# Trevor Heshka

> Trevor Heshka is a full-stack and AI developer and IT support specialist in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, and the founder of Hesh Co. (September 2026). He builds web portals, public-data apps and AI assistants, builds and fine-tunes custom LLM models used in his latest projects, and has worked in technical support since 1998. Contact: trevor@trevorheshka.com

He works remotely with clients anywhere in Canada and on site in Nanaimo, Lantzville, Parksville, Ladysmith, Duncan and the Comox Valley. He also has several private GitHub projects that he can show on request.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://trevorheshka.com/): overview and live builds
- [About](https://trevorheshka.com/about/): background, work history and certificates
- [Services](https://trevorheshka.com/services/): IT support, full-stack development, AI/LLM development
- [AI development](https://trevorheshka.com/ai/): LLM apps, AI assistants, custom models, agent workflows
- [Full-stack development in Nanaimo](https://trevorheshka.com/full-stack-nanaimo/): portals, public-data apps, APIs, deployment
- [IT support in Nanaimo](https://trevorheshka.com/it-support-nanaimo/): computer and phone repair, networking, security cameras
- [AI chatbots in BC](https://trevorheshka.com/ai-chatbots-bc/): custom AI chatbots and website assistants grounded in a business's own documents, remote across BC and Canada
- [Blog](https://trevorheshka.com/blog/): posts and cross-posts, with an RSS feed
- [Privacy policy](https://trevorheshka.com/privacy/): what this site and HeshBot collect

## Projects
- [HeshBot](https://trevorheshka.com/projects/heshbot/): Gemini-powered website assistant, vanilla JS widget + PHP 7.4 backend, open source (https://github.com/YardPhantom/HeshBot)
- [HeshRadio](https://trevorheshka.com/projects/heshradio/): SDR receiver, CAT rig controller and digital modes station (Rust, Tauri v2, React), open source
- [WiFi Body Sensor](https://trevorheshka.com/projects/wifi-body-sensor/): experimental through-wall motion and breathing sensing with Wi-Fi (Python), open source
- [Nanaimo Bylaw Tracker](https://trevorheshka.com/nanaimo/): searchable City of Nanaimo bylaws and Council activity
- [Civic Meeting Hub](https://trevorheshka.com/civichub/): public meeting agendas and minutes in one portal
- [BC Court List Archive](https://trevorheshka.com/done/bccourtslist/): searchable archives of BC daily court lists
- [BC Real Estate Market Pulse](https://trevorheshka.com/done/realestate/bcremp/): regional market data, maps and AI-written summaries
- [All projects](https://trevorheshka.com/projects/)

## Writing
- [How I approach custom LLM development](https://trevorheshka.com/writing/custom-llm-development/): I build and fine-tune custom LLM models for my own apps, and my latest projects run on them. Here is where that work sits alongside the other AI tools I build.
- [How I built HeshBot, the AI assistant on this site](https://trevorheshka.com/writing/how-heshbot-was-built/): HeshBot replaced a third-party chat widget on trevorheshka.com. It's a dependency-free JavaScript widget and a single PHP 7.4 endpoint that calls Google Gemini, grounded in this site's public pages.
- [Building public-data apps for BC: court lists, council meetings and real estate](https://trevorheshka.com/writing/bc-public-data-apps/): Several of my live builds turn public British Columbia data into searchable web apps: the BC Court List Archive, the Civic Meeting Hub, the Nanaimo Bylaw Tracker and BC Real Estate Market Pulse.

## Blog
- [Blog](https://trevorheshka.com/blog/): posts about builds, open-source projects and AI assistants (RSS: https://trevorheshka.com/blog/feed.xml)
- [HeshBot: a small, self-hosted website chatbot (and three ways to power one)](https://trevorheshka.com/blog/heshbot-a-small-self-hosted-website-chatbot-and-three-ways-to-power-one/): how HeshBot is put together, three ways to power a website chatbot (public API, local LLM, small local decision model) and small-business uses, with a video walkthrough.

## Profiles
- GitHub: https://github.com/YardPhantom
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorheshka
- Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=trevorheshka
- Hesh Co. on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hesh-co

## Optional
- [Full site text for LLMs](https://trevorheshka.com/llms-full.txt)