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A building design consultancy owner dropped Wix for a site where an AI chat answers visitors' zoning and setback questions, and says he now runs without junior staff.
The owner replaced a static Wix site with a chat-style assistant. It answers visitor questions on zoning and setbacks, pulls code references, and takes voice input. It runs on DeepSeek-R1 with MiniMax as a fallback.
The owner says he canceled a Wix plan costing about $40 a month and that the assistant lets him operate without junior staff. He gives no inquiry or revenue figures.
This is the owner's own Show HN post with no measured results. He lists weak points himself: lost results if a connection drops, voice transcription errors, and liability if the AI quotes a wrong building code. Check any code reference before you rely on it.
Paste into ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant and fill in the square brackets.
I run a [type of professional practice] in [town]. Draft the 15 questions visitors ask most before they hire me, with short, careful answers that say when a professional must check the details. Show me the list before it goes on my website.
Source: Hacker News. Summarised in our own words; read the original for the full account.
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