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)
The era of one-size-fits-all software is ending. I built my entire software stack: an AI assistant with memory, a video production pipeline with 4 AI agents, a budget tracker, a voice interface, an open-source video framework, and a self-organizing memory system — all running on a single machine in my home. This isn't a flex. It's a shift. AI coding tools collapsed the cost of custom software by 1000x. The math flipped: building is now cheaper than buying. In this video, I show you exactly what I built, why I built it, and the honest downsides nobody talks about. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Hook 00:35 The Trigger 01:14 The World We Lived In 02:17 The Cultural Moment 03:02 What I Actually Built 03:48 The Building Blocks 05:16 The Philosophy 06:19 The Honest Truth 07:33 The Invitation 07:58 Wrap Up LINKS: Rendiv (open-source video framework): https://github.com/thecodacus/rendiv MUSIC: "Chill Wave" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 tags: #personalsoftware #ai #softwareengineering #saas #coding #developer #aicoding #vibecoding #homelab #selfhosted