I Spent 6 Months Building a Custom AI Agent. Then I Watched It Get Destroyed by a $30 Tool.
A six-month attempt to build a custom AI agent was crushed by a $30 tool in 11 seconds. This isn’t a story about personal failure—it’s a structural lesson: ecosystem momentum beats individual ambition. The real winners aren’t building the harness; they’re standing on the platform. Stop asking ‘Can I build this?’ Start asking ‘Should I?’