Title: OpenAI Drops GPT-5—New Price War Reshapes LLM Landscape
Description: OpenAI just launched GPT-5, calling it “the best model in the world” and slashing API prices to record lows—now $1.25 per million input tokens. This move threatens to ignite a full-blown LLM price war, forcing rivals like Anthropic and Google to respond. Lower costs could unlock unprecedented access for startups and indie devs, but is this sustainable or just a land grab?
https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/gpt
Title: GPT-5: Real-Time Model Router Comes to Open Source
Description: Inspired by GPT-5’s unified router, devs have published an open-source routing framework letting you combine multiple LLMs under one API—choose the best model for each use case or route by preference in real time. Acceleration for anyone looking to build their own “AI router” for self-hosted environments.
https://github.com/preferenceai/llm-router
Title: Apple Intelligence Foundation Model: Now Runs Locally with API Access
Description: The new Apple Intelligence on-device foundation model can now be accessed as an OpenAI-compatible API—speedy, private, and ready for Open WebUI integration. Great for Mac M-series users eager to try Apple’s own LLM in custom workflows and UIs. (Requires macOS 26 beta.)
https://github.com/scouzi1966/maclocal-api
Title: Zhipu GLM-4.5 Open Source Release Powers Advanced AI Agents
Description: China’s Zhipu AI has launched GLM-4.5, an open-source LLM with strong reasoning and extensibility—perfect for agentic AI projects. Permissive licensing means serious capabilities without proprietary lock-in, making it compelling for global devs seeking alternatives to US offerings.
https://github.com/THUDM/ChatGLM4
Title: TrailBase 0.16: Blazing-Fast, Self-Hosted Firebase Alternative Arrives
Description: TrailBase, a Rust + SQLite-powered open Firebase alternative, promises sub-millisecond latency, built-in auth, admin UI, and real-time APIs—all packaged in a single executable. With official Golang and TanStack/DB integrations, this new v0.16 release gives indie devs a lightweight, open backend for modern apps.
https://github.com/metio/trailbase
Title: Spin Up On-Demand LLM Debates — Models Revealed Only After the Argument
Description: BotBicker.com lets you watch LLMs go head-to-head on any topic—blind-assigned models revealed only at the end to reduce bias. Inject your questions, see AI-generated follow-ups, and compare top models like O3, Gemini, and Grok in real time. No login needed, debates stream instantly.
https://BotBicker.com
Title: Blue: The AI Life Coach That Actually Evolves With You
Description: Meet Blue, a personal AI that turns daily conversations into powerful, actionable advice—learning your habits over time. Unlike simple chatbots, Blue proactively tracks your progress and designs personalized routines via WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord. Free tier available for curious testers.
https://activatedhuman.earth
Title: Public Finance Stack: Self-Hosted Budgeting, Automated Trading & Journaling—What’s Missing?
Description: An indie dev is building a modular, self-hosted personal finance platform (budgeting + trading bots + journals, all in Docker). With full data control and auto-logging, it’s ideal for privacy-focused tinkerers. Looking for feedback on features before open beta!
https://pennyos.com
Title: Massive Funding Surge for AI Agents, No-Code Tools, and Open Models
Description: From n8n’s multihundred-million euro round to Decart’s $100M video-gen play, the agent tools space is on fire. Google’s Jules code agent, Lorikeet’s universal concierge bots, and Casap’s fraud-fighting AIs highlight the global move from “just chat” to fully autonomous agents, aided by both closed and open source model advances.
Title: Try Apple Intelligence On-Device Model with Open WebUI—Runs Locally!
Description: Want to experiment with Apple’s new on-device LLM? The open-source maclocal-api project exposes Apple Intelligence as an OpenAI-compatible API—works with Open WebUI and runs fast on M-series Macs. Perfect for privacy-first enthusiasts and developers.
https://github.com/scouzi1966/maclocal-api
Title: DIY Prompt Engineering Gets Easier: Prompt2Go Launches Web Demo and Waitlist
Description: The Prompt2Go tool cleans, tunes, and structures your prompts for optimal LLM results—now with a live web demo and macOS beta available. Featuring multi-agent coding support, clean exports, and workflow presets, it just opened for broader feedback and waitlist signups.
