Low value SaaS APIs and the marginal upside of AI code
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Can you give an example?
There have been a range from quite basic things like social media posting, that were a real pain to organise, but actually took no time at all - to external APIs around text summarisation or modification, right the way through to modifying images etc. - the external APIs had a range of different benefits, but always were priced annoyingly enough that it was faster to just build what was needed.
I've found that where previously i'd leaned on 3rd party APIs to do a range of tasks that previously would have been a pain to either code, hack together or just do - I just end up using an AI sidekick to help me handle the integration.
Obvious pitfalls: nowhere near as comprehensive or thorough as the likely service i'm trying to replicate. And no doubt this serves an initial purpose only.
That said, for services that were in the $100 p/mth range, i've rapidly found myself re-creating all the functionality and crucially in a much much more custom/relevant-to-my-app way that means I just don't need them anymore.
There's an entire swathe of service that just won't have the relevance they previously had because they can be integrated with such ease.
Sounds like hyperbole, but it's happening more and more often and was curious what others were doing!