About
I'm Eryk. I've spent years testing AI tools across different industries, workflows and use cases — and I've learned that most of the noise around them comes from people who've never actually sat down and tried to break them. I have.
I didn't start out as a consultant. I started out as someone who kept getting asked the same questions by people around me — friends running small businesses, freelancers trying to automate their workflow, clients wondering whether a particular AI platform was worth the subscription. After a while, it made sense to do this properly.
What I do isn't complicated in concept: I test things honestly, I write up what I find, and when someone needs more than an article can give them, I work with them directly. No courses, no upsells, no ecosystem to protect.
There's a version of this conversation that goes: "AI will replace everything, move fast or get left behind." I don't buy it entirely. There's also the version that says: "It's all hype, nothing really works." That's equally wrong.
The truth is messier. Some AI tools are genuinely transformative for specific tasks. Some are expensive subscriptions that make you feel productive without adding much. And a small number are genuinely risky — they can lock you into a workflow, bias your decision-making, or cost you time fixing what they got wrong. Knowing which is which, for your specific situation, is the actual useful thing.
I'm also interested in the dependency question. Using AI as a lever to do more of what matters to you is one thing. Using it as a substitute for building real skills, or letting it quietly shape how you think about problems — that's worth being aware of. I bring this up in consultations when it seems relevant, not as a lecture, just as something to factor in.
The first call is free. I ask questions, you share context, and I give you my honest read on whatever you're working on. If it turns out there's more to do together — a deeper evaluation, a workflow audit, help building something specific — we agree on the scope, the deliverables, and the terms before anything starts.
I don't take payment through this site. All financial arrangements happen directly, after we've spoken, through whatever channel makes sense. This isn't a boutique agency; it's just me, working with a limited number of clients at a time.
What I hold to
I have no financial stake in any platform I review. But I do form opinions, and I share them directly. There's a difference between being independent and being deliberately vague.
I never ask for money until the scope of work is agreed in writing. This site doesn't process payments. Everything is arranged directly, after a conversation.
Generic AI advice is everywhere. What's harder to find is a clear answer about whether this specific tool makes sense for this specific situation. That's the level I try to work at.
If something isn't my area, I'll say so. If a tool genuinely doesn't fit your situation, I'll tell you — even if that means there's nothing for us to work on together.
Tell me what you're working on — whether it's a tool you're evaluating, a workflow you want to automate, or just a general sense that AI should be doing more for you than it currently is.