I'm on a budget. Currently spending like 20$ on gh copilot sub but they are switching to a pay per use model i think. also spending 20 on Cursor sub and I bought a block of Gemini tokens that lasted a while. I want to up my spend to maybe 200$ a month but where do i put my money? Where do you? 70% on coding and 30% assorted agentic tasks. I'm looking at direct subs to anthropic or openai, or api keys or an aggregate service. ( The next issue will be model choice strategies to choose the right one for a job, and automating that choice.)

I’m completely new to making money online and seriously considering joining AIS+. My main concern is, this paid community worth it for a total beginner with zero experience? with Claude seemingly taking over the automation space, is n8n still a relevant and profitable skill to learn in 2026, or should I be focusing on something else? Would love to hear from people who were in my position when they started 🤞

In this video I walk through Paperclip, a free open-source tool that lets you build and run an entire company with AI agents. I set up a brand new company from scratch, show how the CEO agent hires engineers and delegates tasks, and break down how heartbeats, skills, routines, and budgets all work together. Whether you want to start a fully AI-run company or just automate a piece of your existing business, this covers everything you need to get going.

Shipping logistics company. Moving $180M in goods annually. One field on shipping documents kept causing problems: warehouse location code. Cost them $2.8 million in one year. THE WAREHOUSE CODE PROBLEM: Shipping document has field: "Destination Warehouse" Should contain: 4-digit code (e.g., "WH47") Often contained: - Old warehouse codes (facility closed 2 years ago) - Typos ("WH47" typed as "WG47") - Full addresses instead of codes - Wrong region codes Result: Shipment goes to wrong warehouse. THE CASCADE: Wrong warehouse code triggers: - Delivery to wrong facility - Customer calls: "Where's my shipment?" - Investigation time: 2-3 hours - Rerouting shipment - Additional freight cost - Delivery delay - Customer service time - Possible contract penalty Cost per misdirected shipment: Average $4,200 THE ANNUAL IMPACT: Tracked 12 months: - Total shipments: 14,400 - Misdirected due to wrong warehouse code: 673 (4.7%) - Average cost per incident: $4,200 - Total annual cost: $2,826,600 4.7% error rate. $2.8M problem. THE PATTERN: Most errors came from: - Manual data entry (clerk types code from email/PDF) - Copy-paste errors - Outdated customer shipping instructions - 3PL partners using old templates THE SOLUTION I BUILT: Shipping document validation system: - Document arrives (PDF, email, EDI) - System extracts warehouse destination - Auto-validates against active warehouse database - Flags invalid codes BEFORE shipment processed - Suggests correct code based on delivery address - Requires human approval for flagged shipments Won't let invalid warehouse code enter system. THE RESULTS: Before automation: - Shipments with invalid codes: 673/year (4.7%) - Cost of misdirected shipments: $2.8M annually - Customer complaints: 89/month - Investigation time: 220 hours/month After automation: - Shipments with invalid codes: 47/year (0.3%) - Cost of misdirected shipments: $197,400 annually - Customer complaints: 11/month - Investigation time: 28 hours/month

So far I've only ever bought monthly fixed price subscriptions. But some tools need you to get an Api Key and then you pay per token. Any guidance on understanding what that's going to cost me? Depends on tokens but I don't know how many I use.