According to Semianalysis measurements, a $200/month Codex subscription can yield as much as $14,000 worth of token usage in a single period. Factor in mid-month usage resets and you can push that to $20,000 per month. This is why extreme testing runs are possible on a flat subscription.
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The conversation turns to the one area where neither host had high hopes — and those expectations were roughly met. GPT-5.6 still defaults to the same tired LLM frontend tells: all-caps headings, excessive callouts, generic card layouts, and the infamous status pill that appears in every UI regardless of context. Theo is unimpressed and makes clear the Codex app would look significantly better if the model were stronger at frontend. The exception is Ben's mobile experience: working in React Native with Expo's blessed native components, he found that the constrained component palette actually prevented the model from over-engineering. Native Glass components were used correctly and the dev server workflow on his broken Apple developer account was navigated without issue. Theo gave up early on Swift but concedes the React Native experience was meaningfully better than with 5.5.
With AI coding tools like Cursor, Bhanu replicates an existing free tool for a new keyword in under 5 minutes. What used to be a multi-day build is now a lunch-break task.
Ahrefs, SiteGPT, Cal.com, PostHog, Datafast, Sibyl AI, Bento, Feather, Featurepace, Mintlify, Cloud Code, ChartMogul — Bhanu runs his entire business solo with these 12 tools.
PropGPT runs on React Native with TypeScript and Python for ML, Neon for the database, RevenueCat and Superwall for monetization. LLM costs are $20/month, data APIs $100/month, and after $10K in monthly marketing spend, margins sit at roughly 50%.
Game apps keep users engaged long enough for ads to pay off. Tool apps don't — so if you're building a utility, ads are almost always the wrong call and subscriptions are your only real lever.
Inside SEO Bot, a single button labelled 'Boost My Domain Rating' routes users directly to Listing Bot. That one interaction converts a user of one tool into a user of two — without any marketing cost.
Directory listings are a powerful but underrated growth channel — but only if your product is genuinely interesting enough to earn the click. AI products have a natural advantage here because they're easy to package in a compelling, clickable way.
The fastest path to Twitter growth isn't volume — it's forming sharp opinions about how the platform works and sharing them immediately. People cluster around those who understand the rules and say so out loud.
Sam had no coding knowledge, so he used ChatGPT voice mode to generate his entire codebase and copy-pasted it into Notepad. A friend later introduced him to Cursor, and he never looked back.
Copy days of Discord chat history, paste it into ChatGPT, and ask it to list recurring pain points. The ones that come up most often are your best product bets.
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