Recording notes from the past few days (4/8/26 to 4/11/26). Adding new files and graphics to the element of time # 12793 in the shop. This was from a meeting with Abby, earlier this week.

Phone call with Josh. He wants some help doing developer work for potential clients. They, Josh, Cory, Steve, and Eric have been doing some fun projects. Lots of look and feel, email campaigns, and new ecommerce skins. He has some potential clients lined up, just needs to fix certain things. He was asking me where I'm at with things. I'm off the side of the bus (not with everybody else). He wants me to work with Steve and the crew on development projects that need to be done. I'm trying to do some planning and working with ChatGPT (AI) to help line out the master plan stuff. We have never had that, meaning a master plan. I'm not trying to get it, the master plan, too detailed, but we need it. I feel that it is very important. We will always have more projects and development work. To me, it's just another checkbox and/or request. We have tons of those, meaning checkboxes, done and pushed out. Just for fun, here is a link to a 50-page document, just with features inside of adilas.

It's not just planning, I'm circling back around, finishing things up, reinforcing the foundation, and refining things. I'm trying to simplify things, make it easier to understand, explore new avenues, use AI to help us get rid of the rub and/or friction. Tons of things. In sales we talk about features, advantages, and benefits. We have the feature part down... We need to circle back around and make sure that we can show the advantages and the benefits. Some of that is look and feel and some of that is flow and simplicity. Just as a sample, here is an element of time entry that shows some of what we are doing and how we can harvest these AI conversations to help show the simplicity of what we are really trying to do. See EOT # 12793 in the shop. This entry has four new documents that are super easy to read, yet tell a huge amount of what we do and offer. We are working on graphics, help files, documentation, etc. We tend to go so quickly, that we don't put the finish on it.

One of the biggest things that people complain about is what it looks like (look and feel of the UI). We have great tech and functionality. We need to circle around and put that finish on our product that people are looking for. I love it, and I totally see it. There is nothing wrong with what he, Josh, is asking. I also know that it takes major resources to do all of that. I really want to see if we can get some investors to help us with some gas money, help us along the path. We have put every extra cent into this project that we could and/or can. That is awesome, but it is also taxing.

Josh recommended that I call Steve and see what he needs help with. I just know if I do that, I'm back in the mix of going a million miles an hour without a plan. We joke about it, but there is some reality to the situation, we are hanging on the car or train as it is going down the road and/or train tracks. We are working on it while it is going, making corners, going up/down hills, etc. In real life, the plan is - just follow the money, but then it never ends and you don't know where you are going. It starts getting complicated. Everything has to keep going and connect to tell the story. I really feel like me not being on the train is important right now. I don't know the timing of everything. We'll get it all figured out.

After we got done talking, it took me a couple of hours to get back on level ground. I think that I have some mental anxiety about where things are at right now and where things are going. I've been in this battle (the adilas project) for 20+ years. I've been burned out and reanimated a number of times. It's a repeating cycle. It has been pretty stressful. I really want to see it succeed, but the current demands are saying, jump right back in at full speed. I need to be on the outside right now, if for nothing else, for my mental wellbeing. I'm working on other parts of the system. There will be great ROI (return on investment) of what I am doing, it just may not be super visible right now. I know that it is going to help.

Working with Bryan. Code sign-off. Small close frameset button on the classic split cart. Then looking at some eBay code (API stuff). Light fixes and pushing up some code. We had to fix some merge conflicts.

Back working with ChatGPT on the sixth layer of the value add-on core. Adding in some references to compasses and GPS cores. Pushing on concepts to help explain things and processes. Mixing inputs, wants and desires, tools, funnels, and outputs. See attached for a PDF version of the chat session. The actual chat session will be listed below.

https://chatgpt.com/share/69d87170-9440-832d-b17f-987bf78d69ad

Quick phone call with Hamid. He jumped on the GoToMeeting session, but Bryan and I were still on the meeting. I gave him a call, and he said that he is working on the play at the wall website for adilas API socket stuff. He said that he is working with ChatGPT to get some ideas and how to make it both fun and informative (small pun off of "play" at the wall).

Working with Bryan. Small code fixes. We had to param some values to help with the new code that we pushed up yesterday.

Going over the simple stuff from Abby. She took some of the AI chats and pulled out little pieces. We then spent the rest of the time talking about the sixth layer of the value add-on core model. We ended up starting a new ChatGPT chat session. Shannon and I only got part way. I then ran with it later in the day for a number of other hours. Here is the link to that chat session.

https://chatgpt.com/share/69d87170-9440-832d-b17f-987bf78d69ad

As I got new stuff back from ChatGPT, I was adding it to the value add-on core plan. The new stuff is at the bottom or on the layer six section.

Here is a little snippet:

The sixth layer of the value add-on core is the AI level (artificial intelligence). While the earlier layers focus on structure, data, workflows, and scalability, this layer focuses on interaction, intelligence, and automation.

You could say that AI is both a layer and a cross-layer capability. Instead of thinking of AI as a separate layer, consider it an integral part that enhances all other layers. AI builds value by using the system's existing data, structure, and workflows to deliver smarter, faster, and more intuitive outcomes.

It represents a shift:

• from clicks and navigation to conversations
• from steps and tasks to outcomes
• from manual work and processes to assisted execution and automation
• In a nutshell, good data --> solid structure --> action and intelligence --> outcomes and results

"Instead of focusing on how to use the system, users can focus on what they want to accomplish."

Working with Russell and Abby. Back working on the search look-up for the documentation project stuff. We were deep in indexes and counts to show the correct search results and setup the deep linking correctly (page and subpage navigation). We got stuck on some JavaScript and looping over sections and showing/displaying the correct search results. Manual changes and checking console logs for index numbers and flow. Deep JavaScript debugging. As we are going along, there is some teaching happening and helping Abby understand why we are doing what we are doing.

Working with Abby. She is working on some new graphics for the GPS core and adilas value add-on core models. See attached for a few of the new images. She also gave me a number of super cool simplified docs (mini versions from my prior ChatGPT sessions). I've been going so fast, I haven't taken time to harvest anything. She totally inspired me to slow down and harvest some of what we are learning. Great and easy to read stuff. Along with those documents, she also said that she had some mini screenshots from other chat sessions that she thought were cool. She sent me 36 mini screenshots of key pieces in the chat sessions. That was awesome. I'm so glad that someone is reading them and also gathering up little tidbits of goodness. I love it.

See attached for some of the little gems and documents.

Working with Bryan on some code review. Going over some of his new code to allow charging a credit card fee on the online bill pay section for ecommerce. It's a new setting that allows or disallows the credit card fee. Fixed a few merge conflicts and pushed up the new code. He wanted it live on data 0 for some testing. After we did some testing, Bryan was just checking in on me, mentally and physically. It's been kinda crazy.