Alan Finney – Notes on Verified AI and Maintenance Software

Field notes on AI answer verification, CMMS buying, and decisions that cost real money.

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  • Your CMMS Quote Says “Per User.” The Question Nobody Asks Is: Which Users?

    Every maintenance software quote is priced per user. The difference between vendors isn’t the rate – it’s who gets counted. What Limble, Fiix, UpKeep and WorkTrek actually charge for, and the seven questions to send every vendor in writing.

  • Three Badges, One Company: What Happened to Software Reviews While Nobody Was Looking

    In February, G2 quietly acquired Capterra, Software Advice and GetApp from Gartner. Three badges on a vendor’s website now come from a single owner — and nobody told the buyer.

  • 3Dogs Pointer Is Live: Verify an AI Answer Against Current Evidence

    3Dogs Pointer verifies an AI answer against current cited evidence and identifies support, gaps, risk, and the next action. Learn how Pointer works with A2A workflows, existing systems, and 3Dogs Nexus.

  • Deterministic vs. Probabilistic: Why Enterprises Need Verified AI Workflows

    Enterprise AI becomes dependable when deterministic controls govern the workflow while probabilistic models contribute analysis, generation, and judgment inside explicit verification boundaries. 3Dogs is not another AI model; it provides the process that coordinates models, preserves evidence and dissent, and points people toward the next action. The Problem: The One-Model Fallacy No single model is…

  • WorkTrek CMMS: A Practical Maintenance Management Software Alternative for Teams That Need Faster Implementation

    WorkTrek is a CMMS and maintenance management software platform built for teams that need to manage work orders, preventive maintenance, assets, inspections, spare parts, and equipment downtime without getting trapped in a long, expensive enterprise software implementation. For maintenance managers, plant managers, facilities teams, service teams, and equipment-driven operations, the goal is usually not to…

  • 3Dogs.ai: The Best Hunting Dog I Ever Saw Didn’t Come From Silicon Valley

    Update — August 2026 This article records the morning 3Dogs began. The idea described below is now a live operating process at 3Dogs.ai. 3Dogs Pointer verifies a supplied AI answer against current sources and points to the evidence, gaps, risks, and next action. 3Dogs Nexus is the broader Discovery–Nexus–Evolution process for consequential decision cases, combining…

  • How B2B Software “Awards” Get Sold — And Why I’m Not Buying

    Someone Just Tried to Sell Me an Award for $3,000 I got an email this morning that I want to walk you through, because it’s one of the cleanest examples of the B2B pay-to-play economy I’ve seen in a while, and because I think more founders should publicly say no to this stuff out loud.…

  • What is next?

    My AI Coworkers Are Already Here — They Just Need a Conference Room The conversation around AI is stuck in the wrong frame. People keep arguing which model is best — ChatGPT or Claude, Gemini or Perplexity, OpenAI or Anthropic. The question misses the point. The model isn’t the product. The team is. Think about…

  • Why Feature-Rich CMMS Fails in Real Plants

    A CMMS that’s bursting with features should solve all your problems, right? Wrong. In real plants, more features often spell disaster. Let’s unravel why excess isn’t better. Overloaded with Complexity Too many features create a complex beast. Maintenance teams aren’t IT experts. They need systems that make work easier, not harder. Yet, a feature-rich CMMS…

  • Why “Feature-Rich” CMMS Software Fails in Real Plants

    On paper, most CMMS systems look impressive. Dozens of features.Deep reporting.Endless configuration options. In a demo, it all makes sense. In a real plant, it usually breaks down. The problem isn’t capability.It’s usability under pressure. Maintenance teams don’t operate in perfect conditions.They deal with breakdowns, time pressure, shifting priorities, and incomplete information. In that environment,…