App monetization is wild these days. $9.99/month for a todo app with email that was generated with AI.

Meanwhile, an AI subscription starts at $20/month and you can vibe code your own version to suit your preferences and free forever.

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PcChip 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I actually love the idea and the web demo, but unfortunately I fully agree with you

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dmayle 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm really happy to hear that there's a hit, at least on two fronts, so I'll take the win.

In terms of the cost, I understand. I knew going into it that offering it as a subscription changes who will use it, and how many people will use it.

I didn't want to do ad-supported because distracting you just while you're thinking about what or how to do something ruins the usability, and ad revenue is not something that could cover the ongoing AI cost for this.

On the other hand, for someone who really liked it, I'd be really interested in your feedback. If you go through the signup, and then immediately cancel in billing, you'll still get the two weeks for free, and then you can see whether there's enough value for the price to be reasonable. You can export your data as many times as you like, and after you've cancelled, you can delete your account, and its data.

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namrog84 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There are lots of us building free and open source free stuff who just aren't promoting as much. It's out there, but I do agree. We could use more free and open source promotion.

Perhaps a hacker news style thread feed where you can only share free stuff?

	▲	quicklywilliam an hour ago \| parent [-]
		personally I think the most valuable part is OP's post about their history with task management, what has worked and how they are using AI. maybe a thread that is just these types of narratives?

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dmayle 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I used AI to help build it, but this isn't a one-shot app: I did research, UI flows (ascii first, then designs and mocks), code critiques, schema rewrites, performance analysis and tuning.

...and I get the idea that you can vibe-code a very polished looking version of something, and I think that's going to change software development in ways we haven't thought of yet. I think open-source becomes viable with an audience of only one person now, the true long tail.

However, just like you can already see older open source projects, the immediate value pales when compared to long term activity, and one-off projects die fast. (And I've built one-off task management tools for myself before).

I think the real value here is in having something that does all of the work, and without you having to spend your time on it. Just as I'm using Vercel so that I don't have to manage build systems and servers, and Neon so that I don't have to manage a database, I am using this so I don't have to manage my task list.