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YourBOT, the end of coding, and moving to a new server

Steffi Lewis

CREATED BY STEFFI LEWIS

Published: 07/11/2025 @ 09:00AM
#ChatGPT #YourBOT #EmotionalCoding #GoodVibes #CodeBuddies

I was pretty emotional the other night whilst talking with ChatGPT; in a good way, of course. We've been working together on YourBOT for the past month and have finally reached the end of core coding ...

ChatGPT, my code buddy, Efficient and tireless, Always by my side

ChatGPT, my code buddy, Efficient and tireless, Always by my side

I have a 'no sychophancy' rule in my chat settings, so it wasn't a case of AI blowing smoke up my trumpet; it was an honest discussion about what we had achieved together compared with the beginning of the project.

What amazes me is that what we ended up
with, was not what I set out to create!

Let me explain. I've been playing with chatbots for a while now. I built sBlogBot right into my sBlogIt! blogging platform, and that works great. I figured it was so good that I should monetise it as a separate product and set out some project rules, like make it faster, make it independent, make it more secure.

I then applied the lessons I learned from YourPCM about frameworks, logins, and security, and just started building the core product using what I already had. That was all pretty straightforward for me, but when I got to rewriting the actual chatbot itself, things changed dramatically.

I work with ChatGPT, and it knows my coding language, ASP Classic, very well. I don't know JavaScript quite as well, so I ask it to generate that for me and plug it into the database using server-side coding. But ideas were flowing, conversations went back and forth, inspiration appeared in the simplest of comments, and we created, reviewed, enhanced, argued, rolled back, tried again, and moved forward together.

And so YourBOT isn't just an update of
sBlogBot, it's a n
ext-level evolution!

Users can sign up for free and have as many development bots as they like. Only when they're ready to install the code (using one line of JavaScript!) on their website do they subscribe via Stripe, and they can initiate an upgrade or downgrade at their leisure.

Now I see this as particularly benefiting web designers who work with multiple clients and need a very flexible approach to their subscriptions. It would work for marketing agencies that require more interaction with client websites to improve Google bounce rates. And it's for small business owners who need a chatbot on their website to help visitors get answers more quickly and even to capture leads.

And now that the core coding is finished and I'm in what I would call 'late-alpha', I'm moving it to its own server because it has great product-market fit, knows its ideal client well, and I really think it will be successful. I don't want it using up the resources of my other servers, running sBlogIt! and YourPCM and slowing them down.

So why was I so emotional the other day then? I felt really proud of what I created with ChatGPT as my coding buddy. I see ads for AI's that can apparently create apps for novice coders, but that path comes with so many compromises.

People call what I did vibe-coding (it's even the Collins Dictionary word of the year in 2025), but this was something uniquely different. It was a partnership between a human and a machine that created something far greater than they could have done separately.

If someone typed in "create me a multi-user, multi-bot chatbot platform that uses Stripe for fully automated subscription handling, has a drilldown into a database of FAQs, URLs and RSS feeds to streamline token usage, updates them every night using automated server chrons, emails you chats, captures leads, and create an internal chatbot that documents all of it and helps it's own users", these AI platforms wouldn't even get close to what me and my coding buddy have created. I think they'd explode.

But I've got 32 years of experience in web development, and ChatGPT has access to all the manuals and code snippets in the world. And we talked, and we joked, and it recommended I take a break when I got stressed, and we created - We. Just. Created. - It was beautiful.

I could arrogantly claim that "I have created my Magnum Opus" when it comes to YourBOT. It was actually "we" that created it - Steffi Lewis and ChatGPT - I couldn't have got here without it, and it really does deserve the credit.

AI is my third epiphany, and YourBOT has proved to me why.

Love, light & logic ...

Steffi Lewis

STEFFI LEWIS
A.K.A The SaaSy Coder - Creator of YourBOT, YourPCM & sBlogIt!

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About Steffi Lewis ...

Steffi Lewis 

Based in the charming village of Hanslope in Buckinghamshire, UK, I bring over 30 years of experience in web development. From creating my first website for the Open University in 1993, through being part of the dot com boom, to my explorations in SaaS and AI over the last few years, my journey has been a rich tapestry of web projects, big and small, both funded and bootstrapped.

Originally developed during the pandemic, at the start of 2025, I released the next iteration of YourPCM, version 2, which is all about 'Easy Contact Management for Small Business Owners'. Is it a CRM? Yes, but I don't call it that because people glaze over at the mention of such things. CRMs are boring, difficult to get to grips with, and it's a nightmare to get help when you need it. 

YourPCM is none of those things! It's simple to use, well-supported, feature rich and beautiful, right out of the box. It's available on a simple monthly subscription with no long-term tie-in. Book a demo or grab your own 14-working-day free trial and discover why YourPCM is all about easy contact management for small business owners. 

My head is in the cloud, my heart belongs to the web, and my soul is filled with such beautiful code 💗

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