Okay, I have to start with a confession: I'm slightly obsessed with AI tools. Like, embarrassingly obsessed. My friends make fun of me because every time I find something new, I won't shut up about it. Last week I made a guy at a coffee shop listen to me talk about an image generation model for twenty minutes. He didn't even order coffee.
But here's the thing — this article isn't really about AI tools. It's about how my weird hobby of testing every AI service on the planet accidentally turned into a passive income stream. And I think you need to hear about this.
Let me back up a bit.
About a year ago, I was just like most developers — tinkering with AI APIs in my spare time, building weekend projects, getting genuinely excited when a new model dropped. I wasn't trying to make money. I was just having fun. But then I stumbled into something that completely changed how I think about side hustles, and I want to share the whole story with you.
How I Fell Down the Affiliate Rabbit Hole
Here's what most people don't realise about AI enthusiasts like me: we LOVE telling people about what we're using. When a new model comes out, I literally text my developer friends about it. When I find an AI tool that solves a problem beautifully, I post about it on LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit — everywhere.
So one day, I was exploring a platform called Global API (more on that in a sec), and I noticed they had an affiliate program tucked away in the footer.
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