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Build in public: my current Good AiDeas setup
I’m building Good AiDeas to help small local businesses get access to the kind of tech, systems, and process improvements that bigger companies usually get/can afford first.
I’m still early but I wanted to share the actual setup I’m using right now.
Hardware
- MacBook Pro M5
- 64GB unified memory
- Local Ollama experiments for lightweight background AI tasks
- Looking at a stronger local AI workstation path later, likely NVIDIA or AMD-based, once the business justifies it
Core AI tools
- Codex for coding, research, documentation, debugging, and turning ideas into working pieces
- Claude Code for engineering help, code review, refactoring, and deeper implementation work
- MiniMax for creative/media experiments and content assets (cheaper than the other 2)
- Local models/Ollama for smaller organizer-style workflows and internal learning loops
Infrastructure
- GoodAiDeas.com is live
- VPS setup for hosting, deployments, mail/workflow experiments, and internal tools
- Internal systems for lead tracking, email workflow, AI receptionist, and service-business playbooks
- I keep sensitive things like IPs, credentials, and internal routes private for obvious reasons
Current product direction
Right now I’m focused on practical AI for small businesses, especially service businesses.
Things like:
- missed calls
- after-hours intake
- lead follow-up
- owner daily summaries
- quote/estimate follow-up
- invoice and review workflows later
The goal is not “AI everywhere.” The goal is to find the spots where business owners are losing time, money, or opportunities, then build systems that help.
Social setup
I’m also starting to build in public more across:
- X.com
- Skool/community posts
- GoodAiDeas.com
I want to show the process honestly: What I’m building, what works, what breaks, what I’m learning, and how small businesses can actually use AI without getting buried in hype.
What I’m learning so far:
The best AI use cases are usually not flashy.
They are boring problems that cost money every week:
- someone missed a call
- no one followed up
- the owner forgot to send the estimate
- the invoice sat unpaid
- the customer never got asked for a review
- the same admin task happened 100 times
That is where I think AI and automation can really help small businesses.
Not by replacing the owner.
By giving them some of the leverage bigger companies already have.
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