Achyut Niroula
Based in North Bay, Ontario. Founder & CEO of Norlease, building verified rental infrastructure for Northern Ontario. Computer Science Honours graduate from Nipissing University with expertise in distributed AI systems, and a licensed LLQP insurance advisor in Ontario.
Projects
Norlease
Rental listings, verified before they’re posted.
A verified rental-housing platform launching in North Bay, Ontario. Built with two-step landlord & renter verification, real-time messaging, self-hosted geospatial maps, custom line-art feature illustrations, and production security hardening.
- Two-step user verification: automated phone check + human-reviewed photo ID & selfie, plus renter verification gate before first message
- Real-time tenant-landlord messaging infrastructure with verified user security controls
- Perceptual-hash duplicate photo detection catching reused or stolen listing photos across listings
- Self-hosted Protomaps & MapLibre GL tile pipeline delivering real Ontario map data without third-party load fees
- Distance-aware PostGIS search answering geographic queries ("how far is this from campus or downtown")
- Production-hardened deployment on Hetzner via Coolify with CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and automated CI/CD
Next.js 16, React 19, Postgres 17 (Neon) with PostGIS & pg_trgm, Clerk auth, Telnyx SMS OTP, Cloudflare R2, MapLibre GL + Protomaps, Hetzner + Coolify.
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Python · Flask · Claude API · pdfplumber · LaTeXLEON — AI-Powered Learning Platform
LEON is a voice-first adaptive learning platform that listens, understands, and responds with natural speech, generating personalized curricula, spaced repetition reviews, and quizzes.
Python 3.14 · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · Groq llama-3.3-70b · Groq whisper-large-v3-turboMultimodal Video Understanding Platform
Video Understanding brings multimodal perception, scene segmentation, and timeline analysis together in a demo-ready platform for research and product development.
Python · FastAPI · React · AWS (S3, SQS, EC2, DynamoDB) · DockerInsurance
Licensed under Ontario's LLQP, I help individuals and families choose the right coverage — from term life to group benefits — with straightforward, no-pressure guidance.