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I am Colin MacNeill, an experienced system developer and owner of Ur-Text Computer Consulting based in Halifax, Canada. With over 30 years in programming across various industries and environments, I specialize in system development, SaaS, AI integration, and digital marketing solutions. I enjoy exploring new technology stacks and constantly innovate my approaches, including using React, Next.js, and containerization in my projects. Currently, I develop bespoke RAG backends and vector databases working with AI models and document pipelines. I've built turnkey digital marketing applications and managed document SaaS systems used in health care and real estate. My work includes client acquisition automation, security, content management, and analytics powered by large language models, demonstrating a blend of technical expertise and practical business application management.…I am Colin MacNeill, an experienced system developer and owner of Ur-Text Computer Consulting based in Halifax, Canada. With over 30 years in programming across various industries and environments, I specialize in system development, SaaS, AI integration, and digital marketing solutions. I enjoy exploring new technology stacks and constantly innovate my approaches, including using React, Next.js, and containerization in my projects. Currently, I develop bespoke RAG backends and vector databases working with AI models and document pipelines. I've built turnkey digital marketing applications and managed document SaaS systems used in health care and real estate. My work includes client acquisition automation, security, content management, and analytics powered by large language models, demonstrating a blend of technical expertise and practical business application management.

Colin MacNeill

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I am Colin MacNeill, an experienced system developer and owner of Ur-Text Computer Consulting based in Halifax, Canada. With over 30 years in programming across various industries and environments, I specialize in system development, SaaS, AI integration, and digital marketing solutions. I enjoy exploring new technology stacks and constantly innovate my approaches, including using React, Next.js, and containerization in my projects. Currently, I develop bespoke RAG backends and vector databases working with AI models and document pipelines. I've built turnkey digital marketing applications and managed document SaaS systems used in health care and real estate. My work includes client acquisition automation, security, content management, and analytics powered by large language models, demonstrating a blend of technical expertise and practical business application management.…I am Colin MacNeill, an experienced system developer and owner of Ur-Text Computer Consulting based in Halifax, Canada. With over 30 years in programming across various industries and environments, I specialize in system development, SaaS, AI integration, and digital marketing solutions. I enjoy exploring new technology stacks and constantly innovate my approaches, including using React, Next.js, and containerization in my projects. Currently, I develop bespoke RAG backends and vector databases working with AI models and document pipelines. I've built turnkey digital marketing applications and managed document SaaS systems used in health care and real estate. My work includes client acquisition automation, security, content management, and analytics powered by large language models, demonstrating a blend of technical expertise and practical business application management.

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I am Colin MacNeill, an experienced system developer and owner of Ur-Text Computer Consulting based in Halifax, Canada. With over 30 years in programming across various industries and environments, I specialize in system development, SaaS, AI integration, and digital marketing solutions. I enjoy exploring new technology stacks and constantly innovate my approaches, including using React, Next.js, and containerization in my projects.

Currently, I develop bespoke RAG backends and vector databases working with AI models and document pipelines. I’ve built turnkey digital marketing applications and managed document SaaS systems used in health care and real estate. My work includes client acquisition automation, security, content management, and analytics powered by large language models, demonstrating a blend of technical expertise and practical business application management.

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Work Experience

Owner at Ur-Text Computer Consulting

January 1, 1995 - Present

Founded Ur-Text Computer Consulting in 1995 to provide document automation systems, evolving into development and management of SaaS and enterprise applications. Developed and maintained own website as a technology testing ground using React, Next.js, and fully containerized CI/CD pipelines.

System Developer at Verlicity.ai

January 1, 2024 - Present

Created bespoke Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) backends working with off-the-shelf LLaMa AI models. Developed vector databases with document pipelines to maintain up-to-date data allowing businesses secure real-time AI query access to organizational data.

System Developer at MondoPlayer

January 1, 2010 - Present

Designed and built a concierge digital marketing application providing turnkey social media and content marketing tools, including front-end marketing tools, hybrid SQL/Lucene document storage for over 2 million documents, and document pipeline managing 30,000 document changes daily. Created client acquisition systems featuring ChatGPT API-powered onboarding that reduced client onboarding from weeks to days. Administered virtual machines running web and email servers.

System Developer at fax.com (.NET, Xamarin projects)

January 1, 2000 - Present

Designed and developed a document management SaaS used in healthcare (HIPAA-compliant document collection), real estate transaction paperwork automation, and other industries. Created architecture, coded in Perl for document flow, client acquisition, management, security, and developed plugins in multiple languages (C, Java, .NET). Designed and managed SQL database backend. Provided technical consultation from sales to onboarding. Maintains long-term client service over 20 years.

System Developer at Acorn Annuities

December 31, 2008 - August 7, 2025

Created architecture and PHP codebase for an online auction house for financial instruments, including auction algorithms, website development, backend management/reporting, and complex document assembling for U.S. financial legal documents. Managed LAMP server setup and administration.