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Shipped AI automations for startups over 18 months. Here's what's actually working on $8k–$25k projects right now:
Failure modes first — 200+ adversarial tests before launch. 80–90% of AI projects break from unhandled edges.
Hybrid always wins — LLM (Claude/GPT-4o) for reasoning + deterministic code for payments/validation = 96–99% reliability vs 60–70% pure AI.
Human-in-the-loop — Simple Slack + dashboard review queue for the 2–5% tricky cases. Clients love zero slippage.
Stripe + AI — Intelligent name matching, fraud signals, auto-reverify flows = biggest wins for verification apps.
Founder fixing broken AI workflows? Team needing LLM eval help? DM me.
What's your biggest automation pain point right now?
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This integrations screen connects the AI to scheduling tools and payment gateways turning it from a chatbot into a fully operational sales rep.
Designed with a scalable card system so new tools can be added seamlessly as the product grows.
nice work
Just shipped a full AI platform. Solo build.
Multi-model AI chat. Autonomous workflow agents. 500+ app integrations. Long-term memory that learns over time. RAG knowledge bases. Embeddable customer support widget. Team inbox.
Custom tool builder. Multi-tenant billing. Sub-agent orchestration.
Full stack. Production grade. Not a tutorial project.
Cool work. I am developing something similar where you can automate with only chat and integration with 908 apps so far. Good work!
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