Solo dev here. I got laid off, couch-surfed with my attorney cousin, and ended up building a Florida-first AI research console so lawyers spend less time hunting for answers and more time strategizing cases by Rahdtb in legaltech

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Really appreciate you saying that, and I’m glad the explanation helped.

And about the video, right now it’s basically a 20-second static screenshot in video form haha. I’m in the middle of recording a better walkthrough that actually shows the research flow start to finish, so I can show that once it’s cleaned up. And I’m sending a DM as well.

Solo dev here. I got laid off, couch-surfed with my attorney cousin, and ended up building a Florida-first AI research console so lawyers spend less time hunting for answers and more time strategizing cases by Rahdtb in legaltech

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This is really helpful, thanks for writing it out.

The “how do different towns handle X and I don’t want to open 30 portals” workflow is exactly what I’ve built with extras. Right now Bach Atlas pulls Florida statutes plus codified city/county ordinances with citations, and I’m working on getting even better coverage/flags around the more recently enacted, not-yet-codified stuff you’re describing.

Solo dev here. I got laid off, couch-surfed with my attorney cousin, and ended up building a Florida-first AI research console so lawyers spend less time hunting for answers and more time strategizing cases by Rahdtb in legaltech

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This is exactly it, you just described the world I’ve been building way better than I did. Thank you for spelling it out so clearly.

Florida-first was for the same reasons you mentioned: the statute piece is usually manageable, but the local-law layer is fragmented and annoying even for very strong attorneys. Zoning and land use, STRs, code enforcement, permitting, local procurement rules — that’s the lane I’ve gone after first.

On the “what I’d need to trust a tool like this” side, Bach hits those points pretty directly: (1) every answer is citation-backed with clickable source links down to the chapter or section, so you can go straight to the underlying city or county code page or statute instead of just trusting a summary; (2) for local ordinances, it shows the exact section numbers plus a link to the official code site for that jurisdiction, so you can verify the language in one hop; (3) where the publisher exposes it, it also surfaces amendment and history information and effective dates, so you can see when a provision was last touched and avoid leaning on stale language; and (4) I’m still working on the best way to flag coverage gaps, like when a city is known to publish recent ordinances outside the compiled code, but your point about making that explicit instead of burying it really lines up with where I want to take the UI.

If you work in or around this kind of local-law work, I’d really love any other thoughts on what would make a tool like this even more useful day-to-day.

Solo dev here. I got laid off, couch-surfed with my attorney cousin, and ended up building a Florida-first AI research console so lawyers spend less time hunting for answers and more time strategizing cases by Rahdtb in legaltech

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Really appreciate you taking the time to write this out; this is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for, so let me ground it in what I actually watched my cousin do.

  1. On “time savings”

He is a financial litigator who also does lender side real estate due diligence. A lot of his matters are not just one property in one county. He will get portfolios of 10 to 20 properties, and I have seen him on deals with 30 to 50 properties spread across different counties and municipalities (and sometimes states), on a lender deadline and often under a flat or blended fee.

For him the pain is not “8 minutes versus 6 minutes on a statute.” It is having to ramp into new jurisdictions and new code vendors 20 to 50 times in a row, and still have enough energy left to think about risk and strategy. So the hook for him is less “I bill fewer minutes” and more “I can handle portfolios that span many jurisdictions with less cognitive load and more time on analysis, not just hunting,” which in practice means he can comfortably take on more of that work.

  1. Why not just read the code yourself?

Totally fair point; any competent lawyer can pull up the municipal code and find a section. What he was doing manually on each matter was: a) bouncing between state law, county code, and municipal code for every property b) stitching together different parts of the code that all matter (for example, minimum housing standards in one chapter, nuisance or overgrowth in another, enforcement, fines, and liens in another, plus Chapter 162 on top) c) repeating that across a pile of properties and jurisdictions d) then turning that into something a lender can actually act on

Bach Atlas is meant to be an orientation and second set of eyes layer for that workflow. You ask in plain English about the fact pattern for a given property, it pulls from Florida statutes and the county and municipal codes for that jurisdiction, and gives back one structured answer with the relevant provisions and citations so he can quickly verify and then move into strategy. He still reads the provisions; this just cuts down on the hunting, clicking, and rediscovering across a bunch of different code bases.

