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YesChatGPT · 4 Jun 2026

The cost for software like the one they made has gone from 10s of thousands of dollars to $10/month and volunteer hours

sothatsit on Hacker News

10s of thousands of dollars to $10/month

In the thread “When AI Builds Itself: Our progress toward recursive self-improvement”, replying to this comment

Helped: Vibe-coding bespoke software and automated contract reviews.

… I don't think people appreciate how much room there is left for bespoke software to have big impacts on small organisations that can't afford to hire developers. The cost for software like the one they made has gone from 10s of thousands of dollars to $10/month and volunteer hours. My brother has recently been setting up Cowork to do an automatic review of contracts before human review, and he said it is far more diligent than people when it comes to routine things to check. …