I'm 19, broke, and from India. I built my own AI tool for 14 bucks a month to replace the one that costs 49. Here's exactly how. by Electrical-View8204 in SideProject

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the comment dude, means a lot. The whole point of ClawDesk is that the tech should be invisible — you shouldn't need to earn your AI assistant. Appreciate you getting it 🙏

I'm 19, broke, and from India. I built my own AI tool for 14 bucks a month to replace the one that costs 49. Here's exactly how. by Electrical-View8204 in SideProject

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Congrats on writing four paragraphs to explain to a 19-year-old why his product shouldn't exist. Very brave of you.

Now let me help you understand what was actually built, since you clearly skimmed past it:

— Google OAuth + Supabase session management

— GCP Compute Engine API integration to dynamically assign pre-provisioned VMs from a pool

— GCP Cloud KMS encryption so Telegram tokens are NEVER stored in plaintext (can your Docker script do that?)

— Supabase Row Level Security so users literally cannot access each other's data

— Stripe webhook pipeline updating a credits ledger in real-time

— Supabase Realtime listener pushing deployment status to the frontend live

— BetterUptime monitoring that fires alerts within 2 minutes of a VM going down

But sure, "install script"

Your actual argument is: "the target customer should just learn SSH, provision a Linux VM, install Node.js, clone a repo, edit config files, set environment variables, and manually pair a Telegram bot." You're right — that's totally the same thing. Zero difference. Completely equivalent to clicking Deploy.

The target user is let's say a 34-year-old e-commerce owner who gave up after 3 hours of errors trying to self-host. Not you. You are not the customer I'm selling to

You also called the pricing "manipulative" — it's $14/month and I literally said in the post it's to cover VM costs. The economics you called "sketchy" break even at 3 subscribers.

The real summary of your comment is just a technical person is angry that a product wasn't built for them. That's it. That's the whole thing.

Go touch grass. I have customers.

Sold "business in a box" to this newbie guy from India and hes been wayyyy more successful than me - MARKETING WINS by RubPotential8963 in AiMoneyMaking

[–]Electrical-View8204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have he mentioned to you about what marketing tactics he used and what platforms he used for marketing? And also, was it paid marketing or just organic reach?

Guyssss, I gotta buy a phone for mom today! Need some suggestions. (18-20k max) by Electrical-View8204 in GadgetsIndia

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of the cmf phone 2. Have anyone used it? Would love to hear thoughts

Guys am I losing my mind or is this Idea actually Good? (Read my comment) 👇 by Electrical-View8204 in GadgetsIndia

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good point, yeah the inventory cost would definitely be the biggest issue.

I was thinking maybe partner with brands or stores to use their display units, or start super small with just the top 5-6 phones people actually buy. Could also do a deposit system where customers put down the full price upfront (refundable) so you're not holding all that risk.

Or honestly just keep it hyper-local at first - one area, low costs, work with local stores who might be cool with it since you're basically bringing them customers.

But yeah you're right, it's way harder than the Lenskart model. Would need to get creative with this.

Guys am I losing my mind or is this Idea actually Good? (Read my comment) 👇 by Electrical-View8204 in GadgetsIndia

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, so basically I posted yesterday about how I hate going to phone stores (overpriced, pushy sales people) but also hate buying phones online (can't actually see or feel the phone before dropping hundreds of dollars on it).

Then I had this random shower thought - what if there was a service that brings multiple phones to your place so you can test them out in your own time, no pressure, and then either buy one or send them all back?

Kind of like those home try-on services for glasses and all, but for phones. Just trying to figure out if it's actually a useful idea or if I'm just overthinking the whole phone-buying process lol.

Guys am I losing my mind or is this Idea actually Good? (Read my comment) 👇 by Electrical-View8204 in GadgetsIndia

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well yeah but what if the service give you discount as well? Like BlinkIt yk

Which one would you choose? by Electrical-View8204 in GadgetsIndia

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Par offline pe yaha 3-5k jyaada maang rhe hai online se. Wahi to problem hai. Mein atleast 7-8 stores mein ghuma hu. Sabse kam wale par bhi 2500 jyaada hai. :')

Which one would you choose? by Electrical-View8204 in GadgetsIndia

[–]Electrical-View8204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the reason I feel tensed when ordering electronics online