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Public Works
Engineering for everyone. Real problems, free tools, you own them.
For most of my career, engineering worked for whoever could afford it. Corporations get teams of problem-solvers. Regular people get subscriptions.
AI changed the math. One engineer with AI doing the heavy lifting can do what used to take a team. I spent ten years as an engineer. I'm pointing all of it at regular folk.
Here's the deal. You send me a real problem. I solve it in public. You get your problem fixed, and everyone gets the solution as a free tool. Not an account, not a trial, not a subscription. A file you download and keep, works with the wifi off, yours forever.
Robin Hood, except the thing getting redistributed is engineering.
send_a_problem()
Got a problem money can't fix but an engineer could? A booking mess. Pricing by vibes. A spreadsheet that secretly runs your life. Send it. A real person reads every one, and the best problems become the next tool here.
→ email the problem or DM @thejonesvilleGround rules: real problems from real people go first. No SaaS pitches, no crypto, no homework assignments.
the works
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2026-07-26
#1The Maker's Price
A pricing calculator for people who make things. Every real cost, the break-even, and what you're actually paying yourself per hour. Built because I needed to price my own product, so the first problem I robbed was mine.
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