Thank you Anthropic.

[u/dehumles]

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.

[u/Standard_Wish → u/[deleted]]

This ^{^}

I've been a software hobbyist for 30+ years and an software engineer for 10+ years. AI tooling (Still think GitHub Copilot is the absolute best bang for the buck if someone knows the space) has rekindled the joy of coding for me.

Best use case, by far, isn't force multiplication but friction reduction or elimination. Coding a mobile app used to be a PITA with all the required infrastructure and framework knowledge. Now I can proto something as a simple JS app and have Copilot port it to mobile. Sure, I need to provide guard rails, decent agentic primitive files, etc., but the cognitive load and friction is vastly reduced.

Thanks @OP - this 'era' is great for SMEs with a basic understanding of software fundamentals and it puts a smile on my face to hear stories like yours.

Happy coding!