Why I'm considering canceling my AI subscription
By
dmw_ng
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
The author reflects on their experience building numerous AI-powered projects (mostly with Claude), realizing that despite creating many tools—including a SaaS product, a news outlet, and various scripts—most are not useful or sustainable. They express frustration with the maintenance burden, token costs, and the accidental nature of their AI-driven creations, ultimately questioning whether canceling their AI subscription is the solution.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledExcept for the SaaS, almost none of this is useful and I don't want to maintain any of it.
I accidentally run a news outlet which is surely a liability.
I can't afford to maintain any of them, not in terms of time, commitment, belief, attention or willingness to spend on tokens.
Usually the Claude session started with something like write a quick script for X
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