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updated 1mo ago · started 2024-01-10 · demo project

AI Side-Hustle Studio

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Summary

A portfolio of tiny AI products working toward financial independence.

Resume here

Problem being solved: Escaping salary dependence by building a portfolio of small AI products that earn while I sleep.
Why it's worth it: Each product compounds distribution skills, and a portfolio de-risks any single failure — the path to financial independence that a paycheck can't offer.
What you've learned: Distribution is the real product; the AI is a weekend of work. Charging from day one filters for real demand.
Assumptions that changed: Dropped "people pay for AI" — they pay for outcomes. Repositioned everything around the result, not the model.
Current best understanding: Product #1 (CV tailor) works end-to-end on test data; it is paused mid-launch with only payments left before going live.
Highest-leverage next step: Finish the Stripe checkout and put a price on it — everything else is already built.

demo:seed · confidence 90% · generated 9d ago

Vision

Three small AI-powered products each earning $500+/month, running themselves in under five hours a week combined.

Why it matters

A salary alone never compounds. Small AI products do: every launch teaches distribution, and a portfolio de-risks any single flop. This is the long game toward financial independence.

Success criteria

First product reaches $500 MRR; portfolio reaches $1,500 MRR within 12 months; nothing needs more than a weekly review to keep running.

Technical notes

Per product: Next.js + Supabase + Stripe + one LLM API. Two-week build windows. Kill anything with zero traction after 60 days — no zombie products.

Phases

1Validate three nichesDone
2/2 tasks done
- ✓Interview 10 job seekers about CV pain points
- ✓Pick niche #1 by willingness-to-pay, not excitement
2Ship product #1 — CV tailorIn progress
0/2 tasks done
- ›Build the tailoring flow end-to-end (upload → tailored CV)doing
- ·Wire Stripe checkout with a launch price
3Build the distribution enginePlanned
0/1 tasks done
- ·Write the SEO comparison pages that fed niche #1

Linked projects

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Thoughts

Pausing while day-job crunch passes. Next step when I return: finish Stripe checkout — the tailoring flow already works on my test CVs.
decision1mo ago
Assumption: people will pay for outcomes, not AI. Nobody buys "GPT-powered" — they buy "interview next week".
assumption1mo ago
Decided to charge from day one. Free tiers attract feedback from people who will never pay — the wrong signal entirely.
decision1mo ago
Realized distribution is the actual product. The AI part took a weekend; getting 100 people to see it is the real build.
insight1mo ago