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October 12, 2026

AI hits the web design industry. How do I know? I built my own website (and I'm not a designer).

I got a $25,000 quote for a website tool, then built it myself with Claude AI and patience. Web designers are pricing based on outdated assumptions about how difficult this work still is.

A web design quoted me $25,000 to build one tool for useRealData.com.

The site is an absolute workhorse for the business. It performs surveys, runs reports, automates lots of things for me. With a little curiosity, patience and the $100/mo Claude Max plan, I built it myself.

Why did the web designer quote me $25,000? Because that is somebody’s idea of how hard this still is, and that idea is out of date.

If you need your website redesigned, message me. You would be a PERFECT candidate for my LEAD AI Sprint. Full details on this package here: https://www.userealdata.com/services/#ai-sprint

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