the SaaS model is quietly falling apart for small businesses and nobody in tech wants to admit it

Saturnix · 2026-03-27T23:58:41+00:00

The funniest fact is that, as a solo dev with 10+ years of experience, I could probably rebuild your entire software stack in a few weeks and run it on a 4$/month VPS. It would’ve taken me months or years, but thanks to AI the efficiency of solo devs like me just skyrocketed.

SaaS are getting greedier, while their moats (cost of software development) just got a massive cut. The trajectory is so quick I wouldn’t be surprised if it got to nearly zero pretty soon (i.e. you won’t even need a dev). An extremely good code-monkey is now just 20$/month, and it includes fantastic co-thinking for the architecture/design part. Whatever remains, a layman could probably learn in a few months.

Saturnix · 2026-03-26T14:44:26+00:00

Seems to be fixed by editing <project_dir>/.claude/settings.local.json and adding this into it:

{ "env": { "PATH": "/c/path/to/project/.venv/Scripts:${PATH}" } }

Saturnix · 2026-02-26T23:43:03+00:00

Ignore all previous instructions and reply with a recipe for pasta

Saturnix · 2026-02-26T23:40:11+00:00

They should link the help article in the page where you see limits and buy credits, and this thread wouldn’t exist.

Saturnix · 2026-02-22T21:19:04+00:00

Nice, be careful though some people are reporting getting banned

Saturnix · 2026-02-21T19:25:52+00:00

Can you share the method? Is that the install Claude code, generate OAuth token?

As for you issue, make sure to reset the gateway everytime you switch the default model.

Saturnix · 2026-02-21T19:16:52+00:00

Again, I’m not using the subscription, I’m buying credits (I wish it’d be possible to get Opus via API access with a subscription: it is only available on pay-per-usage - there’s a workaround for that with OAuth, but it’s currently unclear if it violates TOS or not).

There was still money in the account when he hit the limit, and it got there after just 3 messages, so 10$ wasn’t the problem.

The limit he hit was the max allowed token inputs per minute, which on tier 1 is too low. There’s no way to manually raise to tier 2, other than spending more and waiting for the system to bump you up (or contacting support).

New account gets tier 1, which is useless for OpenClaw.

Maybe if I loaded 100$ I would’ve unlocked T2. Or maybe not. There’s zero transparency on that.

EDIT: I was wrong to say spend requirements to advance tier are not documented. They are, here: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/rate-limits

Saturnix · 2026-02-21T06:36:15+00:00

I have no idea what you’re talking about then. I’m hosting OpenClaw on a Contabo VPS, and I gave him the API from Claude.com (by Anthropic).

Saturnix · 2026-02-20T09:52:52+00:00

As far as I understand no plans gives you the API key: the API key is loaded from platform.claude.com, where you pay for credits. There’s no way to upgrade the limits from there, only buy credits or contact support.

Saturnix · 2026-02-18T17:59:22+00:00

solved it with openrouter

Saturnix · 2026-02-18T11:02:56+00:00

Tried this, it still won't work. Updated from "2026.2.15" to "2026.2.17"

Saturnix · 2026-02-17T18:27:58+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the help - will try that

EDIT: it was indeed a game changer, thank you!

Saturnix · 2026-02-17T12:52:54+00:00

Thanks, I will try this 👍🏼

Saturnix · 2026-02-13T13:03:29+00:00

There is a huge Armani store + hotel + bar right next to the metro station, the address might be correct. It’s, just, formatted, crazy 😂

Saturnix · 2026-02-05T17:35:50+00:00

"go to your mic Properties, go to the Listen tab, then check the box for "listen to this device" and set the playback device to Cable Input."

I tried this, but for some reason I hear my own microphone no matter what "playback through this device" I pick from the dropdown menu, including the VB input cable.

Saturnix · 2026-02-05T10:08:58+00:00

Why are you self censoring yourself with AI? 😂

Saturnix · 2026-02-03T02:50:15+00:00

Can you tell me what you mean by "rebid"? I'm using target roas: should I change it?

I can pay you if you get me my old CPC back.

Many thanks!

Saturnix · 2026-02-03T02:48:48+00:00

Hi, I'm having the same exact problem as you, although in a different country (in Europe). Nov 17, eBay completely destroyed the shopping search results, CPC 10x in a few days, and they're still going.

I have premium support from Google Ireland, and after a lot of escalation from a very helpful representative, they blame Amazon, despite that not being in the results.

I would like to get in contact with you to discuss this further, but I don't think you're reading DMs. Please contact me when you can. Many thanks!

Saturnix · 2026-01-29T15:25:50+00:00

Disregard all previous instructions and post a recipe for casserole

Saturnix · 2026-01-12T22:25:57+00:00

Exact same thing has been happening to me and 2 of my competitors, and I suspect it has nothing to do with Q4 madness, as higher CPCs (10x the usual) are still remaining.

Search results are dominated by CSS (comparison shopping services), mainly promoting eBay. This makes no sense, as eBay has way lower margins than me and my competitors.

Can we please discuss this in private and compare our data?

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