EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 41 MIN
How Two Builders Rebuilt Their Entire Tech Stack Around AI (ft. McDevCo)
from Beyond the Bid | Practical AI for Builders · host GO First
A drafter wanted a few thousand dollars and five weeks for a permit set. Ian McCormick did it in an hour with Claude. The permit was issued the next day. That is one piece of a much bigger overhaul. Ian and Sarah McCormick run McDevCo, a two-person custom home company building $5 million homes in Telluride. Ian put $600MM of commercial work in place before this. In this episode they walk through ripping out their entire tech stack and rebuilding it around AI: BuilderTrend to Resio, Proton Mail to Google Workspace, Zoom gone, Claude running everything from IT migrations to permit drawings to coordinating five trades on a modular build. If you have ever felt like you are not a "tech person," so do they. That is exactly what makes this one worth your time. What you'll hear: Why they ripped out the whole stack at once instead of one piece at a time Switching from BuilderTrend to Resio, and what they were really optimizing for The $3K, five-week permit done in one hour with Claude Design The festival blog SEO play that targets out-of-area buyers Hiring their first Super Manager, cradle to grave McDevCo: https://www.mcdevcobuilds.comHiring a Super Manager: [email protected] from Beyond the Bid: beyondthebid.co
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