09 · THE BLOG
Straight takes. No hype.
AI in metal fabrication, welding, and the trade business — reviewed by a guy who runs the welder and ships the code. If it's BS, it gets called BS.
N° 002 5 MIN READ
I built an AI that quotes construction jobs. Here's what it gets right — and where a human still wins.
Real quotes out of a live beta — a $20,994 reroof line-itemed in minutes. The guy who built it on what AI estimating genuinely nails, and where your judgment still runs the job.
N° 001 5 MIN READ
Should welders worry about AI? A guy who does both weighs in.
Twenty years on a Chicago fab floor, and I build AI systems now. Here's what AI can't do in a shop, what it genuinely changes, and what a welder should actually do about it.