DEV Community: Luk K The latest articles on DEV Community by Luk K (@luk_k_75a23b3ae96e19bb5b0). https://dev.to/luk_k_75a23b3ae96e19bb5b0 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%2F4008670%2Fe831c0d7-4302-499e-a777-7832a9367261.png DEV Community: Luk K https://dev.to/luk_k_75a23b3ae96e19bb5b0 en I Built an AI Platform That Costs $0 and Makes $10k/month Luk K Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:34:51 +0000 https://dev.to/luk_k_75a23b3ae96e19bb5b0/i-built-an-ai-platform-that-costs-0-and-makes-10kmonth-53of https://dev.to/luk_k_75a23b3ae96e19bb5b0/i-built-an-ai-platform-that-costs-0-and-makes-10kmonth-53of <p>****# I Built an AI Platform That Costs $0 and Makes $10k/month</p> <p>I spent $2,000/month on OpenAI, Claude, and GPU instances.</p> <p>Now I spend $0 and make $10,000/month selling this platform.</p> <p>Here's how.</p> <h2> The Problem: AI Is Expensive </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>GPT-4 API</strong>: $0.03 per 1K tokens = $500-1000/month per company</li> <li> <strong>Claude</strong>: $0.003 per 1K tokens = $50-200/month per company </li> <li> <strong>Self-hosted GPU</strong>: $500-2000/month for inference</li> <li> <strong>Total</strong>: $1k-2k/month per customer</li> </ul> <p>And it's vendor lock-in. You're stuck with OpenAI.</p> <h2> The Solution: Ollama + DeerFlow + Custom Skills </h2> <p>I built an AI platform with:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Ollama</strong>: Free. Local. Offline. $0/month.</li> <li> <strong>DeerFlow</strong>: Open-source AI agent framework</li> <li> <strong>3 Revenue-Generating Skills</strong>: <ol> <li>🌍 <strong>Translator</strong> - Multilingual translation with confidence scores</li> <li>📧 <strong>Email Analyzer</strong> - Sentiment, urgency detection, smart routing</li> <li>🔍 <strong>Code Review</strong> - Security, performance, style checks</li> </ol> </li> </ul> <p>Total cost: <strong>$0</strong></p> <p>Deployment: <strong>Docker + Kubernetes ready</strong></p> <h2> How It Works (The Tech) </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code> bash # Deploy in 30 seconds docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up -d # Test the API curl http://localhost:8001/api/skill/translator # Scale to 1000+ users kubectl apply -f k8s/deer-flow.yaml </code></pre> </div> ai docker kubernetes python