AI subscriptions add up faster than you notice. I'm paying $236/month across seven AI tools — and every company I'm giving money to says they're losing money on me. The math only works because of VC subsidies that won't last. When the bill catches up, you'll wish you'd built your own stack. This playlist tracks what AI actually costs, why it's about to cost more, and what happens when you stop renting and start owning your compute. Topics covered: • What you're really paying every month (the subscription audit) • Why "$20/mo" turns into $200/mo (the enshittification cycle) • Self-hosting the AI tools you actually use • Replacing SaaS with a homelab — what works, what doesn't • When AI is genuinely cheaper than humans, and when it isn't If you've ever stared at a credit card statement wondering when "just one more subscription" became $100+/month, this playlist is for you.
Curated by: Codacus (15 videos)
I built Rendiv — a free, open-source AI video editor for developers. React components → MP4. No license fees, no keyframe hell. 🔗 Try it: https://github.com/thecodacus/rendiv Full description: Rendiv is a free, open-source alternative to Remotion for making videos with code. Write React + TypeScript components, and Rendiv renders them to MP4 — with a built-in timeline editor and AI coding agent so you never have to manually keyframe again. In this video, I show why I stopped using Remotion, what I tried instead, and how I ended up building my own AI-native video editor from scratch. 📦 npx create-rendiv my-video-project 🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/thecodacus/rendiv 📺 Previous video (AI Coworker): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NfMNdqBKxE ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 The moment I snapped 00:20 Why code-based video editing breaks down 01:10 Remotion and why alternatives didn't work 02:00 Building Rendiv from scratch 04:30 Full demo: AI agent + timeline editing 06:00 How to get started (free) 🔧 What Rendiv does differently: - Built-in timeline — drag, trim, reorder without writing code - AI agent terminal — Claude Code inside the editor for complex changes - Vite 6 — faster builds than Webpack - Playwright — more reliable rendering than Puppeteer - Multi-project workspace — all your videos in one place - Apache 2.0 license — free for personal and commercial use 🛠️ Tech stack: React 18 • TypeScript 5 • Vite 6 • Playwright • FFmpeg 💡 Who is this for? → Developers making YouTube videos or product demos with code → Content creators who want AI to handle the editing → Anyone frustrated with timeline editors or Remotion's licensing 🔗 Links & Resources GitHub: https://github.com/thecodacus/rendiv npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-rendiv Remotion (for comparison): https://www.remotion.dev 👋 Follow the journey Subscribe for more videos on AI-powered development tools. Drop a comment if you build something with Rendiv — I want to see it. #rendiv #remotionalternative #aivideoeditor ---