◆ Tweaks

Small changes, measurable savings.

12 walkthroughs that each do one thing: cut a specific bill, or get something out of a tool you already pay for. Every one shows the arithmetic, and says when it is not worth doing.

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4 walkthroughs

Savings tweaks

Same capability, smaller invoice. Each one is a specific swap with the arithmetic shown.

Cut your ChatGPT bill 60% by switching to OpenRouter

8 min

Swap per-seat ChatGPT Plus for shared OpenRouter credits. Pay per token instead of per user. Step-by-step with TypingMind or LibreChat. Save $50–$200/mo.

Beginner

Find your highest-leverage SaaS to cancel in 5 minutes (the SaaSTweaks audit)

5 min

A 5-minute checklist that surfaces the single highest-leverage SaaS to cancel today. Run monthly. Most teams find $50–$300/mo on the first pass.

Beginner

Reduce Asana seat costs by 40% without losing collaborators

6 min

Practical 3-step audit to drop unused Asana seats, move reviewers to Limited Access, and re-negotiate renewal — without losing collaborators.

Beginner

Replace Jasper with ChatGPT Teams + a saved system prompt — save $588/yr

7 min

Jasper Pro is $59/user/mo for what amounts to scaffolded ChatGPT prompts. Build the same in 30 min with ChatGPT Teams Projects + custom GPTs.

Beginner

6 walkthroughs

Tool tweaks

Get more out of a tool you already pay for, usually by using it the way the docs do not suggest.

Build a Slack standup bot in 12 minutes with n8n

8 min

Build a Slack standup bot using n8n + OpenAI in 12 minutes. Free if you self-host. Replaces Geekbot/Standuply at $40/mo for a 10-person team.

Intermediate

Generate 100 Product Hunt headlines with Notion + Make.com in under an hour

9 min

Build a Notion + Make.com pipeline that pumps out 100 scored Product Hunt headline variants in 40 minutes. Win launch day instead of guessing.

Intermediate

Run Claude Code on a 5 GB free Mac without choking your laptop

7 min

Default Claude Code to Haiku, reserve Sonnet for hard tasks, cap context to 80K tokens. Drops RAM 70% and per-turn cost 80% on older Macs.

Intermediate

Set up Cursor + Claude API for a $20/mo coding pair (with proper rate limits)

7 min

Cursor Pro burns its Claude allowance fast. Bring your own Anthropic key with a $20 cap to get unlimited Sonnet 4.5 — predictable $40/mo total.

Intermediate

The Notion workspace setup that scales past 50 people

7 min

The four-database Notion pattern that keeps workspaces fast and searchable as you scale from 20 to 200 people.

Intermediate

Wire ChatGPT into Google Sheets via Apps Script — one paste, zero billing

6 min

Skip the $19/user/mo "GPT for Sheets" extensions. A 25-line Apps Script gives you =GPT() in any cell, billed per token. Setup in 8 minutes.

Beginner

2 walkthroughs

Stack tweaks

Wire two tools together and replace a third. Short builds, real outcomes.

Auto-categorize your Gmail inbox in 20 minutes with Vercel AI SDK

9 min

Gmail filters cannot reason about intent. A 50-line script using the Vercel AI SDK and gpt-4o-mini auto-labels your inbox. Save 3 hrs/week.

Intermediate

Stack ChatGPT + Otter + Notion for client meeting notes that practically write themselves

9 min

Stack Otter (record) + ChatGPT (structure) + Notion (store) for client recap emails that take 8 min instead of 45. Setup in 25 minutes.

Intermediate