testing elevenlabs voice cloning for a bot project and the clone sounds way better than the standard voices but im not sure if its actually worth the monthly cost. does anyone here run cloned voices at scale or is it just a vanity thing

been doing faceless videos for a few months and the grind is real, like im editing one at a time but everyone else seems to have them all prepped in like one session, are u guys batching somehow or just on a different level time-wise

testing different ai note takers lately and most are just mid at actual summaries. what are u guys actually using for work that doesn't suck?

I like projects that start with: “We know what we want to build, but we’re not sure how to build it properly.” I’m a senior software engineer and most of my work sits somewhere between full-stack development, AI, automation, mobile, and backend architecture. A few examples of things I can build: → An AI agent that reads documents, makes decisions, calls APIs, and takes actions instead of just answering questions → A SaaS product from rough idea to a working MVP with authentication, subscriptions, admin tools, and deployment → WhatsApp/Discord/web assistants connected to CRMs, internal data, calendars, and business workflows → Existing systems that need to be untangled, stabilized, sped up, or prepared for real production traffic → Mobile + web products sharing the same backend → IoT/robotics systems connecting real hardware, sensors, cloud services, and AI My usual stack includes TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node.js, Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, React Native/Flutter, AWS, Docker, and LLM/RAG tooling. I’m not only looking for neatly written project specs. If you have an unfinished prototype, a half-working product, or even an idea where the technical direction is still unclear, send it over. I’m happy to look at the problem first and tell you how I’d approach it. No sales call required.

been pitching local businesses chatbots and nobody's biting on the demo. thinking maybe i just build one free for two weeks to show actual revenue, then they pay for the full setup. has anyone actually pulled this off or just got left hanging?