Something technical
driving you nuts?
Don't buy more AI. Let's fix the AI you already have.
Bring the actual problem: an AI workflow, automation, prototype, content system, integration, website, Python script, cloud process or half-built project that refuses to become useful.
Start small.
Up to 20 minutes. One real problem.
Show Ian what is happening. We will determine what is actually failing, whether the failure is where you think it is, whether there is a realistic repair path and the smallest useful next step.
If the problem is trivial, we may fix it during the diagnosis. If it needs more work, you know the next step and price before we continue.
If it needs fixing.
Up to 60 minutes, hands-on with the real system.
Your $49 diagnosis is credited toward the total, so after a paid diagnosis the additional cost is $100.
The objective is not an hour talking about possibilities. It is material progress on the thing that is not working.
Ask for a Fix-It Session →Up to 3 hours of focused implementation or rescue work.
For the point where the diagnosis is over and the useful next move is simply: “Can you finish this?”
If the problem is larger, we stop and scope it separately rather than quietly turning a repair into an open-ended engagement.
Discuss a Rescue Block →Good AI Repair problems
You do not need to diagnose the problem before bringing it to someone whose job is to diagnose the problem.
What this is not
- A generic AI training class
- A prompt-writing workshop
- An “AI transformation” programme
- A retainer disguised as a diagnosis
- A sales presentation for one particular AI product
- An excuse to rebuild everything from scratch
The goal is the smallest sufficient repair that produces a useful result.
Why Ian + HAL?
Ian has worked with computer systems since 1977. The underlying job has stayed surprisingly consistent across generations of technology: understand what the system is supposed to do, find out why it is not doing it, and make the smallest change that gets the required result.
HAL adds a second kind of intelligence to the repair bench: rapid exploration, pattern recognition, research, synthesis, code analysis and the stamina to work through many possible explanations without getting bored after attempt number fourteen.
You bring the problem. We work the problem.
Start with one annoying thing.
You do not need to commit to a project. You do not need a specification. You do not need to know which AI model you are using.
$49. Up to 20 minutes. No charge if we cannot see a realistic way to help.