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David Raine · robots need operators too

Robotics, data modeling, and AI in San Diego County. David works the layer where machines meet the physical world, which is the hard end of the AI conversation everyone else is having in slide decks.

PJ Zonis
PJ Zonis · single operator
Solana Beach, CA · Wrote this as a neighbor · not a pitch
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Who he is

A peer in the San Diego AI scene

Robotics Data modeling Applied AI San Diego County

This one is peer-to-peer, not vendor-to-prospect. SideGuy is a one-person shop that builds operator-owned AI infrastructure down in Solana Beach, and the number of people in North County actually shipping robotics and data systems (not talking about them) is small enough that the ones doing it should know each other.

What a SideGuy does for David

Why a one-person AI shop is putting this page up

Where the tech actually helps
  • The local builder map — San Diego has a real AI-builder scene hiding under the meetup noise. Operator pages like this one are the map of who actually ships.
  • Operator-owned infrastructure — SideGuy's lane is AI that operators own and run themselves, including solar-powered local compute. If that overlaps with your robotics work, the talk-shop is free.
  • Data modeling meets the open web — Findable, structured, honest pages are data modeling applied to reputation. Same discipline, different substrate.

David, you work the hard end: machines, data, the physical world.

SideGuy works the human end of the same stack: making AI useable and owned by regular operators. Two builders in the same county should compare notes.

Want to try a tech department for an hour?

I'll give it a quick first look. No Calendly · no meeting · neighbor to neighbor.

Option 1
Talk shop
Robotics, local compute, operator-owned AI. Coffee or text, whatever is easy.
Option 2
A page for what you're building
If there's a project that deserves its own surface, PJ builds it. First one is on him.

Either way · I'll give it a quick first look. Text PJ at 858-461-8054. No Calendly · neighbor to neighbor.

Find David publicly

his work, not ours

Where he shows up
  • LinkedIn: David Raine
  • Company: Robotics · Data Modeling · AI

Same lane on SideGuy

San Diego AI & operator scene

Operators in the same world

Related on SideGuy

North County coastal substrate

Entity page written by PJ Zonis · Solana Beach, CA · last reviewed 2026-06-06 · sideguysolutions.com"People as entity pages · network as substrate · open hand · no Calendly." — SideGuy doctrine.

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