Melanie

A maker's workbench with a laptop, sketchbook, papers, and small tools on a warm wood surface.

Things I've built

AI products, writing platforms, guides, and the rest. Some live, some in progress, some just-shipped.

Guide · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2025

AI Cover Letter Guide

A step-by-step workflow for using AI to write targeted job-application cover letters in 2 minutes. Built from 70+ real applications.

Co-founded · May 2026 · Live

ChameleonGeneration.com

A Generation X publishing platform examining technological adaptation and the cost of constant reinvention. Co-founded with JC; voice and concept by Melanie under the byline Angel Eyes '73.

Founder · 2025–present · In development

SanctumTools

An AI mental-health support platform built on dogfooded mood-tracking, crisis-protocol design, and persistent-memory agents. Production-bound; built by orchestrating an AI team.

Memoir · In progress

Baseline — A Bipolar Life in Real Time

Long-form memoir of thirty-five years of undiagnosed rapid-cycling bipolar disorder and the AI-assisted self-discovery that finally named the pattern.

This site · May 2026 · Live

melaniekertley.com (this portal)

Custom email-link auth via DWD impersonation, Claude-powered chat layer, tag-gated post feed. Built in 6 hours with the AI team.

Runs on a website-context-aware AI framework she helped develop. Repo available upon request.