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He built his own CRM and invoicing tool with AI and runs his work on it

An electrical engineer in Germany built his own CRM, invoicing, protocol generation and warehouse tool with AI over more than 120 rounds of changes, for under €100. He says the same build would have cost six figures a decade ago, plus €5,000 to €8,000 a year to use, and the tool now runs the way he wants on his own computer.

How it works

  1. He describes the tool he needs to the AI
  2. They build it together over more than 120 rounds of changes
  3. The finished tool covers his CRM, invoicing, protocol generation and warehouse
  4. He runs his work on it for under €100 all in

Why it’s worth knowing

A working CRM, invoicing and warehouse system for one business was built by its owner for under €100.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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