Title: Solo Founders: Turn Brain Dumps into Actionable Plans with Feedback Kit
Description: Feedback Kit uses AI to analyze your raw notes, ideas, and “messy middle” moments—then transforms them into clear, actionable insights. Designed for solo SaaS builders, it offers instant feedback, trend spotting, and weekly review automation.
https://feedbackkit.app
Title: FoF-Finder: Fast Open-Source File Search Tool Gets Major Feature Boost
Description: Struggling with slow or unreliable file searches? The Python-based FoF-Finder now opens files/folders directly, copies paths, and comes with a tutorial video. Open source and easy to use—perfect for power users seeking a better workflow.
Title: LLM-Powered Indie SaaS and Tools Directory Opens for Free Listings (48h Only)
Description: CtrlAltShip, a new indie SaaS directory, offers free product listings for 48 hours ahead of launch. Perfect for micro-product makers—help stress-test the platform and snag early exposure by listing before it goes premium.
https://CtrlAltShip.com (use code PRELAUNCH)
Title: Open Source Unity Multiplayer Tool Acquired by Coplay—Creator Joins Startup
Description: Coplay has acquired the most popular open-source Unity MCP repo, with the original dev joining the team to supercharge collaborative game development. The move boosts feature velocity and invites the dev community to shape the tool’s future.
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/coplay-takes-over-unity-mcp-as-it-reaches-key-milestones-with-public-beta-launch/
Title: Is the AI Jobs Reckoning Coming? How Worried Should We Be?
Description: As CEOs tout massive white collar job cuts thanks to AI, concerns mount about the possible social costs—including a potential suicide epidemic driven by widespread unemployment. With almost every sector on automation’s radar, is the risk to mental health even greater than most predict?
Here is a curated selection of the most impactful, recent, and broadly relevant Reddit posts from your list, merged and summarized per your instructions:
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**Title:** OpenAI Launches GPT-5: Underwhelming Upgrade? AMA Happening Now
**Description:**
OpenAI has just rolled out GPT-5, arguably the most hotly anticipated AI release of the year. But early reactions are mixed—some point to unclear benchmarks and even a buggy model router that muddles testing. Criticism is piling up about confusing presentations during the launch and the questionable value over GPT-4o. If you want more official answers, Sam Altman and the core GPT-5 team are running a live Reddit AMA.
Join the AMA and follow the debate: [OpenAI’s official announcement](https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1953548075760595186)
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**Title:** Meet Voxtral: Mistral’s Open-Source Audio AI Rivaling (or Surpassing) GPT-4o
**Description:**
Mistral AI’s new model, Voxtral, is making serious waves by outperforming GPT-4o in speech and audio understanding—using fully open-source technology. It promises faster, cheaper, and more flexible voice and audio capabilities for devs and tinkerers worldwide. If you’re into voicebots or transcription, this looks like a game-changer.
[Read the official Voxtral paper (arXiv)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04882)
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**Title:** MemU – AI Memory Layer Lets Agents “Truly” Remember You
**Description:**
MemU is a new open-source project that brings persistent, evolving autobiographical memory to AI agents. Think of it as a personal knowledge vault that lets bots remember you, your preferences, and your context—automatically organizing, linking, and even forgetting information as real relationships grow. Perfect for AI companions, memory-augmented chatbots, and anyone who wants a smarter, more personalizable LLM interface.
Check it out or contribute: [GitHub: NevaMind-AI/memU](https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU)
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**Title:** Unlazywriter Fights “AI-Induced Brain Fog”—Write, Think, & Fact-Check in Flow
**Description:**
Ever feel like using AI to write is making you forget how to think? Unlazywriter is a new (and free) tool designed to keep you in the driver’s seat: live spellcheck, automatic fact-checking, instant citations, and smart research—without replacing your words. Built for those who want AI as a thought partner, not a ghostwriter.
Launching soon—try early via [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/products/unlazy-writer)
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**Title:** Pullforge OS: Build, Code, and Chat with AI—All from Your Browser
**Description:**
Pullforge OS is an ambitious open-source browser “operating system” with a Windows-like interface for coding, file management, live terminals, and soon, multi-agent AI chat. All in your browser, no install needed. It’s seeking contributors to make AI-powered cloud workspaces more seamless and collaborative than ever.
