Taylor Dondich

Founder, Dondich Creative. Building FellowHire — AI Fellows for modern teams. Also DNS Spy & Nihongo Master. Sharing what I learn shipping SaaS.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Heeey, I'm on something! Discussing AI, how to leverage agents more effectively and how I do it differently. https://t.co/nLHuXqKp8F

[FellowHire @fellowhireai]

Most AI tools can only reach what's on the public internet.

Your file server, your self-hosted CRM, the database behind your firewall? Locked out.

Our fellows now connect to your private network over VPN and work with the systems that run your business.

https://t.co/PZI9tG4Hh2

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

DNS migration rule nobody tells you:

Lower your TTL to 300 two days before the change. Wait the old TTL out. Make the change. Raise it back to 3600.

Skip step one and your change can take a full day to propagate.

https://t.co/8M6qsV46qM

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

@GabrielValles Absolutely accurate. I don't like at AI as a way to replace people but to accelerate the velocity of your people. The problem with any new technology is that it was built to replace inefficiency. And some people's jobs were based on that inefficiency.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

The FBI flagged 498 fake FIFA World Cup domains this week. Every one maps to a technique DNS Spy's Phishing Sentinel catches automatically. Wrote up how look-alike detection actually works: https://t.co/jpgktRSqYH

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

We just shipped a free DNS propagation checker.

40+ resolvers worldwide. TTL on every result. Response times. DNSSEC status. Zero ads.

Built on the same infrastructure DNS Spy uses to monitor production DNS for thousands of domains.
Full write-up: https://t.co/uBdMLOB42T

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

For everyone else, this is the most underpriced hire of 2026.

https://t.co/4oCm3JaOfQ

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

The version of "AI virtual assistant for small business" that actually works is not what most people think.

It is not a chatbot. It is not a personal assistant for the founder. It is a fellow in your team chat that serves everyone.

https://t.co/4oCm3JaOfQ

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

When AI virtual assistants are NOT the right move:

- Your work is mostly in-person and physical
- Your team does not use Slack, Teams, or a CRM yet
- You are a solo operator with light needs
- All your work is high-creative or high-sensitivity

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Why the white-glove tier costs what it does:

— Custom-built for your specific role
— Frontier AI models (real cost)
— Isolated cloud environment per customer
— Real integrations (CRM, email, docs, etc.)
— Ongoing tuning by the vendor

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Cost reality check. There are three real tiers:
Free chatbots: $0 to $50/mo. Cannot act in your real business systems.
Mid-market AI add-ons: per-seat, $100+/user/month. Math gets ugly.
White-glove AI fellows: $1,500 to $4,500/mo per fellow, billed annually, serves whole team.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

The other thing people miss: it has to live where work already happens.

Slack or Teams. Not a separate app. Not a separate dashboard.

If your team has to go anywhere new to use it, they will stop using it within 30 days. Every time.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

A human VA is one person, helping one person, usually the owner.

An AI fellow is one fellow, helping the whole team. Sales asks. Ops asks. Finance asks. Same chat, same fellow.

The math only works at the team level. Per-person AI is too expensive.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Full breakdown on cost, speed, consistency, and quality: https://t.co/JpeECPgqb0

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Hiring a freelancer for recurring work is like renting a car for your daily commute. It works. But it's not built for it.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Quick test: Once = freelancer. Every week = AI Fellow.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

That's the work AI Fellows are built for. Same fellow every day. Same context. Flat monthly rate. Live in 48 hours.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

But for work that comes back every week - inbox, scheduling, research, content, ops - freelancers add cost and friction every time you re-engage. Onboarding. Briefs. Scope creep. Vacation gaps.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

Freelancers shine on one-off creative work. Logos. Launch videos. Specialized projects with a clear finish line. They are great at peak human judgment in a single output.

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

@MathesonZander @bytewax How can we leverage the premium sources and sinks in the meantime?

[Taylor Dondich @tdondich]

@MathesonZander and @bytewax , is Bytewax still a thing? Platform site is down. Store is unavailable. Github repo lacks activity. Want to try it, but need some assurance.