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I Built an App the Government Doesn't Want You to See

Name: I Built an App the Government Doesn't Want You to See
Uploaded: 2026-04-07
Duration: 8 min 37 s
Description: The US government spends $834 billion a year on contracts, with $200 billion set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov is so unusable that most people give up. Chris built a better search app with Replit Agent 4 in about 4 minutes that filters contracts by trade and location, and walks through the build step by step.

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The US government spends $834 billion a year on contracts, with $200 billion set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov is so unusable that most people give up. Chris built a better search app with Replit Agent 4 in about 4 minutes that filters contracts by trade and location, and walks through the build step by step.

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