Where I started
I came from a marketing and operations background, not software engineering. When AI tools started getting genuinely useful around 2022, I was one of those people who spent too many hours testing everything.
I got obsessed with finding what actually worked for non-technical people and small businesses. What prompts got useful output. What tools were worth paying for. What workflows saved real time.
What I built
I started building AI systems for real clients, a cannabis dispensary, a food service business, a management company. Voice AI, customer service automation, loyalty dashboards, content systems.
That became SimplySync AI, my automation agency. Every client build taught me something new. And I realized the biggest gap in the market wasn't the technology, it was practical education from someone who was actually doing the work.
Why I teach
Most AI content is made by people who've never run a real client engagement. It's theoretical, demo-heavy, and divorced from what actually works when you're building something a real business depends on.
Your Handy AI Guide exists to fix that. Everything I publish comes from live work. If I use it with a client, I document it. If something doesn't work, I say so. The goal is to save you the months of trial and error I went through.
The "Handy" thing
My last name is Handy. I can't help it. But it fits, because "handy" is exactly what I want this to be. Not the most sophisticated AI content. Not the most academic. Just the most useful.
AI that actually works. By someone who actually builds it.