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Probably not a good fit for you then. I wanted to keep the human element alive where I could with this project and I know AI will likely take all our jobs, so be it.…",{"id":56,"by":10,"text":57},"46720211","It's like $15 a month annualized. We add new themes and components quarterly. If that's too steep you're not the target customer. Thanks for chiming in.",{"value":59,"source":50,"evidence":60},"Solo developers and early-stage startups building Rails apps",[61,64],{"id":62,"by":10,"text":63},"46710338","Been there! I see this as a solo dev or small startup tool, great for building 0-1 ideas faster (which is what I use it for). 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