The latest articles on DEV Community by NexusAI (@getnexusaitech). https://dev.to/getnexusaitech https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4057618%2F33f94fd6-950f-47ef-9368-c0c22d421333.jpg https://dev.to/getnexusaitech en NexusAI Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:35:28 +0000 https://dev.to/getnexusaitech/built-an-ai-assistant-with-live-web-search-code-gen-heres-what-i-learned-charging-10mo-as-a-3g86 https://dev.to/getnexusaitech/built-an-ai-assistant-with-live-web-search-code-gen-heres-what-i-learned-charging-10mo-as-a-3g86 <p>Six months ago I started building NexusAI because I kept hitting the same wall with ChatGPT's free tier — no live web search, so anything current (prices, news, recent docs) was a dead end without manually searching myself and pasting results back in.</p> <p>What it does:</p> <p>Real-time web search built into every answer, not a separate mode<br> Code generation across 40+ languages<br> File/PDF analysis, AI image generation, PDF export of the whole conversation</p> <p>What I didn't expect:</p> <p>Getting the pricing/plan logic actually correct (free vs paid limits enforced server-side, not just in the UI) took longer than any single feature<br> People care way more about "does it search live" than I expected — it's become the thing people mention first<br> Building this solo means I'm the support team, the marketer, and the developer, and none of those skills transfer to the others</p> <p>It's live at getnexusai.tech — 15 free messages/day, no card required. Genuinely looking for feedback more than sales at this stage — what would make you actually switch from ChatGPT/Claude directly?<br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fhcn0fb7lodjvjbg8ad7f.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fhcn0fb7lodjvjbg8ad7f.png" alt=" " width="800" height="533"></a></p> ai webdev automation saas