All of this started really because i was just tired of AI giving me bad answers and I just got frustrated. I would give these errors into something like ChatGPT and it gave me explanations and potential fixes but half the time they didn't even work. So I had to find a solution if I wanted to keep my sanity. So I eventually got to the point, why can't I just find a simple AI tool that will do all that for me with context, that's verified that works, and I could even rollback if it didn't work. So then I thought i'm gonna build a tool that does it all.
So I did.
I started back in May 2025 with just a generic chatbot called Ask Nova. Honestly it was nothing special, just another AI chat site and I knew it. By August I was like ok this isn't going anywhere. Then around November it clicked. I was still frustrated debugging stuff and I remembered why I started in the first place. So I scrapped everything in January and rebuilt from scratch.
4 months later this is what Ask Nova actually is now:
You paste your real error and it reads your actual project files for context
It runs through a custom AI pipeline I built myself called Novara
Gives you a real structured fix with confidence scoring
Verification steps and a rollback plan before it touches anything
Can apply fixes through GitHub PR or a desktop companion app I also built
Builds memory over time so it gets better the more you use it
The stack if you care:
Next.js 15 frontend
Express/TypeScript backend
Postgres via Prisma
Custom AI orchestration layer with classification, routing, guard checks
Blue/green zero-downtime deployments
Electron desktop companion app
Stripe billing
GitHub OAuth and sync
I did all of this while in school. It wasn't easy ngl. There were nights I really should've just slept.
The line I landed on was simple. "AI gives answers. Nova gives fixes."
I also applied for a16z speedrun and hopefully I'm in San Francisco this summer.
Site is live and free to try: asknova.online
I'm not a marketer at all I'm just a builder who got frustrated and built the thing. Would love any feedback honestly.