ChatGPT Sites looks closer to a real deployment platform than a lightweight demo, with SQL database, file storage, environment variables, and email-based access controls — genuinely useful for internal tools, small apps, and private resources.

Claire and Nick build and publish a live How I AI tips site, organized by tool and job function, in roughly the time a CMS template setup would take — showing Sites is a real deployment platform, not just a demo. ✦ AI generated

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ChatGPT Sites looks much closer to a real deployment platform than a lightweight demo. It includes a SQL database, file storage, environment variables, and email-based access controls. During the episode, Claire and Nick build and publish a live How I AI tips site, organized by tool and job function, in roughly the time it would normally take to set up a CMS template. For internal tools, small apps, and private resources, that starts to feel genuinely useful.

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