Hiker replaced a $60/yr app with a self-built clone: 12 minutes, $0.62 in API costs via Hermes Agent
Teknium · x · 2026-11-16
Frustrated by a $60/year hiking app that kept pushing Premium upsells, a user on r/hermesagent had Hermes Agent install craft-anything, learn it, save it as a skill, and build his own replacement for web and Android. "In about 12 minutes I had basic working versions," he says, with a total bill of $0.62. The clone is already field-tested: topo and satellite maps, GPS tracks recorded on the phone and synced to desktop.
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