Manila, Philippines
Builder + Automation
Lyka Dabalos
Web developer who builds with Claude Code under her own brand, Built by Lyka, and automates business workflows for a living.
Available now, part-time · Works US hours · English and Filipino
Lyka Dabalos is a Client Success Specialist in Manila who spends her time outside work building websites, experimenting with AI, and turning random ideas into actual projects. She has been exploring AI tools, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Lovable, and Gemini, for over a year now. She already works with a US-based team, is comfortable on US hours and live sessions, and is available immediately.
The flagship build is Imbitaryo, a live digital invitation and RSVP platform with guest lists and response tracking, built with Claude Code, and the project she says she is most proud of. Around it sits Built By Lyka, her own web development brand, which grew out of building websites and portfolios for friends after starting with little apps for personal use.
Her path into real builds came in the right order: prototyping with Lovable first, then moving to VS Code with Claude Code. Through her role at AI for Business she also works with AI agents and automation for business workflows, including a ClickUp ClickBot automation that collects and organizes form submissions. She is available now, part-time, and works US hours.
Lyka's links
Hire LykaFlagship · Invitations and RSVP
Imbitaryo
Imbitaryo is a digital invitation and RSVP platform, and the project she says she is most proud of. The flow is the whole pitch: describe the celebration and the invitation page is ready the moment you save; list your guests and how many seats each may fill; send one link. Guests open it, type their name, and reply. No app, no account, no forms to chase.
The host side is where the care shows: confirmed, declined, and still-waiting guests sorted for you, a seat counter that counts down as people confirm, names attached to every seat so the headcount given to the venue is the real one, and a private editing link for a co-host or planner. It is in beta and free while in beta, with paid tiers (Libre, Handa, Bongga) priced in pesos behind it. She built it with Claude Code.
Brand · Web development
Built By Lyka
Built By Lyka is her little web development brand, where she creates websites, portfolios, and simple web apps. The homepage speaks to the nervous first-time client directly: need a website but don't know where to start? She turns your ideas and information into a website you can call your own, no tech skills and no confusing process, and the site quotes a 2 to 7 day turnaround.
The brand grew the organic way: little apps for personal use first, then websites and portfolios for friends, until the friend work was a business with a name on it.
Small apps · Shipped for fun
The Learning Parent, and friends
The Learning Parent helps parents learn, grow, and navigate the journey of raising confident and capable children, and its first ebook, When Money Gets Tight, is out now. It is a content product, not a tool, and it shows her range beyond client work.
It has company: Cute Cal Guide and Cozy Coin Diary are also live, small apps she shipped because they were fun to build. A builder who ships little things for herself keeps the muscle the client work uses.
Day job · Client success and automation
AI for business, at work
The day job is Client Success Specialist work, and her operations portfolio presents the second practice plainly: admin support, CRM management, and customer experience, handled with precision inside the client's existing tools, GoHighLevel, ClickUp, and Slack among them. The pitch is systems thinking: notice what is slipping, flag what needs attention, keep the day-to-day running.
Through her role at AI for Business she works with AI agents and automation for business workflows, including a ClickUp automation using ClickBot to collect and organize form submissions, reducing manual work for the team. The builder and the operator are the same person.