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I built 3 production business apps without hiring a developer. Here's what I actually spent — and how it compares to every other option. The post Vibe Coding Costs: How much I paid to build 3 Production SaaS Apps appeared first on Dan Norris .
I've been using both Viktor (an AI agent) and Cowork (an AI coworker) every day in my business. Here's how they compare — speed, memory, cost, transparency, and which one you should use. The post AI Coworker vs AI Agent — What s the Difference and Which Should You Use? appeared first on Dan Norris .
I've been working with an AI agent called Viktor for a week. Here's everything we built together — from fixing my crashed website to publishing 12 blog posts across 3 brands, building a CMS, creating email campaigns, and producing a full marketing playbook. The post Overwhelmed By AI? Sign Up for Viktor Now. appeared first on Dan Norris .
I asked my community on Facebook and LinkedIn for their AI predictions for the rest of 2026. I shared mine, they shared theirs, and now I m writing them all up so we can revisit them in January 2027 and see how right (or wrong) we were. If you want to add your own predictions, jump [ ] The post AI Predictions 2026 appeared first on Dan Norris .
If you spend time on X (Twitter) you d be forgiven for being a little bit overwhelmed with the scene over the last few weeks. Every day a new post blows up about another AI company releasing another game changing feature. Still, even with the newer models and the explosion of Clawdbot/Moltbot/Open Claw etc, I still [ ] The post How to replace your bookkeeper with AI appeared first on Dan Norris .
Sometime last year I got pretty excited about Vibe Coding and started playing around with a few tools, most notably Replit. I loved it overall but it was just not quite there in terms of enabling a (mostly) non technical person like me to fully build an app from scratch in an efficient way without [ ] The post How I Built a Content Idea App (Content Machine) as a Non-Technical Person Using AI…
If you follow me on Instagram or LinkedIn, you will have seen I ve been playing around with vibe coding tools for a while now. Last week I thought it would be fun to use my domain contentmachine.com to build a little tool to help me with the content I m creating. I then built a mobile [ ] The post Replit just changed the game with a new AI mobile app builder appeared first on Dan Norris .
I ve been building web apps since 2002, and it s always been painful. About a month ago, it became joyful. When I first started, my only choice was to go to the shop and buy a physical teach yourself how to code book, read it and start practising in Macromedia Dreamweaver. And that s what I did. [ ] The post 2026 is the year AI coding changes everything appeared first on Dan Norris .
Note, since I wrote this post I ve launched the system as Asset Shark here. For the last little while I ve been playing around with Replit to build a few apps for my coffee roasting business East Coast Roast. In this article I ll break down some lessons learned over the last few months. You hear a [ ] The post You re absolutely right: Lessons learned vibe coding our asset management system…
First off, if you were an investor in Black Hops or a creditor that got screwed in its collapse, there is no need to buy the book. I have released all the relevant information publicly for you to have the full picture of what happened. The reason the book is not free, is you can’t [ ] The post My New Book Is Available Black Hops Down: The Rise and Fall of Australia’s Most Loved Craft Beer Brewery…