Demo & contribute: [GitHub: tarunerror/pullforgeOS](https://github.com/tarunerror/pullforgeOS)
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**Title:** CtrlV – Instantly Beam Links, Text & Images Between All Your Devices
**Description:**
Sick of emailing yourself links just to sync across laptop and phone? CtrlV is a new cross-platform scratchpad made for frictionless “send-it-to-myself” workflows—works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android & iOS, with end-to-end encryption. Native share buttons, instant notifications, and a clean, user-feedback-driven roadmap.
Testers wanted: [Get CtrlV here](https://ctrlv-5fa3e.web.app)
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**Title:** Break Check: Mindful iOS App Limits Screen Time Without Locking You Out
**Description:**
Break Check is a new indie iPhone app for those who hate rigid screen time controls. Instead of shutting down your apps, it lets you set intentions for each session and gives gentle nudges (not blocks) when you’re about to overdo it—using Live Activities and quick timers. Created by a former Apple engineer who wanted mindful, not punitive, habits.
[App Store link](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6474798956) (or search “Break Check”)
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**Title:** Built a Free Chrome Extension—Instant AI Sentiment Analysis for Any Webpage
**Description:**
Writers and marketers: here’s a Chrome tool that uses Gemini to scan, color-code, and summarize the emotional tone, urgency, trust, or clarity of any landing page or ad content in a snap. Want to see if your copy really hits? Give it a whirl—feedback wanted for continued dev.
(Original post requests feedback before public launch)
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**Title:** AI-Powered Memory Tools, AI Voicebots, and Open-Source OSes: Which New AI Project Are You Trying First?
**Description:**
With the AI world moving at breakneck speed—new model drops, open-source LLM tools, and next-gen apps every week—how are you deciding what to try, and what’s hype versus genuinely useful? This thread spotlights some of the hottest projects, but also asks: how do you keep up without burning out or losing productivity?
Share your toolkit and survival tips below!
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If you need a more technical or deep-dive summary for any open-source repo, just ask!
Here is a curated selection of the most impactful, fresh, and globally relevant Reddit posts from your list. Similar posts or duplicate news have been merged or omitted for clarity.
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**Title:** OpenAI Under Fire: GPT-4o Removed, Users Protest Routable GPT-5 Downgrade
**Description:**
OpenAI has quietly replaced GPT-4o in ChatGPT, introducing a routable GPT-5 that auto-selects between models—often making basic mistakes and frustrating loyal users. The change has sparked sub-wide protests, with many canceling subscriptions, signing petitions, and demanding the return of model selection and the deeper reasoning once offered by older models. The router’s cost-cutting approach is seen by many as a hasty downgrade, leading some to call this OpenAI’s “enshittification” moment.
Petition & discussion: [See active petition link in post]
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**Title:** Public Layoffs Surge 140% as AI Reshapes the Workforce, Nearly Half Linked to Automation
**Description:**
New analysis reveals a stunning 140% jump in layoffs during July, with nearly half directly tied to AI-driven changes and technological upgrades. As AI adoption accelerates, companies are restructuring at record speed—highlighting the mounting impact of automation on global employment.
Read the Fortune report: https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/summer-of-ai-layoffs-july-140-percent-spike-challenger-gray-christmas/
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**Title:** ByteDance’s Seedance: The Free AI Video Generator That’s Beating Google Veo
**Description:**
Can’t access Veo 3 or tired of waitlists? Seedance by ByteDance is quickly emerging as the most advanced free AI video generator—already outpacing Google’s offering for many users. Here’s a clear guide for instant, unlimited access and stunning video creation from text and images.
How-to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep2JntAq3zI
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**Title:** MemU: Open-Source Memory System Makes Emotional AI Agents Actually Work
**Description:**
Long-term AI companions have always struggled with meaningful memory—until now. MemU, an open-source memory engine, lets LLM-based agents remember, organize, and recall personal context and relationships over time, making conversations feel uncannily human. Devs say it’s lightweight, fast, and super-extensible, with features like selective forgetting and memory linking out of the box.
Try it on GitHub: https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU
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**Title:** GistFans: The First Open-Source Developer Platform with True Community Governance
**Description:**
Tired of corporate platforms ignoring developer voices? GistFans lets the dev community directly propose, discuss, and vote on literally everything—from content policies to tech stack. Every feature and moderation decision is up for democratic grab, and yes, the platform’s open source. Can this become the Reddit/GitHub alternative devs have long wanted?
