About Austin
Austin Johnson is an AI-native product manager and founder of 28eme, a personal studio for automation-first and creative side projects. He’s obsessed with bending APIs, event streams, and composite AI to remove constraints—whether the challenge is giving a small team superpowers or instrumenting a personal passion project. Austin brings a problem-first mindset: map the job-to-be-done, compose the AI agents and automations around it, and ship iteratively with clear documentation. The details of his work at Zapier stay private, but the craft informs every engagement. In his own studio, he publishes prototypes, maintains open repos, and crafts tooling for cyclists, readers, leatherworkers, runners, and fellow builders. The through-line is constant: less friction, more flow, and technology that adapts to people—not the other way around.
How 28eme engages
I partner with founders, operators, and creative collaborators who want to move fast without feeling boxed in by tooling.
What guides my work
How it feels to collaborate
Expect short feedback loops, steady documentation, and prototypes that make automated systems understandable to non-engineers. Every engagement aims to leave you with reusable building blocks—not dependency on me.
Building in public
28eme doubles as my sandbox for automation and hobby projects—biking, reading, leatherworking, and running experiments live alongside automation notes.
Recent experiments
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Ready to collaborate
Have an AI-native automation idea, a workflow that needs love, or a creative side project you want to amplify? Browse services at 28eme.ca or reach out directly.