John Ohara

EngineerCalcAI — a homework helper that checks your effort before giving answers

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Hey everyone, I’m a college student building EngineerCalcAI.com, a homework helper made specifically for engineering, math, and technical classes.

The main idea is pretty simple: I wanted to build something that helps students learn without turning into a straight-up answer generator.

A lot of AI homework tools will instantly solve the problem for you, which is helpful short-term but can hurt you when it comes time for exams. EngineerCalcAI is designed differently. It uses an effort score, meaning it will not give you the final answer unless you have shown enough work first.

So instead of just pasting in a problem and getting the solution, you can upload or type your attempt, and the tool checks whether you actually made a real effort. Once your effort score is high enough, it can help guide you through the solution, explain mistakes, and help you understand where you went wrong.

I built this because as an engineering student, I know how frustrating it is to get stuck on a problem and not know whether your setup, equations, units, or final answer are wrong. I also know how easy it is to rely too much on AI if it just gives you the answer immediately.

EngineerCalcAI is my attempt to make an AI study tool that still holds students accountable.

I’m currently looking for feedback from students, especially anyone in engineering, physics, calculus, statics, dynamics, fluids, thermo, circuits, or similar classes.

I’m also giving the first 15 accounts that sign up 1 month of Pro completely free with code:

FIRST15

Website: EngineerCalcAI.com

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Rian Robertson

Hey John, love the idea of keeping students accountable while still giving helpful guidance...great balance! The effort score concept is clever and I can see it being a game‑changer for engineering coursework. If you're up for it, I'm launching The Sponge on PH soon...would appreciate a follow (see PRODUCT HUNT LAUNCH link in my profile). Good luck with EngineerCalcAI!