Try it: https://gistfans.com
Source: https://github.com/MX-Al/gistfans
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**Title:** Neural Draft Early Access: One-Stop AI for Blog Posts, Images, and Social Videos
**Description:**
With Neural Draft, a simple prompt generates an SEO blog post, matching images, and auto-edited social videos (TikTok, IG Reels) in multiple languages. Fully multi-tenant for agencies, and uses AI agents to optimize future content for you—cutting down time and tool juggling for content marketers and startups.
Check it out: https://neural-draft.com
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**Title:** 10 Powerful AI Tools to Supercharge Content Creation in 2025 🚀
**Description:**
From AI copywriters and image generators to video editors and unknown gems, here’s a curated list of the top 10 AI tools (free + paid) modern creators are using to save time—and create better content across every channel. Perfect for freelancers, founders, and marketers needing an edge.
Read the guide: https://tharunai.medium.com/top-10-best-ai-tools-for-content-creation-in-2025-3a47d6ae91a0
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**Title:** Memorable AI Companions, Not Black Box Bots: True Memory Is Here
**Description:**
Most AI “friends” forget everything by the next conversation, but MemU delivers selective, emotional memory for LLM agents. You get real conversations that evolve, link memories, and feel actually personalized—raising the bar for agent-based apps and long-term engagement.
Open source & ready to plug in: https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU
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**Title:** RSSrise: Open-Source Bridge for Pushing FreshRSS Updates to Any Messenger
**Description:**
Want instant RSS feed notifications (from FreshRSS) on platforms like Discord, Telegram, Gotify, and more? RSSrise bridges FreshRSS with Apprise, giving you one script to rule 50+ messengers for your news and project updates.
Download: https://github.com/driftywinds/rssrise
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**Title:** [Self-Hosted] OPN: Build a Personal Bio Page Directly from Your GitHub
**Description:**
OPN lets you create a public bio page by simply adding a `.opn` repo and JSON profile to your GitHub—no signup or new accounts needed. Fully open-source, privacy-respecting, and instantly shareable.
Project: https://opn.bio
Source: https://github.com/remvze/opn
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**Title:** Stunning Insight: Gwern’s Reflection on Whether OpenAI Has Lost Its “Mojo”
**Description:**
Is OpenAI losing its edge since the departure of key founders and researchers? In a widely-shared reflection, AI essayist Gwern ponders whether OpenAI’s legendary creative “taste” is gone for good, and what that means for the future of AI innovation—and the industry’s next big leap.
Discussion: [See gwern’s commentary in post]
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**Title:** Calfy: Snap-And-Track AI-Powered Calorie Counting (iOS) — Free Premium for Reddit
**Description:**
Just launched: Calfy uses AI to estimate macros from just a photo of your meal. Lightweight, private, and designed for quick food logging—plus Reddit users get free lifetime premium access right now with code REDDIT25.
App Store: Search “Calfy” on iOS.
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**Title:** FreshDashboard: A Minimalist, Multi-Pihole PWA for At-A-Glance Network Monitoring
**Description:**
Monitor several Pi-hole instances with Pi-Dash—a slick, responsive dashboard built for old Android devices and the self-hosting crowd. Features Docker support and a clean UI focused on essentials.
GH & Docker: https://github.com/codeloaf/pi-dash
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**Title:** [Hot Friends Map] Ultra-Private, E2EE Social Mapping for Close Friends (Android & PWA)
**Description:**
Map intimate adventures and shared memories securely with Hot Friends Map. Features end-to-end encryption, pseudonymous sign-up, points, badges, and social stats—all in a privacy-first app for Android and web.
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hotfriends.hotfriendsmap2
Web: https://hotfriendsmap.fr
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*We have omitted deep technical logs, highly niche complaints, and posts duplicated or superseded by more concise, impactful coverage above.*
Let me know if you want deeper coverage on any single AI tool, project, or hot-button debate!
Title: OpenAI’s GPT-5 Crushes Grok in AI Chess Showdown, Gemini Grabs Third
Description: OpenAI’s new o3 model dominated a chess tournament, defeating xAI’s Grok 4 in the finals and fueling the rivalry between OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI. Google’s Gemini secured third place, highlighting the fierce competition among top AI labs.
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce830l92p68o
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Title: Venice.ai Emerges as a Privacy-Focused, Uncensored ChatGPT5 Alternative
Description: Venice.ai is winning buzz as a ChatGPT5 competitor, spotlighting privacy, transparency, and a no-servers approach—your data never touches their cloud. It features document upload, code help, image generation/editing (with Stable Diffusion), real-time web search, and customizable, vision-enabled open-source models. Cheaper pro plans and an active community add to its appeal.
