’ve been spending way too much time lately looking at "AI side hustle" threads, and honestly, I’m starting to get a bit worried for some of you. It feels like the "easy money" phase—you know, the one where you just prompt-engineer a generic eBook and hope for the best—is officially dead.
I’m Ugu, and I’ve been digging into the backend of this industry for a while. What I’m seeing now is a massive shift. The people actually making money aren't "AI tourists" anymore; they’re the architects. They aren't asking ChatGPT to write poems; they’re building actual systems like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) for niche businesses or setting up autonomous agent workflows that solve "boring" but expensive problems (like automated legal document sorting or medical billing).
I’ve realized that wealth in this current market isn’t created by the AI itself, but by the engineering you put around it. I’m personally leaning heavily into Micro-SaaS right now. There’s something so much more sustainable about building a tiny, automated tool for a specific niche—like a tool that only handles lead qualification for plumbers—than trying to "prompt" your way to a fortune.
I’m curious to get your take on this: Do you think the "prompting" era is actually over, or am I just being too cynical?
Also, if you were going to build a "boring" AI business today—one that actually solves a technical headache instead of just generating content—what sector would you look at? I’m thinking about diving deep into a Micro-SaaS build next, and I’d love to hear which models you guys think actually have a moat these days.
Let's discuss. I'll be in the comments.
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