# Ask Donnie — launch social copy Drafts in Donnie's voice. Edit before posting, and post only once the store listings are live. Until then the apps are "coming soon" — point people at https://proctorhldg.com/download (the badges flip from "coming soon" to live automatically). Store URLs: App Store goes live once the adamId is assigned; Google Play once the listing is published (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proctorhldg.askdonnie). --- ## X / Twitter — thread 1/ Ask Donnie is now on iPhone, iPad & Android. 🏗️ It's an AI construction estimator + building-code expert. Ask a code question, get a cited answer scoped to YOUR jurisdiction. Drop a plan, get a priced estimate. Free to start, no card. 2/ Most code tools guess — or quote an edition that doesn't even apply where you build. Donnie resolves your state's actually-adopted IRC edition first, then quotes the exact section and links the source. Not a guess. The actual rule. 3/ The estimate engine is deterministic, not generative. Same scope → same itemized number, every time, with an accuracy range. It reads like a real estimate because it is one. 4/ And it runs the whole job: estimates, invoices, RFIs, submittals, change orders, CPM schedules, cost control, closeout. White-label every doc with your name and logo. 5/ Donnie shows its sources and tells you to confirm with your AHJ before you build. It's AI assistance to verify — never a permit, never a stamp. That line stays in every answer on purpose. 6/ Free to start — $5 wallet, no credit card. Pay only for what you use. App Store, Google Play, and the web. Go ask it something → https://proctorhldg.com/download --- ## LinkedIn After decades on job sites, two questions never go away: does the code allow this here, and what will it cost? Today we're launching Ask Donnie — an AI construction estimator and building-code expert — as a native app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. What makes it different is restraint. Ask Donnie resolves your state's actually-adopted code edition before it answers, quotes the verbatim section, and links the source — instead of confidently quoting a code that doesn't apply where you build. Its estimating engine is deterministic, so the same scope returns the same itemized number every time, with an accuracy range. And it always tells you to confirm with your local building department before you build. It's AI assistance to verify — not a license, not a permit, not legal advice. It also runs the whole job: estimates, invoices, RFIs, submittals, change orders, schedules, cost control, and closeout — white-labeled with your company's name and logo. Free to start ($5 wallet, no card). On the App Store, Google Play, and the web: https://proctorhldg.com/download — Donnie Proctor, licensed Alabama GC (#24914), Proctor Holdings --- ## Product Hunt **Tagline:** The AI construction estimator that cites the code and prices the job **Description:** Ask Donnie is an AI construction estimator and building-code expert for iPhone, iPad, Android, and the web. Ask any building-code question and get an answer cited to the exact adopted section for your jurisdiction. Drop a blueprint or photo and get a full, itemized, deterministic cost estimate — same scope, same number, every time. It runs the whole job too: estimates, invoices, RFIs, submittals, change orders, CPM schedules, cost control, and closeout, all white-labeled with your brand. Built by a licensed Alabama general contractor. Donnie shows its sources and tells you to verify with your AHJ — it's AI assistance to verify, never a permit. Free to start: $5 wallet, no credit card. **First comment (maker):** Hey PH 👋 I'm Donnie — licensed GC out of Alabama. I built this because every code tool I tried either guessed or quoted the wrong edition for where I actually build. Ask Donnie resolves your adopted code first, quotes the verbatim section, and links it. The estimate math is deterministic on purpose — no creative arithmetic. Happy to answer anything about how it stays honest. --- ## Hacker News — Show HN **Title:** Show HN: Ask Donnie – AI building-code answers cited to the adopted section + estimates **Body:** I'm a licensed Alabama general contractor. I built Ask Donnie to answer the two questions that dominate a job site: does the code allow this here, and what will it cost. Two design choices I think this crowd will care about: 1. Jurisdiction-correct, cited answers. US states adopt different IRC editions (and add local amendments). Most tools ignore that. Donnie resolves the state's adopted edition first, then quotes the verbatim section and links the public-domain source — rather than asserting a rule from a model's memory. When the corpus can't ground a claim, it says so instead of fabricating a citation. 2. Deterministic estimates. The cost engine is not the language model. Scope in → the same itemized, reproducible number out, with an AACE-style accuracy range. The LLM reads the plan and assembles scope; a deterministic engine prices it. That separation is the whole point — a fabricated dollar figure is worse than no figure. It also covers the construction-management workflow (RFIs, submittals, change orders, CPM scheduling with a real critical-path engine, earned-value cost control, closeout), and every AI surface is built so the AI never authorizes cost/time or stamps an approval — a human does. Native on iOS and Android, plus web. Free to start ($5 wallet, no card). Happy to go deep on the grounding/anti-fabrication approach in the comments.