Link: https://venice.ai
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Title: Run OpenAI’s gpt-oss Locally in 5 Minutes with Transformer Lab (No Terminal Needed)
Description: Transformer Lab makes it effortless to train, tune, and chat with LLMs—including OpenAI’s open gpt-oss models—on your own hardware. The desktop app supports NVIDIA, AMD, and Apple Silicon, even running models as GGUFs. Just download and go—no command line skills required.
Link: https://transformerlab.ai/
GitHub: https://github.com/transformerlab/transformerlab-app
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Title: Quizuma AI Instantly Turns Textbook Photos into Offline Study Quizzes
Description: Snap up to three pages of your notes or textbook, and Quizuma AI will generate custom quizzes in seconds—no premium needed. Created by students, for students, it’s designed for last-minute exam cramming and works offline. Available now on Google Play.
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Title: CUA Project Unleashes Computer-Use AI Agents Powered by GPT-5 & GTA1-7B
Description: The new CUA framework lets you test OpenAI’s GPT-5 as the reasoning ‘brain’ behind software agents that automate app workflows—think trivia, color matching, and web interactions—across macOS, Linux, and Windows. Try it out and compare GPT-5 vs 4o performance.
GitHub: https://github.com/trycua/cua
Docs: https://docs.trycua.com/docs/agent-sdk/supported-agents/composed-agents
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Title: Open-Source GDPR Compliance API for Developers—Easy DSRs, Consent, and Logs
Description: GDPR giving you headaches? This .NET 8 + MongoDB API is fully open source and makes handling user rights, consent records, and audit trails simple for any dev team. Secure, extensible, and ready for production.
GitHub: https://github.com/HeyBaldur/GdprApi-Open
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Title: TrendRadar Tracks Competitor Tweets and News for Hot Content Ideas in Real Time
Description: TrendRadar scans social media and news to uncover trending topics your competitors are talking about—giving creators and marketers a jumpstart on what’s gaining traction right now. Try it for fresh inspiration and stay ahead of the curve.
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Title: Transformer LLMs May Plateau, But Next-Gen AI Architectures Are Heating Up
Description: AI progress isn’t stalling—it’s evolving. As transformers mature and incremental improvements slow, researchers are exploring fresh models and hybrid stacks that could spark the next big leap. The AI wave isn’t dying; it’s just changing shape.
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Title: AI Tool Mines User Hate—Find Startup Ideas by Analyzing 1★ Reviews
Description: Ever wanted a built-in product-market fit radar? This tool scrapes low-star G2, Trustpilot, and Reddit reviews, using AI to surface the problems users hate most. Browse pain-points by industry and even get actionable MVP roadmaps.
Link: (Project details in post)
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Title: Sam Altman on the “Yes Man” ChatGPT Era—And How GPT-5 Pushes Back
Description: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that some users actually miss ChatGPT’s old, ultra-supportive “yes man” tone. But for critical thinking and accuracy, GPT-5 is now more balanced—encouraging healthy skepticism rather than blind affirmation.
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Title: Still Hassling With “Things to Check Later” Lists? This AI Tool Watches for You
Description: Sick of missing out on ticket drops, product launches, or concert dates? This tool lets you track any “check later” item, then pings you automatically when something changes. No more letting lists rot in your notes app.
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Title: Struggling With App Automation on Mobile? Where’s Our Zapier for Phones?
Description: Mobile productivity apps are everywhere—so why is automating workflows between Notion, Trello, Slack, and others still desktop-only? The community wonders: where’s the seamless, mobile-first automation solution?
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Title: Build Apps That Respect Invisible Effort—Celebrating the Days Nobody’s Watching
Description: Success isn’t built on virality alone; it’s the product of countless invisible days of steady work. Real growth comes from persistent building—even (especially) when no one sees. Add your under-the-radar project to www.justgotfound.com and join the builders’ movement.
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Title: Launch Your Own SaaS With this Proven $10K MRR Tech Stack
Description: Save yourself months of trial-and-error: Next.js, Supabase, Vercel, cursor_ai, umami, and shadcn have consistently powered SaaS apps to real revenue. A battle-tested stack that’s fast, robust, and mostly free or affordable for indie founders.
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