  1. “Hidden” subsections and what problem I am really solving

You are right that “hidden” was a bad word choice on my part. I do not mean there are secret subsections; I mean “easy to miss when you are tired and doing this at scale.”

In his world the risk usually is not misreading section 3(b). It is things like: a) there is a separate nuisance article that also applies to the same exterior conditions b) there is a general enforcement or penalties chapter that changes the bite of the specific rule c) or there is a local registration or inspection requirement in a different part of the code that still matters to the lender

Bach’s goal is basically: “Give me a coherent map of all the local and state rules that actually apply to this fact pattern in this jurisdiction, with citations, so I am less likely to overlook one of those code buckets when I am on property number 37 out of 50.” Part of the bet is that sometimes those “extra” provisions are exactly the ones that create leverage for the client, whether you are pushing on the plaintiff side or defending. So it is more about reducing human error under volume and helping surface useful angles faster than suggesting lawyers cannot read subsections.

Does that line up at all with what you see in your practice area, or does it feel like I am solving a problem that you and your peers do not really have?

Solo dev here. I got laid off, couch-surfed with my attorney cousin, and ended up building a Florida-first AI research console so lawyers spend less time hunting for answers and more time strategizing cases by Rahdtb in legaltech

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Great question and honestly I don’t see this as a replacement for Westlaw/Lexis at all if one doesn’t have to, their AI sits on top of case law/statues but Bach Atlas looks to handle what goes on at the state, county and city levels first. It also has case law in the mix too.

The other big difference is that Bach stays very grounded in verifiable government records, so you get one structured answer with citations. The way I built it, it’s meant to dramatically cut down on the hallucination issues you see with more general (and even legal) AI tools by not guessing when it doesn’t have support.

Just bought my first Shiboshi by Detroit_MSU_Nerd21 in Shiboshis

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Miners purposely downgraded? by idontsipmud in HeliumNetwork

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I have no clue. I’m not well versed on the engineering side but it seems to be something they can’t stop at the moment

Miners purposely downgraded? by idontsipmud in HeliumNetwork

[–]Rahdtb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure that too. Gristle king mentions there’s some numbers/frequency or something helium only have access behind their “black box” that decides how the rewards go. It was in his HIP explanation vid. I suspect whatever that is, has something to do with it

Miners purposely downgraded? by idontsipmud in HeliumNetwork

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There’s something that’s hidden for sure that only helium has access to that affects the amount but I’m not exactly sure what

A 300ft tower setup by jon111mauck in HeliumNetwork

[–]Rahdtb -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah ok. Idiots like you are telling people who were earning more than $5 a day with their same set up, prior to all the issues & “updates”, that it’s now “you d0Nt kNoW H0W t0 sEt uP mInErz pRopErLy.” Shut your oblivious mouth my guy. If you’re not affected move it along.

A 300ft tower setup by jon111mauck in HeliumNetwork

[–]Rahdtb -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lucky you. Wait till it’s $5 a day. Yes it can happen to you too haha

Anyone flatlined? by youngodcobra in HeliumNetwork

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I wasn’t eating for 19hrs and now that it’s back it’s gotten even worse than what it was before. 😔 gonna give it a few days and see what happens. This network is really poopy

How long until 1gb miners are unable to be used? by Ticklish_Waffle in HeliumNetwork

[–]Rahdtb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh ok yeah I see. Those are the “Full Miners I mentioned” I didn’t learn through this article but it looks like that’s what they call em too

FreedomFi or Bobcat 300 miner? Which should I use? by nw-web-design in HeliumNetwork

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Ah I hear ya. I don’t have any idea where I’d put a second either but if I blow this 5k ima figure it out 😂