Canceling Subscriptions, Building Local AI Agents
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Tina Huang builds local AI agents for canceling subscriptions and handling accounting software
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I've been on a cancellation spree lately.
There are tools I was paying for monthly that I realized I could just build myself, better, more specific to what I actually need, and free to run after the initial build.
The one that started it was accounting software. I was paying for something that handled maybe 80% of what I needed, and the other 20% was always a workaround. So I built my own using open-source AI, hosted locally.
And then I started looking at everything else the same way. What am I paying for that's only 80% of what I need? What's too specific for any company to build for me?
The answer was more things than I expected.
Local agents are more accessible than people think right now. You don't need a huge technical background to get started. And the privacy angle alone, keeping your data on your own machine, is worth it for certain workflows.
What's a subscription you have that you've thought about replacing? Drop it in the comments 👇
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