The latest articles on DEV Community by Yatharth Kelkar (@yathartsalil). https://dev.to/yathartsalil 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%2F4071408%2F85b90b82-a9b9-4ef5-b0b5-318fbedf992c.png https://dev.to/yathartsalil en Yatharth Kelkar Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:52:44 +0000 https://dev.to/yathartsalil/-my-ai-assistant-has-a-bigger-problem-than-bugs-1hkg https://dev.to/yathartsalil/-my-ai-assistant-has-a-bigger-problem-than-bugs-1hkg <p>It has no money.</p> <p>😂</p> <p>AVS is now live.</p> <p>I have:</p> <p>✅ AI models<br> ✅ Authentication<br> ✅ Chat history<br> ✅ Sessions<br> ✅ Google login<br> ✅ A deployed application</p> <p>What I don't have:</p> <p>❌ A fancy domain<br> ❌ A huge server<br> ❌ Investors<br> ❌ A marketing budget<br> ❌ 10,000 users</p> <p>What I <em>do</em> have:</p> <p><strong>A laptop and unreasonable confidence.</strong></p> <p>So I'm going to see how far I can take this.</p> <p>No massive launch.</p> <p>No fake "stealth startup" story.</p> <p>Just:</p> <p><strong>build → deploy → break → fix → repeat.</strong></p> <p>Try AVS:</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://avs-ai-assistant.onrender.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://avs-ai-assistant.onrender.com/</a></p> <p>Laptop/desktop recommended for the current version.</p> <p>If this project reaches 100 users, I'll consider that a win.</p> <p>If it reaches 1,000...</p> <p>I'll probably start worrying about the server bill.</p> <p>💀</p> <h1> buildinpublic #indiedev #ai #programming #webdev #startup </h1> ai buildinpublic startup