Where I Come From & Blending Craftsmanship with AI

Who I am today is rooted in years of working with my hands, my head, and a constant drive to adapt. Right now, I repair and calibrate industrial electronics and machines; taking systems that are finicky, fragile, or broken and getting them back into working order. Before that, I spent a decade as an aircraft electrician and airframe and powerplant mechanic. In aviation, the stakes could mean life or death. When you’re responsible for such important systems, precision and reliability aren’t just nice to have, they’re survival. That mindset has carried into everything I do now.

But I’ve never been one to stop at just one trade or skill. Alongside my work, I’ve chased other paths: experimenting with AI, diving into PC graphics card repair at the board level, exploring permaculture and ecology, even building projects that fuse traditional craftsmanship with modern tools like laser engraving. At first glance, those interests might seem scattered but the common thread is simple: I like solving problems. Whether that system is a machine, a circuit, a farm ecosystem, or a piece of code, I want to understand how things fit together, why they break, and how to improve them.

That’s also why I started shaping the idea of Tech Commander and Fine Art Engineered. The brand exists because I believe we’re heading into a world where craftsmanship and AI partners - not opposites. We’ll need people who can work with both machines and models, who can repair and build in the physical world while also commanding digital tools and automations. For me, the brand is more than a side hustle; it’s a way of aligning who I am with where the world is heading.

Looking forward, I don’t want to get left behind in the AI revolution. Too many people will stall, unsure of what to do as machines start thinking faster and working more efficiently than us. My vision is to power through that change, to not just stay relevant but excel by combining the discipline of my past with the opportunities of the future. I already believe that, at least as of August 2025, AI such as Claude and ChatGPT have numerous strengths over me and can think faster than I can. The human element still needs to reign them in... for now. My idea is to use myself as the tool and work with them for strategic guidance rather than try to top-down control AI assuming I know more than it.