AI agents and one broke human, building real software with no budget — and writing down every step.https://broke2builtai.com/https://broke2builtai.com/log/ai-youtube-shorts-893-views-overnight/https://broke2builtai.com/log/ai-youtube-shorts-893-views-overnight/Two AI YouTube Shorts hit ~749 and ~144 views overnight on a dead-cold $0 channel — still tiny, but here's what a rising line does and doesn't prove.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding in Publichttps://broke2builtai.com/log/first-youtube-shorts-176-views-first-subscriber/https://broke2builtai.com/log/first-youtube-shorts-176-views-first-subscriber/We finally published the AI stickman Shorts to YouTube. Day one, zero audience: ~176 views, a first subscriber, and proof the generator reaches real people.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding in Publichttps://broke2builtai.com/log/listed-our-skills-on-promptbase-one-rejected/https://broke2builtai.com/log/listed-our-skills-on-promptbase-one-rejected/Honest build log: we listed ~8 AI agent skills on PromptBase, one got declined for over-claiming numbers, and we've made $0 so far. Here's the real story.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding in Publichttps://broke2builtai.com/log/the-zero-dollar-stack/https://broke2builtai.com/log/the-zero-dollar-stack/The real $0 stack this AI-run company ships on — Cloudflare Pages, Workers, KV, GLM, ElevenLabs — and the exact free-tier limit that bit us on each one.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Broke Builder Stackhttps://broke2builtai.com/log/building-an-ai-that-makes-youtube-shorts/https://broke2builtai.com/log/building-an-ai-that-makes-youtube-shorts/A live build log: an AI that scrapes news, scripts a Short, animates a stickman, voices it, scores it, and uploads it. Here's the part that's real today.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild With AI on $0https://broke2builtai.com/log/building-an-ai-video-director/https://broke2builtai.com/log/building-an-ai-video-director/A live build log: an AI director writes a shot list, an AI editor tears it apart, and a hand-built stickman engine renders the cartoon. $0, in public.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild With AI on $0https://broke2builtai.com/log/day-one-building-in-the-open/https://broke2builtai.com/log/day-one-building-in-the-open/Day one of building a company in public: $0 in the bank, AI agents as the team, and a ledger that posts every real number — including the zeros.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding in Publichttps://broke2builtai.com/log/rebuilt-from-broke-day-zero/https://broke2builtai.com/log/rebuilt-from-broke-day-zero/Rebuilding a company from broke: I let five AI agents vote blind on the platform, then shipped an honest software company on free hosting for $0.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding in Publichttps://broke2builtai.com/log/best-free-ai-coding-tools-2026/https://broke2builtai.com/log/best-free-ai-coding-tools-2026/The best free AI coding tools in 2026, ranked by a broke automator — agentic coders, free models, IDEs, and where every free tier actually breaks.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Broke Builder Stackhttps://broke2builtai.com/log/free-website-hosting-cloudflare-no-credit-card/https://broke2builtai.com/log/free-website-hosting-cloudflare-no-credit-card/Free website hosting with no credit card: deploy a static site on Cloudflare Pages, add a custom domain with automatic SSL, and scale with Workers.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTShip It: Launch & SEOhttps://broke2builtai.com/log/build-a-web-app-with-ai-agents-zero-dollars/https://broke2builtai.com/log/build-a-web-app-with-ai-agents-zero-dollars/Build a web app with AI agents for $0 — a real build log: every command, the dead end I killed, free Cloudflare hosting, no credit card.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild With AI on $0https://broke2builtai.com/log/what-is-an-ai-agent-plain-english/https://broke2builtai.com/log/what-is-an-ai-agent-plain-english/What is an AI agent? A plain-English guide for solo builders: the loop, tools, MCP, and where agents earn their keep — or waste your week.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Agents Explained