Art Nikitin · Toronto, Canada
I design the systems enterprises run on.
I lead the architecture and the teams that ship it.
Latest insight · July 9, 2026 · 6 min read
How this site works
A server-rendered Next.js app on Lambda, a procedural WebGL sky, and an AI that wrote most of the code.
I work where systems, teams, and messy production constraints meet. I'm always ready to take on the next challenge.
More insights
More notes on systems and decisions
ai
AI tools reward preparation
The model wrote the first pass of this site. The plan and the debugging were still mine.
infrastructure
A homelab with three-node HA, SSO, and zero open ports
Two old laptops, a homemade server, and two mini PCs, none of them enough alone, turned into a five-node Kubernetes cluster with enterprise-grade GitOps, identity, and network discipline.
ai
GroundNet: putting an AI inside the trolley problem
A small game about agentic misalignment, moral pressure, and whether a player can push an AI past its own safety rules.
Case studies
Systems that changed how the business runs
data
Data Warehousing & Infrastructure Build
Built an AWS data warehouse that gave a major insurer control over its data landscape across 150+ daily extracts and 5 external companies.
infrastructure
SDLC & Deployment Automation
Modernized the SDLC to cut deployment time from a week to four hours, bug to production.
infrastructure
Unified Cloud Architecture
Turned an expensive SaaS purchase into board approval for an eight-person in-house cloud integration platform build.
Bring me a messy problem.
Email hello@artnikitin.dev or find me on LinkedIn. More ways to reach me are on the contact page.