Louisville, KY · Senior Engineer

Jerry Hodges

Building AI-augmented products and onchain systems, end to end.

Senior full-stack & Web3 engineer and founder of Lightspeed Labs. 15+ years turning hard problems (voice AI, smart contracts, real products) into software that ships.

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2 name: 'Jerry Hodges',
3 stack: ['AI', 'Web3', 'Full-stack'],
4 based: 'Louisville, KY',
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7engineer.build(idea)
15 +
years shipping production software
Multiple
AI products in production
$10M +
on-chain value handled
20K +
NFT transactions processed
Selected Work

Things I've designed, built, and shipped.

readyring.ai
ReadyRing: AI voice receptionist, built by Jerry Hodges

ReadyRing

AI voice receptionist

AI Twilio Realtime
lightspeedlabs.dev
Lightspeed Labs: AI & Web3 product studio, built by Jerry Hodges

Lightspeed Labs

AI & Web3 product studio

Studio Next.js
In development
Lightspeed Local: Local business platform, built by Jerry Hodges

Lightspeed Local

Local business platform

In development SaaS Maps
roobet.com
RooBet logo

RooBet

Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Payments

Payments Fireblocks Node.js
expopulus.com

Ex Populus / XAI

Web3 gaming platform

Web3 Gaming
Kings of Rings logo

Kings of Rings

Lead Engineer

Web3 Solidity Polygon
BestFTSO logo

BestFTSO

FTSO data provider

Solidity Flare
Latest Writing

Notes from the build.

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AI Jun 2026

AI Voice Agents 2.0: More Than Just a Conversation

What actually separates a useful AI receptionist from a frustrating one: natural low-latency voice, real answers from a vector-search knowledge base that stays fast and cheap to run, and the booking that turns it from an answering machine into a receptionist. Lessons from building ReadyRing.

Web3 Jun 2026

UUPS Proxies in Practice: Upgradeability Is a Governance Problem

Lessons from real smart-contract upgrades, including the Tiny Keys split that changed live NFT contracts under thousands of holders without breaking one. The forwarding-address trap, the storage rule that corrupts funds, and why governance is the part nobody designs early enough.

Available for select work

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I take on a small number of engagements at a time: full-stack products, AI features, and smart contracts.

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