About Ask Shorty

The NEC is hard to teach and hard to learn. Class materials run out of date, forum answers are a mix of right and wrong, and almost nobody cites the section. Ask Shorty puts the section number behind every claim, so students and instructors can check it in seconds.

What’s here today:

• Lesson builder: type a topic and get a slide deck and quiz with a section number behind every claim. It’s a pilot, and you can request a code.
• 11 free lessons, each one class period with a cited slide deck, a quiz, and an instructor note.
• 14 trade simulations where you do the work and an inspector checks it against the 2026 NEC.
• 37 living visuals where you change the wiring and watch voltage, current, and heat respond.
• 16 calculators for sizing and conduit bending, with every step shown, and exam practice written from the 2026 code.
• Ask Shorty for questions, on the web and in the iPhone app on the App Store.

Ask Shorty is made by Matt Savas, founder of Kaizumi LLC. Matt builds software and has one year of electrical school. He isn’t a licensed electrician.

That’s why Shorty never asks you to take its word for anything. Every answer shows the section it came from, every calculator shows its steps, and when Shorty can’t match a claim to the code text, it says so.

Right now, checking is done against the code itself. Answers, calculators, and practice questions are checked against the 2026 NEC text and against tested calculator code. How we make this explains each check.

We’re adding a licensed electrician as a reviewer. Pages they’ve reviewed will say so, with their name, license, and the date.

Ask Shorty isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), any licensing board, or any exam provider. NEC® and National Electrical Code® are registered trademarks of the NFPA. We show section numbers and our own explanations, not code text. Read the sections in your own code book, and check which edition your AHJ enforces.

Questions, corrections, or ideas: matt@kaizumi.com. If you found a wrong answer or section number, send the section and a screenshot. We check every report against the code. See Support for more.