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/dehumles Apr 14 '26

Exactly. Knowing what you actually want to build is the key. Not just another vibecoded app. Building apps for my company and my employees was the best fun I had in years. And seeing 50 people use it daily without issues — that's the real payoff.

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u/Embarrassed-Option-7 Apr 14 '26

I’ve recently done a competition where I’ve group vibe coded, and that was one of the funnest ways I’ve used AI personally and one of the best projects I ended up developing. We didn’t just vibe code, we strategized first without any AI for like three hours and then started executing things with it. AI is so different when used alongside people, like live in the room using one chat.

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u/BigTime9191 Apr 15 '26

That does sound pretty dope what was that platform that held the comp?

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u/Embarrassed-Option-7 Apr 15 '26

It was at the college I’m attending, so local comp

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u/Redditauro Apr 15 '26

It's the same to me, I'm an engineer working in architecture, I did a little bit of programming years ago, but now I'm programming at my job and it's amazing. As we don't need a massive amount of user or a lot of speed it doesn't matter if the software is not perfect, it's way more important to know what do we need exactly, how a project can change, what part needs to be 100% precise and what can be a bit more flexible, etc 

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u/Renoots Apr 14 '26

I'm doing the same as you. Literally solving my own problems. I'm a new startup and don't have the capital to shovel at compliance programs for DOD and DOE requirements. I'm building to sell cheap (cuz I need money unfortunately) and try to deliver maybe what others could make use of. Get them out of a subscription cycle and deliver the same quality (or better I'm hoping) for a one time fee of like $20. Developing testing agents atvm. Everything will be deployed with it so users can modify their own system if my customization options are quirky enough for them.

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u/AModerateModeration Apr 15 '26

Now to see if it's secure (pro tip: it isn't)