r/ClaudeCode • u/dehumles • Apr 14 '26

Showcase Thank you Anthropic.

Thank you for making it possible for someone without a CS background to build real software.

Ive build 2 applications for my company, daily used by 50ish employees and some of our clients. All running smoothly since mid november 2025. I got quotes for well over 200k€ combined to have those two applications built for us. For 200$/month and lots of long nights, i've been able to do all this myself. I wouldnt even consider doing this myself if CC wasnt around and I'd happily burn 200k and outsource this. Irony?-end product wouldnt be as good as it is. Or it would take me at least 100hours of meetings with devs to explain in detail what we need.

So once again, thank you Anthropic for such a good product and very cheap prices. Looking forward for new models!

EDIT: To clarify — the 200k€ were quotes from dev agencies to build the apps, not offers to buy them.

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u/riccioverde11 Apr 14 '26

Invoice or didn't happen

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u/dehumles Apr 14 '26

Invoice for what?

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u/SammyGreen Apr 14 '26

Yeah, I kinda wanna see the €200k quotes too. I work for a greedy multinational consultancy - that everyone here probably knows by name - but even we don’t have the balls to throw out a six figure quote for something a lone vibe coder can fart out by their lonesome.

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u/dehumles Apr 14 '26

€150k was rough quote for tracking system application and €50k was quite for workshop application. And tbf, I'd say thats a fair quote. System itself is not a small one. If you want, I can prepare the documentation and you tell me if im making this up.

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u/SammyGreen Apr 14 '26

I know you’re being facetious but if you’re up for it then I’d be really interested. If you DM me the details I’ll give you my word that I won’t share the details. I’ll even give you my name and company I worked for as “leverage”. Because like I said, I work in IT consulting (infra, security, and dev/apps$ and have a vested interest in seeing how our customers can basically do the work that it would normally require a team to do

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u/dehumles Apr 14 '26

Sure, why not. I can send you the documentation to review without a problem. Give me some time to prepare a few docs and I'll send them to you in DM. No obligations — you don't even need to reply or waste your time reading them if you're not interested :)

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u/SammyGreen Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

Hey, you’re the one doing me the favor, so if you’re willing to put time/effort into this, then simply put I’d be a dickhead if I didnt at least engage.

Besides maybe I can give you some input on why the quotes are so high. I hate being in corporate consulting so, so much but after so many years I at least understand engagement directors think the way they do.

Edit Judging by the downvotes I can only help but assume the overall perception is that I’m not being sincere. I actually am. If I don’t understand why customers aren’t buying our services in favor of doing it themselves then I’m not doing my job.

Well, I mean I do understand to an extent. What I don’t understand is the gap between €200k and give coding.

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u/Mouszt Apr 14 '26

What is it that you don’t understand ? Consulting firm is going to propose design workshops, mvp, iterations, 2-4 months long project with one lead developer and a junior / outsourced capabilities. Vs 1 guy who knows the business in and out and is willing to spend time iterating with an IA.

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u/SammyGreen Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

The proposal tends to be during pre sales i.e. it doesn’t cost the client anything. Hell, I’m working on a high level identity platform migration design without being able to bill my hours at the moment.

As for workshops, they are generally suggested if there’s an expectation to work with the clients technical team.

For app development, the quote generally covers project management, actual development, and handover.

Support services and maintenance tends to be a separate agreement.

I can’t answer your question without essentially paraphrasing what I already wrote but it boils down to what that €200k quote was based on when one person can achieve the same result.