Industry · on the rundown Thursday, March 19, 2026
Consultancy operator says he replaced Wix site with AI agent
Covered by 2 outlets. All of them ran the same syndicated report. First reported by news.ycombinator.com at 15:59 UTC on March 19, 2026.
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What happened?
- The poster said he runs a building design consultancy and paid Wix $40 a month for a brochure site.
- The poster said he spent four months building the AI agent, which he called a 'talker'.
- Netlify's 10-second serverless timeout, the poster said, forced him to divide the agent into three parts: Brain (Edge), Hands (Browser), and Voice (Edge).
- The poster said he publishes audit logs and linked to an audit page dated 2026-02-19.
- The poster said he removed persistent databases because fewer than 5% of visitors return.
A person who says he runs a building design consultancy posted on Hacker News that he replaced a Wix site costing $40 a month with an AI agent he built over four months. He said the agent was split into three parts because of a 10-second serverless timeout on Netlify, and that he publishes audit logs.
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Who reported it, and when?
| Time | Report | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 19 15:59 | Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff |
Who was named?
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