A solo builder says he launched an AI web business in 7 days
The author says he works in satellite communications and that his industry is being reshaped around Starlink. On May 31, he decided to build something and says he shipped a publishing site, a free tool, an AI chatbot, paid products, and payment setup in seven days. He says the project costs $36 per month to run and had 659 page views and 42 active users before the Reddit post.
Key points
- The author says one person built the project in seven days while keeping a full-time job.
- The project includes a publishing site, free tool, AI chatbot, ebook, and paid product ladder.
- The author says Lemon Squeezy handles payments and EU VAT.
- The setup uses Vercel serverless functions and a GitHub deploy pipeline.
- Before the Reddit post, the author reports 659 page views and 42 active users.
Quick term guide
- AI chatbot
- A computer program that replies in a chat like a person.
- active users
- People who actually open and use an app within a specific timeframe.
- business
- An activity where you provide value to others in exchange for money.
- deployment
- The process of putting software changes into a running system.
- Lemon Squeezy
- A service that helps sell digital products and handle payment tasks.
- Vercel serverless functions
- A way to run small website features without managing your own server.
- functions
- Small blocks of code that each perform a specific job inside a program.
- pipeline
- An automated sequence of steps that processes or moves data without manual intervention.