Ahmed Youssef

I make lemonade ♠️ ex-Management Consultant

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@Hronom I'm based in the UK using FreeAgent. Primarily want to automate explaining transactions (e.g. I can give it briefs or it can lookup past transaction explanations) and attach invoices (e.g. send it thr pdf by email)... that's my thinking at least

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

I want to start using an AI agent for bookkeeping, directly through a browser rather than an API. What do you recommend and any tips on how to go about this safely?

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@AviNMash Thanks Avi, I'm in and will check it out... not much info on pricing though 👀

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@sergeynazarovx Exercise or do manual labour until your muscles are sore, take a hot shower and then watch a history-related documentary... that should do the trick.

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

I've no idea why people still use eSignature services like @Docusign . Are people aware that Google Workspace includes eSignatures for free? You can request, track and add legally binding esignatures directly in google docs and google drive with full email audit trail.

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

Inspired by @levelsio, I did a deep dive into costs and found I could save ~$3,500/month.

Roughly half of the savings come from vibe coding software, the rest came from small changes.

> partnered with an alternative virtual number provider = saved ~$750/month

> found a business bank account that offers free accounting software = saved ~$300/month

> moved all foreign currency subscriptions to a bank account that doesn't charge FX fees/commission = saved ~ $100 / month

> switched to annual subscriptions for software I have and will be using long-term = saved ~ $350/month

> renegotiated business phone contracts = saved ~$80 / month

> downgraded software that's underused = saved ~$150 / month

[@levelsio @levelsio]

✨ I replaced all these SaaS with my own vibe coded now, so about $25,000/mo savings:

- Weather API -> My own vibe coded weather service using Norway's meteorology API
- Image resizing API -> My own vibe coded image resizing API with NodeJS's Sharp + Redis (saves ~$1,500/mo)
- Google Vision NSFW detection -> My own $0/mo vibe coded NSFW detection service with Python's NudeNET (saves ~$2,500/mo)
- Cloudflare Streaming -> My own $0/mo Nginx VPS video streaming (saves ~$250/mo)
- API Flash -> My own $0/mo screenshot service (for social images) (saves ~$250/mo)
- New Relic + IPHub -> My own $0/mo error monitoring, DDOS blocking and fleet management service (called error2telegram) (saves ~$250/mo)
- Human moderators -> My own moderation on all my sites with @xAI (saves ~$10,000/mo)
- IFTTT -> Telegram bot (saves ~$100/mo)
- Photopea as editor inside Photo AI -> Vibe coded my own photo editor (saves ~$100/mo)
- Mapbox -> Vibecoded my own free replacement with OpenFreeMaps (saves ~$500/mo)
- Uptimerobot -> My own $5/mo Uptime Canary app running on Kuma (saves ~$50/mo)
- Ghost blog -> My own $0/mo blog platform
- Customer support -> @featurebasehq + AI support bot (saves $5,000/mo)
- Scrapingbee/SerpAPI -> My own $1/mo scraper with Patchright (save ~$250/mo)

I think I have reached my final limit of replacing my SaaS services as I have these left, but that'd mean becoming an ICANN registrar (I don't want 😁), managing my own email (I don't want), managing my own hard drives at home in a storage (I don't want) and managing my own servers at home too (I don't want) and running my own GPU rig at home (I don't want):

- Cloudflare Domains
- Cloudflare Email Sending
- Cloudflare R2 Storage
- Backblaze B2 for backups
- Hetzner for all my servers for all my sites (VPS)
- xAI for all LLMs for all my sites (so many things like moderation, writing emails, anything)

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@levelsio @yagiznizipli Rather than make the doomscroll deterministic, it would be better to have a history that you can go back to... YouTube has this feature.

[Adriou @Adriouk]

@GBNEWS @tomhfh All these British Jewish representatives are showing just how radical and extreme they are

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

The Canary has been ‘debanked’ once again.

The news site has announced that it will have to cease operations after Metro Bank followed in the footsteps of Barclays, which closed its account in June.

This is an alarming development – and one with which we at the FSU are all too familiar.

Debanking is one of the most pernicious forms of cancellation. Banks and other financial institutions must not be allowed to weaponise their power to suppress our fundamental right to free speech.

[Replit ⠕ @Replit]

Replit is officially in London. 🇬🇧

As we open our first international office here today, we’re honored to mark this important milestone with @MayorofLondon, Sadiq Khan and his team, His Majesty’s Government, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal and London & Partners.

London will be the hub for our European operations as we expand our work with small businesses and enterprises, helping more people turn ideas into working products with AI. The city's deep talent, diverse skills base, universities and base for leading AI companies made it ideal for us.

We are also partnering with TLMA which supports young Londoners not in education, employment or training (NEET) on a pilot for upskilling.

This is just the beginning. We’re here to build in London and build with London!

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@marclou Do you use a CMS for marketing/resource pages for your startups? If not, what do you use (hardcoded? Database?)

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

What happened to Bubble? @bubble

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@PicturesFoIder 2, 3, 1

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@NormanX1987 @VickiPMcKellar @piersmorgan One is free to enforce consequences privately, not through public institutions which belong to all of us. The red line ought to be whether any laws have been broken. Is that unreasonable?

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@piersmorgan This is old news, Piers. Arabs in the UK have been suffering this for a long time. It's what happens when you yo down the slippery slope ot legislating speech.

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@cannock666 @piersmorgan So people working in the public sector are not allowed to have opinions that differ from yours? Genius

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

@agogiglio @bubble YouTube, Google, ChatGPT and of course "the Docs"

[Ahmed Youssef @iomicro]

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