Today, 04:10 AM
(This post was last modified: Today, 06:15 AM by lauraparker.)
I'm a dividend-growth investor in Wilmington, Delaware, and most of my portfolio is boring by design. Lately I've been curious whether a small software product could generate a bit of side income without eating all my evenings.
I keep seeing ads for AI app builders that claim you can describe a SaaS idea and get a working app. That sounds appealing for someone with no dev background, but I'm skeptical. My concerns are ongoing hosting and maintenance costs, whether the generated code can be moved elsewhere if the platform changes pricing, and how much manual cleanup a non-coder would actually face. I'd rather not sink money into something that locks me in.
Has anyone here built and actually run a small subscription product this way? I'm interested in real cost numbers and whether it was worth the time.
Not selling anything, just weighing whether to try.
I’m still weighing whether to try a very small subscription tool, since the cleanup and ongoing costs worry me more than the initial build. Building a SaaS Product with AI Builders came up while I was checking how portable the generated code really is, but I’m not convinced a non-coder like me could avoid platform lock-in.
I keep seeing ads for AI app builders that claim you can describe a SaaS idea and get a working app. That sounds appealing for someone with no dev background, but I'm skeptical. My concerns are ongoing hosting and maintenance costs, whether the generated code can be moved elsewhere if the platform changes pricing, and how much manual cleanup a non-coder would actually face. I'd rather not sink money into something that locks me in.
Has anyone here built and actually run a small subscription product this way? I'm interested in real cost numbers and whether it was worth the time.
Not selling anything, just weighing whether to try.
I’m still weighing whether to try a very small subscription tool, since the cleanup and ongoing costs worry me more than the initial build. Building a SaaS Product with AI Builders came up while I was checking how portable the generated code really is, but I’m not convinced a non-coder like me could avoid platform lock-in.