Community open-source projects by Nelson (Sio Tou Lai, lst97) — Full-Stack Developer based in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺🇭🇰
lst97-oss is the home for community-facing open source built by @lst97. The focus is practical, boring-in-a-good-way tooling: real-time community services, Cantonese language tools, developer utilities, and minimal full-stack templates — built in the open, free for everyone.
- 👨💻 Maintainer: Nelson — Full-Stack Developer (lst97.dev)
- 🌱 Current stack: TypeScript · React · TanStack Start · Bun · PostgreSQL · Payload CMS
- 📫 Reach out: laisiotou1997@gmail.com · lst97.dev
- 💼 Open to collaborations and community contributions
| Project | What it is |
|---|---|
| last-cli | Interactive CLI for creating LAST projects — Payload + TanStack Start, or blank TanStack Start |
| last-payload-tanstack-start-template | Bare Payload v4 + TanStack Start (RSC, Nitro) template on Bun — minimal boot for /admin and /api |
| last-tanstack-start-template | Blank TanStack Start template (no CMS) — owns the canonical business-backend kernel shared with the Payload template |
| last-lst97-dev | Personal portfolio plus chat assistance with RAG and Jev |
| last-comments-widgets | Drop-in comment widgets for a last-comments server — React, Vue, Angular and plain HTML on one shared API client and theme |
More community projects live under @lst97 and are migrating here over time, including:
- 🏸 smartplay-hk-oss — fast, minimal open alternative for HK LCSD facility availability
- 🗣️ CantoCap — accurate Cantonese subtitles from audio/video (Whisper + LLM)
- 📝 CantoLyr — Cantonese lyrics processing and conversion utilities
- 🗑️ bin-time-crawler — bin collection schedules for Australian councils
- 📡 info-hawker-server — unified Australian open-data API
- 📍 gnaf-autocomplete — self-hosted Australian address autocomplete (16M addresses, G-NAF)
- 🛠️ claude-code-sub-agents — specialized AI subagents for full-stack workflows
Issues and PRs are welcome on any repo. If you're using something built here in your community, tell us — we'd love to link it.
- 🌐 lst97.dev · 📊 status.lst97.dev · 💻 github.com/lst97
