Test demand before months of AI building
Six months of work, $700 in total revenue · X · @llmcodes · Sep 2026
A builder says their first consumer app earned $700 in total after about six months, and shares the lessons.
The honest numbers
- Says about 6 months spent
- Says $700 total revenue
As stated by the source. Not independently verified.
Lesson
Set a short deadline to test demand. Building fast with AI makes it easy to build the wrong thing for months.
Fix prompt
Copy this into your own AI tool (Cursor, Lovable, Claude Code, Bolt…). It's general guidance written by us. Review what the AI suggests before applying it.
I'm about to launch an app I built with my AI coding tool. Act as an honest launch coach, not a cheerleader. 1) Ask me 5 questions to check that real people want this (who exactly, what they use today, would they pay). 2) Help me pick a simple first price and explain the trade-offs. 3) Give me a minimal launch checklist: support email and FAQ, privacy policy and terms, error monitoring, backups, and one real end-to-end test of sign-up and payment. 4) Suggest 3 low-cost ways to reach my first 10 users. Keep it short and practical.
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