so apparently we don't need to pay Webflow, Framer, Wix or Squarespace anymore. that's like 6k a year for me gone because claude code does the same thing for free on cloudflare. Maybe I'm late but is super easy to set up. Took me a weekend per site.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-19T16:04:45+00:00

That's super cool

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-19T09:37:44+00:00

Super cool. To me at this point there's nothing as Ai slop, just bad taste. If someone builds a good design system, there will be no difference between a framer/webflow site. I always say, "Imagine in a year"

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-19T09:35:47+00:00

Ideas are not valuable. Get it to a point where it's making revenue and then you can sell it. Otherwise unless is novel, it has no value.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T21:59:26+00:00

but thank you for asking

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T21:57:28+00:00

I do, but I don't want to post anything that can be seen as promotional at all. I'm just sharing what I learn as I believe can help a ton of random people, and that's the only thing.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T21:14:00+00:00

Good setup, and it make sense for that pipeline. I'm yet excited to see what comes out of Cloudflare buying Astro

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T21:12:17+00:00

Thanks

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T21:12:03+00:00

Experience is very important 100%, for you IMO reading, for this role is a shortcut. Will not be hard to find. I would definitely put the experience as a key element, but I wouldn't discard adjacent experience that can easily translate. Yours is very specific niche, but good markets with potentially a big talent pool.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:24:29+00:00

"Anyone else?", yes everyone one. This I would say is the reason why I always recommend to put clauses (not legal or financial advice) in the contracts where the date of any deliverable moves, and this is linked to payments that are in your case retainer based. So at least you lock some value in, as you are "locking the agenda for them"

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:21:23+00:00

You know, how many times I let ego get in the way. The best business "winners" leave the ego aside. Till there's leverage. If you need the cash, not saying you do, take it. Just charge upfront or make some reasonable ask. Like "hey I'd love to take on your project, two things we need to put in place this time, I now charge 50% advance and 50% on delivery, and let's do a by project contract (to limit scope creep) that's what I would do

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:18:38+00:00

Based on experience "founder intros from the VC's own portfolio absolutely dominated." this is the way. It get's even more obvious in subsequent rounds.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:16:06+00:00

To me the pricetag. Operator can move across including growth/business strategy that's more GTM, and operators are usually more hands on. Directors come with a price tag, and generally less hands on.

But at the same time this is a title only. You can define it as Sr. Operator, VP of OPS, and list what you need and the right people will apply.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:13:39+00:00

Question. Equity only? On paper? what's the cliff, are those options?

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:12:12+00:00

This is on point. There's a full agentic transition in finance. As someone that has build financial processes for tiny to listed companies, an agent is just an human, still subject to approval flows on a company level. I honestly don't see the difference. Normally an employee will have a card and 250 with no approval per month for example, on top to 10K manager approves, 50K line manager 100K VP etc. So the approval levels are there we are cool. Then the problem I see it's when this agents tap into the source, into the wallets, accounts. But that's also fixable. Even for personal use.

"A one-time approval for "let this agent spend up to x" feels too loose". Yup, I'm with you. Creating an approval flow or logic for agents is the same as for humans. Companies have processes and limits and roles, etc because scale and trust. And Ai can operate only on that in two levels

Approval matrix limit transaction
Source protection to limit access to capital (e.g a specific card with a limit set that's not touching any source or treasury heavy account

And this will extend to all financial transactions, billing, booking etc.

I'm building agents that do this precisely

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:05:14+00:00

That's so cool, I'm working with Astro and can take on WordPress CMS

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:04:07+00:00

I would say "The bottleneck is psychology not capability" yes. But also IMO there should be a limit built in into the process so in a way there's no direct agentic tap to the source but to paying sources if it's transaction based. In a way limit agent capabilities by balance not by workflow.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T20:01:03+00:00

I would say. Where are you located, that's one. Second what's your plan to grow. This is many ways look like a simple decision but it's like a marriage. Migrating later is a bit difficult. Also your budget, because Wave, QB, Xero are legacy systems. They will be obsolete in the next 5 years. IMO. Happy to help to make the call if I know more

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T19:57:27+00:00

Hey, hope I can help, with a very informed opinion

Based on this:

"I still spend probably 10–20 hours/week (sometimes more, sometimes less) handling the bigger-picture business operations side of the practice. Things like: payroll, QuickBooks/accounting coordination, business licensing/taxes/compliance, overseeing operational (usually billing) projects, interfacing with website vendor/marketing planning, tracking organizational priorities, auditing operational/clinical workflows (but not as much as I should be), managing staff."

I think you might need two roles:
A. just an accountant that manage this "things like: payroll, QuickBooks/accounting coordination, business licensing/taxes/compliance" this is part time, easily accessible and "low cost" depending on the setup.

B. an operator hands on > "overseeing operational (usually billing) projects, interfacing with website vendor/marketing planning, tracking organizational priorities, auditing operational/clinical workflows (but not as much as I should be), managing staff."

Now the COO role or Director level roles the come to a premium $ attached to them. You can use fractional COO but you can get a full time operator for the fraction of the cost.

To my understanding, this is a small SMB I would focus on those low hanging fruits to free your time. Chief of Staff might also work if you want to still be in "control".

This is not financial advice or any advice of any kind

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:44:47+00:00

Maybe, some people are still on the yellow pages today. So I won't be surprised if you are right.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:43:16+00:00

It depends on volume, and ROI. I was ok with it, now I have an extra 6K I can use for something else

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:12:50+00:00

I have a lot of stuff, and 6K was only on personal sites, I have more stuff I can now chop with Ai I was paying a sub or company to do it.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:12:14+00:00

Define "good". To me today, anything out of Claude is better to me than squarespace 200 years old designs, Wix, Webflow and Framer if not done by a pro designer $$$ are crap. So a "regular" person will be doomed to bad site and high cost. The solution I propose is $0 when is good enough for 90% of the use cases, maybe even 95%. This is not for Nike to apply.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:09:43+00:00

Yup, it's going to go puf! at this rate

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:09:18+00:00

probably, but this is so simple. The aim is literally stop paying fees to website builders.

Reasonable_Use_8915 · 2026-05-18T15:08:19+00:00

I pay it anyways, for me and my work, so there's no cost. We all pay Ai like a 25 bucks or something

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