$4 million and 18 months. Then $200 and 5 days. Same product, rebuilt by one man.
That gap is the proof of what
@garrytan just named: process power, the one moat anyone can build for themselves.
Everyone is quoting the price. The price is the boring part.
What matters is what he did with the time the cheap building gave back: he built a system that builds, and kept it as one person. He showed the whole loop and barely anyone caught it.
I wrote the full breakdown, including the one test that tells you if you are running his loop or just renting a chat window.
The reason why I release my X articles about AI agents (fat skill fat code thin harness) and GStack and GBrain is that we, yes you and I, can have *PROCESS POWER*, which is the one super powerful specific moat that anyone can create for themselves.
The agent helps you do it.