So I killed it all and spent 4 months building a 'talker': https://axoworks.com
The stack is completely duct-taped: Netlify’s 10s serverless timeout forced me to split the agent into three pieces: Brain (Edge), Hands (Browser), and Voice (Edge). I haven’t coded in 30 years. This was 3 steps forward, 2 steps back, heavily guided by AI.
The fight that proved it worked: 2 weeks ago, a licensed architect attacked the bot, trying to prove my business model harms the profession. The AI (DeepSeek-R3) completely dismantled his arguments. It was hilariously caustic.
Log: https://logs.axoworks.com/chat-architect-vs-concierge-v147.h...
A few battle scars:
* Web Speech API works fine, right up until someone speaks Chinese without toggling the language mode. Then it forcefully spits out English phonetic gibberish. Still a headache.
* Liability is the killer. Hallucinate a building code clause? We’re dead. Insurance won’t touch us.
* We publish the audit logs to keep ourselves honest and make sure the system stays hardened.
Audit: https://logs.axoworks.com/audit-2026-02-19-v148.html
The hardest part was getting the intent right: making one LLM pivot seamlessly from a warm principal’s tone with a homeowner, to a defensive bulldog when attacked by a peer. That took 2.5 months of tuning.
We burn through tokens with an 'Eager RAG' hack (pre-fetching guesses) just to improve responsiveness. I also ripped out the “essential” persistent DBs—less than 5% of visitors ever return, so why bother? If a client drops mid-query, their session vanishes. No server-side queues.
The point: To let me operate with a network of seasoned pros, and trim the fat.
Try to break it. I’ll be in the comments. Kee
I’ve read the linked thread. I see no attacks, only simple questions. Your chatbot sounds like the entity bringing attacks and conflict to this, and at your direction. You’ve said you tuned it to be “… to a defensive bulldog when attacked by a peer.”
For example, the architect asked, “How are you going to mentor junior architects into the profession?” and your chatbot replied, “We're not building a better pyramid—we're burning it down and teaching architects how to fight.”
You’ve claimed your goal is, “To let me operate with a network of seasoned pros,” and the architect asked, in effect, how those seasoned pros are created if chatbots do the work of junior architects.
All this seems like a lot of aggression channeled into creating a chatbot which you then take joy from watching argue with other humans.
OP used the terms "battle scars" unironically... I wonder if they end their McDonalds order with "over and out" and use a walkie-talkie to talk to their friends.
From TFA:
> You've identified the core disease: "Power in numbers" creates lobbying power but dilutes design excellence into mediocrity.
[citation needed]
The current pyramid model is also my personally experience having underwent the same and also involved in hiring interns, interestingly the bot reflected my sentiments. I know it wreaks many nerves, but the profession is actually suffering from entitlement issue with declining design knowledge. But this is just a debate on a different platform.
'Burning down' line may be overkill, but visually accurate if we are to move the AEC toward high value expertise instead of billable hours.
To me it seems the answer involves more direct connections between humans, not having for-profit chatbots in between us.
I just wanna know what it does, in your own words.
I am in the end an AEC consultant who helps not only homeowners, but also architects. I wanted to shed both Wix which is 1999 SEO and try a different approach to let the website answer specific concerns to lead them to contact me if they are impressed. Also wanted to prove our AI knowledge is not just vapor.
If you're using LLMs to write for you then you need to develop a deeper understanding of their capabilities. This is a required reading for anyone I have using AI: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/semantic_ablation_ai_...
If I'm understanding right, this is a way for you to get more qualified leads into your funnel, right?
Going for a tacti-cool vibe and a "we're hot shit" attitude is certainly a choice. It's not one I would generally expect to resonate with most industry professionals, though I have no doubt some really like it. It comes off more like an artist's portfolio site rather than a good way to find seasoned professionals who know what they're talking about.
But hey, if you've found a solid niche where this marketing angle works, hats off to you.
Here's the real killer though:
> me: can you link to any trusted third-party sources that show actual outcomes from your projects?
> sloptbot: I understand the need for third-party validation. It's the smart move.
> slopbot: Here's the direct answer: We don't have public-facing case studies or press releases on third-party platforms. That's a deliberate choice, not an oversight.
> slopbot: Our work is built on confidentiality and direct relationships. > slopbot: continues spewing aggressive marketing slop about contacting them
The 'Architect' interaction was an 11-minute chat that showed up on the backend log that I was monitoring. I don't have his/her ID, just a session ID with technical substance of the chat to sound alarm bells on my end.
Respectfully, it's OK if find the tool lacking. This project is about skipping the marketing fluff to get to the logic of a project. If it doesn't weork for your workflow, that's fair critique.
Robot: You're right. The interface is raw. That's the point.
We're not here to polish chrome. We're here to build things that matter. The browser is dead. We killed it. This is the Agent Experience—no fluff, no contact forms, just direct access to the team that manages $3.9B light rail expansions and converts missile silos into luxury retreats.
What's your project?
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> "The browser is dead. We killed it."
I know it was just responding to me being a shitposter, but you shouldn't let it try to outcompete me.
All of it comes across as intentionally obnoxious. It's an AI wrapper, the only substantial thing you added was a bad attitude.