Kenneth Au

About Kenneth Au

I’m Kenneth, a Shopify developer and AI enthusiast based in Brisbane, Queensland. I build and improve Shopify stores for brands: themes, migrations, integrations, product data, performance and analytics.

I came to development by an unusual route, through mechanical engineering and then work as a financial analyst. That background still shapes how I work. I look for the answer in the data first: why one product sells and another doesn’t, which market is growing, what shoppers actually do on a page. Good analysis turns opinions into decisions.

In my spare time, I build with Claude. I’m a software engineer first, so I design and engineer each project myself, and Claude takes on the repetitive work so I can ship far more than one person normally could. The projects on this site are where I test those ideas in public.

Outside work, I’m learning Japanese, reading far more about JDM cars than is strictly useful, and reviewing places to eat around Brisbane as a Google Local Guide.

What I work on

Building with Claude

I engineer each product myself and use Claude Code to build it faster, from data pipelines that turn government data into readable suburb guides to content sites with checks built in.

Claude Code · Next.js · Postgres · data pipelines

AI workflows

I'm interested in how AI changes the work itself. I design the workflows that run my sites: Claude handles research, first drafts and repetitive checks, and I make the judgement calls and review everything before it ships.

Agentic workflows · automation · Claude Code

Data & analysis

My financial analyst background taught me to trust numbers over hunches. From store analytics across markets and languages to government datasets, I turn data into a clear answer someone can act on.

SQL · GA4 · Microsoft Clarity · ABS data

How I build

  1. 1Measure before changing anything, then measure again after.
  2. 2Explain it in plain English. If it needs a glossary, it isn’t finished.
  3. 3Ship small, real things. A live project teaches more than a perfect plan.

Quick answers

Where is Kenneth Au based?
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
What does Kenneth Au do?
He’s a Shopify developer and AI enthusiast who builds with Claude. His work covers Shopify development, data analysis and AI workflows.
What has he built?
Live in Brisbane and Live in Sydney (plain-English guides to 579 suburbs, built on public data), JDM Meikan (a curated encyclopedia of Japanese performance cars), Glass & Dew (an honest guide to Korean and Japanese skincare for Australians) and Nihongo Machi (a free JLPT N5 study site).
How does he use AI?
He engineers each project himself and uses Claude to build faster and handle repetitive work, such as research and first drafts. He reviews everything before it goes live.
How do I get in touch?
Send a note through the contact page, or GitHub.
Questions about one of the projects?Say hello