Queens, what if you could cancel $1,200 in software subscriptions — not by cutting corners, but by building the replacements yourself? That's exactly what Erika did during the Claude Fable 5 preview, and she's breaking down all five builds: what they replaced, what they cost (or saved), and the one mindset shift that made it possible. The big unlock? Stop telling AI how to do its job. Give it a goal and let it run.
Before diving in, Erika gives a shoutout to a Claude skill built by previous guest Vanessa Chang that turns a messy brain dump into a clean, structured Fable 5 prompt — a must-have for anyone who has the idea but struggles to communicate it to AI. Link below.
What we cover:
Why Fable 5 is different and why micromanaging it actually caps what it can build
The website rebuild that moved Erika off Webflow and onto Netlify for $5/month (saving ~$400/year)
The custom email management tool that replaced Fixer.ai and works better for how Erika actually operates
The client management system built to replace Dubsado, saving $500/year and counting
The book club app that has zero ROI and might be the most revolutionary thing Erika built
The real takeaway here: the most powerful thing you can do with AI right now is build something too weird, too small, and too you for any software company to bother with. That constraint — that a tool has to serve thousands of people to justify its existence — is gone. Go build the dumb little thing that makes your week easier. Start there.
Ready to build something of your own? Join the list for the next AI Queens Buildathon — a live, hands-on workshop where you walk away with a working tool built for your business: aiqueens.com/build
Mentioned in this episode:
Download Vanessa Chang's Fable 5 Prompt Skill: Prompting Fable — A Beginner's Guide
AI Queens Buildathon: aiqueens.com/build
Connect with Erika!
https://www.instagram.com/erikatheaiqueen/
Erika's AI Consultancy: https://www.aiqueens.com/
Erika's Branding & Web Agency: https://www.mileenddigital.com/
Join the AI Queens Society: https://aiqueens.substack.com/
