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Delegated episodes
- Build or Buy? AI, Software Subscriptions, and the Maintenance RealityCould your business replace a narrowly used software subscription with a tool built around its own work?
Rob Davenport of Rovidx shares his experience using AI-assisted development to build a Kanban board and automate a client’s 800-video migration from Vimeo to bunny.net. He explores open-source creative tools, the economics of purpose-built software, and why building an application is only the beginning: somebody still needs to handle bugs, security, backups, and changing APIs.
Rob also considers the opportunity for companies that build and maintain custom tools, and what SaaS founders can offer that remains difficult to replace. His closing challenge is simple: before the next renewal, pick one subscription and ask whether you should build the tool, keep the service, or outsource its management.
Delegated: AI & Automation for Small Business
Episode 02 · Hosted by Rob Davenport · Rovidx
Recorded October 13, 2026
Work with Rob: https://www.rovidx.com/work-with-rob
OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/codex/
Bunny Stream: https://bunny.net/stream/
ArtCraft apps: https://getartcraft.com/apps
PhotoCraft: https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft
ArtCraft lists early-alpha and in-development tools. Rob’s examples of costs, development time, and usage limits describe his experience; they are not guaranteed outcomes or current plan pricing.
Rob previews a conversation with Howie Zales in the next episode.
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https://www.rovidx.com/services/ai-automation13 min - AI Agents, Copilot, AI Coding & ChatGPT Ads | Delegated Episode 1In the debut episode of Delegated, Rob Davenport sorts through a busy week of AI news with small businesses in mind. He shares early impressions of OpenAI dots and Meta Muse for Small Business, his view of Microsoft Copilot’s changes, and what AI coding tools such as Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Codex are doing for his own development work. He closes with a look at conversational advertising in ChatGPT and where it might help a service business.
Rob discusses the promise alongside privacy, reliability, and cost. These are his first impressions; he plans to revisit the tools as their real-world value becomes clearer.
Hosted by Rob Davenport of Rovidx Media & Consulting. Learn more or book a 15-minute chat: https://www.rovidx.com/work-with-rob
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https://www.rovidx.com/services/ai-automation11 min
About Delegated
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Delegated is a podcast about using AI and automation to run a smarter small business.
Hosted by Rob Davenport, founder and CTO of Rovidx, a Northern Canadian technology company, the show looks…
Hosted by Rob Davenport, founder and CTO of Rovidx, a Northern Canadian technology company, the show looks…
at how small businesses can use AI agents, automation, software, and better systems to get more done with smaller teams.
Rob has spent more than two decades building websites, software, media platforms, automation systems, and online businesses. At Rovidx, he works directly with organizations to modernize how they operate, automate repetitive work, and figure out where AI actually makes sense.
Each episode of Delegated explores the tools, workflows, experiments, and ideas Rob is testing in his own businesses and with clients. That includes AI agents, n8n workflows, custom software, content automation, sales and marketing systems, and the rapidly changing tools promising to make businesses more efficient.
There is plenty of AI hype. Delegated is about what actually works.If you run a small business, manage a small team, or spend too much of your day doing work that software should be doing for you, this show is for you.
Rob has spent more than two decades building websites, software, media platforms, automation systems, and online businesses. At Rovidx, he works directly with organizations to modernize how they operate, automate repetitive work, and figure out where AI actually makes sense.
Each episode of Delegated explores the tools, workflows, experiments, and ideas Rob is testing in his own businesses and with clients. That includes AI agents, n8n workflows, custom software, content automation, sales and marketing systems, and the rapidly changing tools promising to make businesses more efficient.
There is plenty of AI hype. Delegated is about what actually works.If you run a small business, manage a small team, or spend too much of your day doing work that software should be doing for you, this show is for you.