey Rocket Elitez FMCG Elitez Security Elitez Aviation JOIE Adept Academy (divested)
GLOSSARY

Jargon, decoded.

Every term you will see on a project card, in plain English. Hover any tag on a project card for the same definitions inline.

RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation — an AI looks up your real documents first, then answers using what it found, instead of guessing from memory.
LLM
Large Language Model — the general engine (like Claude or Qwen) behind most AI text/chat features.
Local LLM
An AI model running on our own hardware instead of a cloud API — private, and free to run once set up.
Ollama
Free software that runs AI language models directly on a laptop, no internet or cloud account needed.
On-device AI
AI that runs directly on a phone/laptop/Mac instead of calling out to the internet — faster and free per use.
YOLO
A fast, well-known AI model family for spotting/locating objects in a photo (e.g. bottles on a shelf).
VLM
Vision-Language Model — AI that can look at an image and describe or answer questions about it in plain text.
Multi-agent AI
Several AI workers, each handling one sub-task, coordinated together to finish a bigger job.
Embeddings
A way of turning text into numbers so a computer can find similar-meaning content, not just keyword matches.
Supabase
A free/low-cost hosted database + login system — a common starting point for a real web app.
API
Application Programming Interface — a way for two pieces of software to talk to each other automatically.
Cloudflare Access
A free login gate that restricts a website to only people with an approved company email.
Repo / repository
The folder of code for a project, usually tracked with version history (see commit).
Commit
A saved checkpoint of code changes, with a timestamp — how we know when and how much work happened.
Deploy / deployment
Publishing a build so it is live and usable, not just sitting on your own laptop.
MVP
Minimum Viable Product — the smallest version of an idea that is still genuinely useful.

The 16-year business this AI push is built on top of

16
Years since founding (2010)
9
Offices across 6 countries
1000+
Client companies served
263,138
Outsourced placements (cumulative)
Covid Resilience Award Spirit of Enterprise
2010 · Founded→ 2013 · Near-bankruptcy, survived→ 2018 · Regional expansion→ 2026 · AI transformation begins

Elitez Engineering Portfolio · Internal & confidential · Compiled from direct repo investigation and market research, not summary recall.