In this episode, the SLC Deal Engine emerges from a two year, $100K rebuild that ran through Land Pricer, SLC Chat, and a Cowork plugin that kept breaking under its own patches. The breakthrough came from scrapping vibe coded architecture entirely and rewriting the underwriting procedure as hard code, reserving AI only for final pricing judgment. The finished engine runs in roughly an hour at about 2% of weekly token usage on a $200 Claude Max plan. Update, September 2026: the Deal Engine is no longer offered for install. It runs inside Serious Land Capital's own deal review.WORK WITH USLand operators: submit your deal for funding at seriousland.capital. We've funded over $6.5M with 41% operating margins, checks from $50K, and we close what we commit to.AI implementation: I build workflows for companies collectively doing over $50M in annual revenue and take on a small number of clients. Reach out directly.Seeing something different in your market? Drop it in the comments with a source. I'll read every one.Get our exclusive weekly newsletter every Monday at Serious News.Deal breakdowns, AI for operators, behind-the-fund decisions.Operator-to-operator. No fluff.→ ⁠https://seriousland.capital/newsletter/⁠#seriouslandcapital #aiforbusiness #vibecoding #landinvesting #getseriouspodcast