How a lazy night-owl turned AI into a $127-a-day roommate who never drinks the milk
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I was brushing my teeth at 2:13 a.m. when my phone buzzed.
Another sale.
I spat foam everywhere, laughing like a maniac.
The guy who bought my $9 “Notion Habit Tracker” lived in Finland, was asleep himself, and had no idea I’d built the thing half-asleep in five minutes with ChatGPT.
That was the moment I stopped trading time for money and let code do the graveyard shift.
Everyone talks about side hustles, no one talks about side hassles
We’re sold the dream: “Build once, sell twice.”
Reality? Most people build once, market twice a day for six months, then burn out.
The hidden problem isn’t creating the product, it’s the invisible labor after:
- Writing the gum-shoe sales page
- Answering “Will this work on my Android?” at 3 a.m.
- Tweeting into the void, hoping the algo notices
I wanted the sale without the stale coffee.
So I built a 5-minute workflow that ships, sells, and supports itself…
