Back in April, I was sick of wasting hours wiring APIs together every time I wanted something automated. So I started hacking on a “unified API” just to save myself the pain. What happened: I threw together a rough version in a few weeks and used it on my own workflows. Showed it around → a few companies actually paid me. Ended up doing \~$100k in contracts in 5 months. Learned fast that nobody cared about my architecture diagrams, they just wanted their time back. Some takeaways I wish I knew earlier: Build for your own headaches first, easier to tell if it’s real. People pay for outcomes, not features. Your users will tell you what to fix way faster than you’ll figure it out yourself. That’s how Lynkr started, a dev tool for unifying APIs. But here’s the kicker: most people don’t want to code their way through automation. Tools like n8n, Make, and Zapier are powerful, but a lot of people still get stuck wiring endless nodes. So I started building Lynkr Workbench: describe what you want in a sentence or two and it spins up an agent for you. No coding. No node hell. The private beta filled up instantly and early users are already building agents they can actually charge money for, honestly wasn’t expecting that lol. If anyone wants to check it out, give any feedback, or sign up to get on the early access list, PM me and I'll send you the link!