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One founder’s AI website helpers hit $25K a month 🤖

He’s 60, says he’s not great with tech, and gives it away free for 30 days

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AI helpers on local business websites, $25K to $30K a month, devs.dev daily issue #13

Issue #13 · Thursday, November 5, 2026

☕ THE COLD OPEN

  • 🤖 A 60-year-old’s AI helpers on local business sites: $25K to $30K a month
  • 🧠 A screen-time app with a pet brain: $10K to $400K a month
  • 🔓 7,403 vibe-coded apps with readable user emails, and the fix
  • 🗺️ Free government data on one map: $6K MRR
  • 🔎 The Friday AI agent behind $64K of search sales in a week

Simple offer, real money. 5 minutes. Money first. Let’s go.

👀 ALSO MAKING MONEY

  • 🗂️ A solo Mac app went from $804 to $8K ARR in a month. helumi is a $10-a-month, 1 TB cloud drive that shows up in Mac Finder, with files stored on Cloudflare R2. One developer, 486+ users, and the growth came from fixing bugs and making videos (his post). Copy this: wrap cheap cloud storage in a native app for one Mac pain, like a full disk, at one flat price.
 

💰 THE MONEY DROP

AI CONCIERGE, ~26 LOCAL CLIENTS, $25K TO $30K A MONTH

He’s 60, “not the sharpest knife” with tech, and makes $25K to $30K a month.

👉 First step: build a free demo AI helper on one local business’s site this week and offer it free for 30 days. Watch Bob show how he prices and pitches it (93 seconds).

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