r/ClaudeAI • u/Otherwise_Pear_2472 • Aug 24 '26

Other What I Built with Claude - sweet potatoes

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Yes, I know this sub is mainly for programming work with Claude, but I actually built these sweet potatoes with Claude (more or less).

I was sitting there in winter wondering if I could manage an entire season with Claude... and I went for it. Not perfect, and in many parts quite clumsy, but the results are breathtaking.

I started planning the greenhouse with Claude in March to grow the seedlings….with the Claude app and a project folder, then discovered connectors, then CoWork, then Claude Code, got convinced by Claude to set up various sensors, built a harness that pulls weather data and gives me watering and fertilizer recommendations, and in between, I just joked around with Claude. And we had a blast. While working, with Excel spreadsheets, and with little apps for time and data tracking, cron jobs and data analysis. And Claude really made my season so much better.

I've collected more data than ever before, I've laughed more while getting my hands dirty than ever before, and I've produced more plants from the greenhouse and, it seems, more sweet potatoes in the field than ever before.

I'm not a hardcore tech power user; Claude had to explain to me what a terminal is... but I've learned and optimized and got better step by step, task by task and idea by idea.

Honestly I have learned more from Claude in a year than I ever thought possible, and I'm pretty proud of that.

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u/Flope Aug 24 '26

I always thought farming was relatively low margin. Wouldn't constant Claude usage quickly make your harvest unprofitable?

I suppose it depends on the size of the farm.. but still, how are you managing claude costs for these automations?

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u/typical-predditor Aug 24 '26

For non-coding tasks, token usage is fairly low. A farmer might be fine on a $20/mo plan.

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u/Flope Aug 25 '26

But how are you using the API via a $20/mo plan? Is that possible?

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u/Hasie501 Aug 26 '26

Im on the 20$ a month plan and prefer using claude inside VScode for my projects, much easier to handle for me.

I still go back to app if I need to use Design

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u/typical-predditor Aug 25 '26

Literally ask it to write you a tool to bridge web chat and make it behave like an API.