Guides
Straight answers.
The questions businesses actually ask about AI, automation, and building software — answered with real numbers, real trade-offs, and the honest “don’t bother” where it applies.
Can public records find you customers?
The four conditions that decide whether public data is worth collecting in your market, the trap that kills most attempts, and an honest account of the failure modes — from someone who has killed seven of his own ideas in these markets.
Read →Can your business run AI privately?
The direct answer, the three deployment routes with real cost ranges, honest quality trade-offs vs. frontier APIs, and the signs you don't need self-hosting at all.
Read →What can AI actually automate in a small business?
A test for what's automatable, five concrete workflow patterns with before/after, what it costs to run, the work AI can't do, and the honest signs you shouldn't automate yet.
Read →Fractional engineer, dev agency, or full-time hire?
Cost, speed-to-shipped, and what happens when it breaks — compared honestly across all three routes, with the cases where each one is right (including 'use a site builder').
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