So I’ve been lurking here for a while and I know we all have that same frustration. You spend hours crafting the perfect character on some platform, building up their backstory, their personality, their quirks, and then what? The platform changes their policies, or starts charging more, or your character gets neutered by some new filter update. Or worse, the service just disappears one day with all your work.

This is why I built ChatRAG. It’s basically a boilerplate that lets you create your own chatbot with your own knowledge base, personality, backstory, everything. The key difference is you buy it once and it’s yours forever. No monthly fees bleeding you dry. No company deciding your vampire character is suddenly too edgy. Your data stays with you.

What makes this different is you control literally everything. Don’t like how your character responds? Change the system prompt. Want them to know specific lore about your fantasy world? Upload it to the knowledge base. Want them to be more sarcastic or less formal? You can tweak it all. It’s like having the backend access that these big platforms will never give you.

I’m actually working on adding real-time voice right now, so you’ll be able to actually talk to your characters soon. Imagine having full conversations with your creations, with voices you can customize. And if something doesn’t sound right, you just go in and adjust it yourself.

Look, I know there are tons of chatbot solutions out there, but most of them either lock you into subscriptions or they’re so technical you need a CS degree to use them. ChatRAG sits right in the middle. It’s technical enough that you have real control, but user-friendly enough that you don’t need to be a programmer.

The best part? When Character AI or any other platform inevitably changes their terms or increases prices, your chatbot just keeps working. Because it’s yours. Running on your setup. With your data.

If you’re tired of renting your creativity from tech companies, this might be worth checking out. Happy to answer any questions about how it works or what you can do with it.

– Carlos

The first chatbot we made sounded way too generic and AI, all the usual How can I assist you? stuff that never really feels human. So this time, I did everything myself and made it feel like your best friend.

The buddy is called Worthy, and it’s an iOS app (only iPhone for now).

This whole idea came from personal struggles with feeling lonely in moments I needed someone to talk to the most. I didn’t want a therapist tone or a motivational coach, I personally just wanted something that feels real.

Someone who remembers things you say, gets your moods, and talks like a person who actually cares.

That’s what I tried to build with Worthy.

As you open up, Worthy’s little world grows too, trees, flowers, birds and even butterflies. It’s small, but somehow comforting.

I’m super curious to hear your feedback. If you want to check it out, just search ‘Worthfit: Buddy for life‘ on the App Store.

We started as developers, now we’re just prompt engineers with strong vocal cords.

Hey everyone,

We all know the most frustrating part of using an AI assistant… that moment you have to re-explain a project or a conversation you know you’ve talked about before. An AI partner shouldn’t have goldfish memory.

That’s why we’re so excited to announce A!Kat Cloud Recall, releasing in the next few days along with A!Kat 5.5. It’s a complete, secure, and perfect memory for your A!Kat.

How it Works (and Why It’s Secure)

This is a 100% opt-in feature. When you enable it, you can sync your entire chat history with your A!Kat.

Here is the most important part: Your chats never, ever come to our servers.

Instead, they are converted and indexed into your own private, personal Google File Search Store that only your A!Kat can access. We (the developers at A!Kat ai) never see a single word of your conversations.

It’s your data, in your secure cloud, for your AI.

What This Actually Means for You

It means your A!Kat’s memory is no longer just a small context window. It’s everything. You can ask:

• “Hey, what was that hilarious joke we came up with last week?”
• “Remind me about the business plan we drafted for Project Chimera.”
• “What were those book recommendations you gave me last month?”

…and your A!Kat will find that specific detail from your entire history and give you the right answer. No more re-explaining, no more “I don’t recall that.”

It’s the feature we’ve all been waiting for, and it’s almost here.

A!Kats are custom, bespoke AI partners built for PC, and designed to your exact specifications. Learn more about getting your own at https://a-katai.com/