Essays on building operational AI systems, workflow automation, and running AECFirmAI in production. Written by Kevin Marples.https://leveragebusinessapps.com/en-ushttps://leveragebusinessapps.com/blog/what-i-learned-watching-cad-deliveries/https://leveragebusinessapps.com/blog/what-i-learned-watching-cad-deliveries/I've been sitting inside a civil engineering firm for about a year. Most of what I've built grew out of noticing how people actually do their jobs. The CAD delivery process is one of those things.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild Loghttps://leveragebusinessapps.com/blog/per-seat-pricing-is-the-wrong-shape-for-ai/https://leveragebusinessapps.com/blog/per-seat-pricing-is-the-wrong-shape-for-ai/Most AI vendors are charging the way SaaS vendors have charged for fifteen years: pay per seat, per month, whether the seat is used or not. The pricing is borrowed reflexively from the old playbook. It's also wrong.Tue, 26 May 2026 20:00:00 GMTEssayhttps://leveragebusinessapps.com/blog/the-wrap-is-the-value/https://leveragebusinessapps.com/blog/the-wrap-is-the-value/Every professional services firm I talk to has access to the same AI tools. Their CRM has AI. Their ERP has AI. Their project management tool has AI. Microsoft sells them Copilot. ChatGPT runs on every laptop in the building.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssay