AI Tools

What I pay for

🔍
Perplexity Pro
$20/mo — Research & fact-checking
🧠
Gemini AI Pro
$20/mo — Alternative prototyping
💻
Claude Code
$20/mo — Primary build engine
Free Tier

What costs nothing

⌨️
Claude CLI
Free — Rapid iteration
🛠️
Google Antigravity IDE
Free — Advanced dev environment
📋
Notion
Free tier — Task tracking & docs
🌐
Cloudflare Pages
Free — Hosting & CDN
GitHub
Free — Version control
📊
Google Analytics
Free — Traffic analysis
Tracking & Comms

What runs in the background

Customer.io

Newsletter and user communication. Only activates when you explicitly subscribe. No automated spam. No drip campaigns. Just occasional notes on what I am building.

PostHog

Product analytics. Tracks which tools get used, where people drop off, and how long they stay. Anonymous by default. No personal data collection.

Intercom

Live chat. I read every message. If you are struggling with stakeholder maps, sprint planning, or figuring out whether to ship or kill something, I actually want to hear about it.

Datadog RUM

Performance monitoring. Tracks page load times, JavaScript errors, and user experience metrics. Helps me fix things before you notice they are broken.

The Math

$80,000+
Traditional agency cost

For Mission Control PWA alone

~$180
Actual AI costs

3 months of prototyping at $60/mo

1,100x
ROI

And I own every decision