Jared Zitting

Sr. UX Designer @ADP by day. Building multiple products with AI by night. I help businesses build custom software at a fraction of agency cost. Let's talk →

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I built a product that would have cost $250K with a traditional agency.

It took me a couple weeks. Not months. Not a massive team.

Here's exactly how (and why it matters for your business):

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The product: Archa Flow — a full project management platform for architecture firms.

Complex dashboards. Client portals. Project timelines. Document management. The whole thing.

An agency would quote this at $300-400K and 12+ months.

I did it differently.

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Step 1: I designed every screen in Figma FIRST.

Not wireframes. Not rough sketches. Full, detailed UI.

This is the step most people skip. They jump straight to code and wonder why they rebuild 3 times.

Design is the blueprint. Without it, you're building blind.

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Step 2: I used AI tools to build what I designed.

Claude Code turned my Figma designs into a working product.

Not a prototype. Not a demo. A real, functional application.

Because I knew exactly what I wanted (from the designs), the AI could execute precisely.

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Step 3: I applied years of startup experience to every decision.

I've been through multiple startups. I've managed dev teams globally. I've shipped products from zero.

Knowing the full path — idea to design to development to marketing — means no wasted steps.

Every decision was intentional.

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Why this matters for YOUR business:

The economics of building software have fundamentally changed.

→ Custom tools that automate your manual processes
→ Internal software that saves your team hours/week
→ Customer-facing products that generate revenue

All of this is now 10x faster and a fraction of the old cost.

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The old way: Hire an agency. $250K. 6-9 months. Hope they understand your vision.

The new way: Work with someone who designs, builds with AI, and ships end-to-end. Weeks, not months. A fraction of the cost.

This isn't theoretical. I'm living proof.

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I'm now doing this for other businesses.

If you have an idea for a tool, app, or platform — or you're bleeding money on manual processes that should be automated:

DM me. I'll tell you honestly if I can help and what it would take.

Follow @[your_handle] for more builds like this.

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@Nate_Esparza Please fix bookmarks.

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@Mike_Scully_ AI

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@Nate_Esparza @Jason @XBusiness Your get started button is not working on the site.

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@Jason I'm in

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@felixleezd @ADPList Design

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@Mike_Scully_ Ai

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@bryan_johnson @grok explain this data

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@benjitaylor Oh, I love this. The speed and cleanliness look great. Can we please prioritize the Android version as well? It's really falling behind. Would love to see more of the iOS features come over to Android. Don't forget about us.

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@socoloffalex Can't wait to watch this!

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no matter what’s going on in the world.
this is very, very, very freaking awesome

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@nikitabier Please improve the Bookmark feature. Particularly on android it's too many clicks and could be simplified.

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https://t.co/45C3gKydTK

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TL;DR:

• Google open-sourced a single CLI for all Workspace APIs

• It has a built-in MCP server for AI agents

• Setup takes ~5 min (watch the scope gotcha)

• Outputs structured JSON — perfect for automation

• This bridges AI tools and your Google data

GitHub: https://t.co/w73Csa2SjR

Original post by @addyosmani

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If this was useful, repost the first tweet 👉

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Google just open-sourced a CLI that lets AI agents control your entire Google Workspace.

Drive. Gmail. Sheets. Calendar. Docs. 100+ APIs.

One command. Zero boilerplate.

And almost nobody is talking about it.

Here's what it is and how to set it up 🧵

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The real power: MCP integration

Add this to your Claude Code config and your AI can directly access Google Workspace:

"gws": {
  "command": "gws",
  "args": ["mcp", "-s", "drive,gmail,sheets"]
}

Now instead of copy-pasting data, you just say "pull the Q1 numbers from my spreadsheet" and it does it.

This is the future of AI-assisted work.