How I built a Moroccan Legal AI with $0 to beat a $200k Startup

Source: Dev.to

Backstory

I had this idea a while ago: an AI that explains Moroccan law to normal people. I started coding it in my bedroom, taking my time, trying to make it good. The early version felt heavy and slow, the UI was cluttered, and the AI’s actual answers were harder to read than the original law text.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js
• Data: A Python script I wrote to scrape the official government law texts (Official Bulletin & SGG).

Performance

I stripped away all the bloat: no tracking scripts, no long logins.

Launch

I finally launched 9anon AI. I’m sharing this because I almost stopped working on my dream project after seeing someone else “win.” Money can’t buy a clean codebase.

Check it out here:

The data scraper is open source: