Independent builder studio / Pittsburgh, PA

Useful software, built close to the work.

Lasko Creative is Chris Lasko's portfolio of dealership tools, creative products, and practical experiments that made it past the idea stage.

Some pieces are live products, some are internal tools, and some are prototypes. The common thread is simple: turn a real workflow into something clearer, faster, and easier to use.

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Live toolsDeployed or production-oriented products with real operating paths.

Dealer workInventory, recon, marketing, reviews, handoffs, and customer-facing flows.

Creative appsGuided product ideas for songs, stories, cards, archives, and artifacts.

PrototypesClear readiness labels, no invented customers, and no private data screenshots.

01 / Featured systems

Products with real surfaces, real constraints, and useful outcomes.

Live product

VinLocate

A VIN scanning and vehicle history platform for dealership teams that need to know when, where, and by whom a vehicle was last seen.

Web app plus iPhone and Android scanner paths.
Role-based search, audit reports, exceptions, zones, and satellite lot maps.
Production runs at the verified Lasko Creative subdomain.

Open live site See context

DashboardVehicle history

Creative prototype

Creative Companion

A touch-first creative studio for people who want to make a song, story, card, art piece, or printable without learning prompt language first.

Data-driven journeys for songs, stories, art, cards, printables, and Surprise Me.
Private on-device creation history and accessibility controls.
Local-demo adapter keeps the product usable without provider credentials.

Local prototype

Create, don't promptPrivate by default

Creative Companion song journey screenshot

Privacy-first SaaS

LicenseResizer

A dealership capture and delivery product for turning a customer's license photo into an exact PDF handoff without storing license images or document bytes.

On-device correction, PDF geometry, native share-sheet handoff, and dealer profiles.
Clerk Organizations, Neon, Stripe, trust pages, and customer-facing dealership links.
Marketing screenshot uses public product art, not customer records.

Private product build

Customer handoffNo license storage

Dealership operations

Get Ready

A recon and frontline readiness workflow for keeping vehicle status, escalations, notifications, and accountability visible to the people moving cars.

Built around real dealership handoffs instead of generic task tracking.
Manager-controlled workflows, audit trails, and notification paths.
Shown with privacy-safe product UI illustration rather than live internal records.

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Frontline readinessLive workflow

GET READY

Ready

In recon

Due today

Latest movement

02 / Portfolio map

A broader scan of shipped products, internal tools, and experiments.

Sales intelligence

Chipboard

A sales intelligence dashboard for tracking opportunities, pacing, and dealership performance. The product center is visibility: what moved, who needs attention, and how the store is pacing.

Live demo linkDashboard UXDealer reporting

View project C Event technology

QRPhoto

Event photo collection through simple QR upload flows, with admin galleries, selected downloads, friendly file names, and reliable bulk ZIP handling for large galleries.

Live event demoPhoto workflowAdmin gallery

Open demo Q

AI + human review

ReviewPilot

An AI-assisted Google review response workflow with human approval, tone controls, audit history, and a path to real Google Business Profile integration.

Local appApproval queueMock mode

Internal prototype

Marketing operations

Marketing Platform

A secure Firebase-backed BMW/MINI marketing budget and performance workspace with protected Firestore data, role-based editing, and a clean import path.

Internal toolFirebaseBudget workspace

Private build

Creative consumer product

WeddingTimes

A private magazine-style wedding archive generated from guest photos and stories. The direction is an online-magazine album experience, not just a static newspaper artifact.

Photo archiveStory albumsCreative product

Prototype direction W

Agent commerce study

DMC-12

A technical exploration of automotive extensions for agent-readable commerce: VIN-level inventory, quotes, reservations, negotiation policy, and human handoff semantics.

Public referenceSpec workAutomotive AI

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Locator interpreter

Vehicle Locator

A BMW locator interpreter concept for turning code-heavy dealer exports into searchable, translated vehicle snapshots with dealer, color, interior, option, and status context.

PRD + scaffoldInternal workflowInventory search

Prototype notes

Game experiment

Dealership Wars

A multiplayer dealership card-game concept exploring negotiation, inventory pressure, market shifts, customer patience, and the weird strategy hiding inside car retail.

Game systemPrototypeStrategy design

Labs project

Sales copy utility

Vehicle Describer

A lightweight assistant that turns vehicle details into clearer sales copy for inventory pages, customer messages, and day-to-day merchandising work.

Live utilityCopy assistantDealer sales

Open utility V Writing experiment

Flirt of the Day

A single-serving daily writing project around wit, timing, and lightweight creative ritual.

Live siteDaily formatCreative writing

Visit site Brand site

Leona's Ice Cream Sandwich

A playful, brand-forward digital home for a Pittsburgh favorite, kept here as a compact example of small-site craft and tone.

Live siteBrand pageLocal flavor

Visit site Utility tracker

Tiffany Tracker

A focused tracker that keeps updates organized and progress easy to review.

Live utilityProgress trackingSimple workflow

Open tracker

03 / About

Strategy, design, and code under one roof.

I like building software close to the mess: dealership workflows, customer handoffs, photo-heavy moments, odd little ideas, and tools that should exist but somehow do not.