Mechanical engineer turned founder. BuiltFor builds internal tools and AI workflows for small businesses. Plus a Dad, husband, and aspiring technologist.
Columbus, OH
Joined June 2009
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If you run a company and spend hours every week on copy-paste work, spreadsheets that don't talk to each other, or chasing status updates, that's what I fix.
I run BuiltFor. I build custom internal tools, integrations and AI workflows for small and medium sized businesses. Your in-house developer, without the hire.
Quick background: mechanical engineer (University of Cincinnati, 2014), then about 10 years at a US manufacturer, going from design engineer to chief product officer. I'm not a coder. I scope the problem and direct AI agents that do the building, on a modern stack.
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When I started with AI, my first question was "which one should I use?"
Better first question: what do I want done?
Write an email. Summarize a long PDF. Help with homework. Translate a note.
Start with the job and the pick gets a lot easier.
fieldbooktoai.com/for
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When I first started using AI, my question was "which one should I even use?"
So I made a 1-minute quiz for it. Five questions. You get one pick plus a free option.
fieldbooktoai.com/which-ai
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I used to ask this same thing.
Short version for beginners: free ChatGPT or free Claude is enough to start. The useful question is what you're trying to do, not which brand wins.
Plain side-by-side:
fieldbooktoai.com/compare/ch… nitter.gq/ipsvijrk/status/211746…
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Scammers found a new trick: forwarding real Google security alerts. The email checks out. The trap is the phone number inside.
Don't call it or click anything. Go to myaccount.google.com yourself.
My short safety list for anyone new to all this:
fieldbooktoai.com/safe
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The short version for normal people:
1. Put a passkey or authenticator app on your email
2. Turn on automatic updates
3. Freeze your credit at all three bureaus (it's free)
4. Pick a family code word for panicked "it's me, send money" calls
Full list with how-to links, no signup: fieldbooktoai.com/safe
Two good additions from the replies:
Save each credit bureau's freeze PIN or login in your password manager. You'll need it to lift the freeze later.
The family code word works at work too. If the "boss" texts asking for gift cards or a wire, call them back on a number you already have.
Both are on the list now: fieldbooktoai.com/safe
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You probably don't need to pay for AI.
The free versions cover most everyday stuff. A $20-a-month plan makes sense once you use it daily, and the $100+ plans are for people who hit the limits every day.
I wrote down which free one to use for what: fieldbooktoai.com
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Most people I know open ChatGPT, type something in, and hope it works.
I made a free page that tells you which AI to start with based on what you're trying to do, like writing an email or getting homework explained.
No signup. Pick what you're doing and it shows you the free one to try ↓
fieldbooktoai.com
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500 swings into the the #legenjerry challenge this weekend. Still nothing. Roughly 2,000 swings left before I quit golf entirely if I don’t get it
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