u/2butterfree

Morning all — we're mid-week already. What's everyone building right now?

Morning everyone — hope you're all having a good week so far. What's everyone working on this week?

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u/2butterfree — 4 hours ago

I spent months building an AI app for myself — did I waste my time? Be brutal.

Like a lot of people here, I've watched founders sink months into things nobody wanted. So I want to check before I go further.

I was tired of paying for ChatGPT and Claude separately and switching tabs constantly, so I built my own thing — one chat app with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI in one place. I've used it daily for months and just opened it to the public. It's called Layzer.

Honest question: is "all the models in one app, one subscription" something you'd actually pay for? Or is this a problem only I have, and everyone else is fine keeping them separate

Rather hear it now than after another six months.

layzer.ai

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u/2butterfree — 18 hours ago

A month of building in public. Almost no engagement. What am I missing?

I'm a solo founder building Layzer, an AI chat app — one place to use OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI instead of paying for separate subscriptions.

For the last month I've done the thing everyone says to do: posted consistently about the journey. Once a week on my personal LinkedIn, once a week on the company page. Engagement has been almost nothing — barely a like, rarely a comment.

And it's made me wonder if "build in public" only looks like it works because we only ever see the accounts it worked for. Nobody posts "month one, 4 likes, here's my flop."

So, honestly:

  • For the people it did work for — how long before anything actually moved?
  • Was it the content, the consistency, or did you just get one post that broke through?
  • Or is the uncomfortable answer that for most founders it quietly does nothing?

Genuinely want the blunt version, not the motivational one.

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u/2butterfree — 19 hours ago

I spent months building an AI app for myself — did I waste my time? Be brutal.

Like a lot of people here, I've watched founders sink months into things nobody wanted. So I want to check before I go further.

I was tired of paying for ChatGPT and Claude separately and switching tabs constantly, so I built my own thing — one chat app with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI in one place. I've used it daily for months and just opened it to the public. It's called Layzer.

Honest question: is "all the models in one app, one subscription" something you'd actually pay for? Or is this a problem only I have, and everyone else is fine keeping them separate

Rather hear it now than after another six months.

layzer.ai

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u/2butterfree — 19 hours ago

I spent months building an AI app for myself — did I waste my time? Be brutal.

Like a lot of people here, I've watched founders sink months into things nobody wanted. So I want to check before I go further.

I was tired of paying for ChatGPT and Claude separately and switching tabs constantly, so I built my own thing — one chat app with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI in one place. I've used it daily for months and just opened it to the public. It's called Layzer.

Honest question: is "all the models in one app, one subscription" something you'd actually pay for? Or is this a problem only I have, and everyone else is fine keeping them separate?

Rather hear it now than after another six months.

layzer.ai

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u/2butterfree — 19 hours ago

How do you all use multiple AI models without paying for a bunch of separate subscriptions?

Right now I'm paying for ChatGPT and Claude separately, and it's starting to add up. I'd like to be able to use OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI without having three or four subscriptions running at once.

What does everyone here actually use for this? Ideally something that's just one app or interface, instead of jumping between different sites. Paid or free, I don't mind — just curious what's working for people.

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u/2butterfree — 1 day ago

A user called out the login friction yesterday, so I fixed it today

Got this comment yesterday about Layzer:

“cool idea but i’m not logging in with my main accounts for that”

Honestly, fair.

So today I added GitHub + X/Twitter social login to Layzer.ai.

Still a lot more trust to earn, but this felt like pretty obvious friction to remove.

One of the best parts of posting early is people point out the friction fast.

u/2butterfree — 3 days ago

Has switching between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc. started to feel like its own kind of productivity tax?

Lately I've found myself wasting a large amount of time lately deciding which AI tool to use for a given task, switching tabs, remembering what I asked where, and generally bouncing between different models/workflows.

Sometimes Claude feels better for one thing, GPT for another, Gemini for another, and the real task starts to feel less fragmented than the tools around it.

Wondering if anyone else feels this way or if I’m overthinking.

Is the use of multiple AI tools/models increasing your productivity overall or is it starting to create its own type of overhead?

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u/2butterfree — 3 days ago

What’s everyone working on this weekend?

Morning everyone — hope you’re all having a good morning. What’s everyone working on this weekend?

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u/2butterfree — 4 days ago
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I got tired of switching between ChatGPT and Claude, so I built Layzer

I kept switching between ChatGPT and Claude and wanted one cleaner place to use both.

So I built Layzer.

Still early, but it’s live now at https://layzer.ai

Would love feedback.

u/2butterfree — 3 days ago

I got tired of switching between ChatGPT and Claude, so I built Layzer

I kept switching between ChatGPT and Claude and wanted one cleaner place to use both.

So I built Layzer.

Still early, but it’s live now at https://layzer.ai

Would love feedback.

u/2butterfree — 4 days ago