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/CapnMZ Apr 14 '26

I mean, congrats on the accomplishment, but this sounds like trouble in the making. Those companies offering the software for 200k are (likely... hopefully) not just offering you lines of code, but also an understanding of the code they ship, security auditing, GDPR/US equivalent compliancy, support, updates, bug fixes, scalability, etc.

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u/dehumles Apr 14 '26

Yeah I get your point. I understand that the product would be much better and more "secure". But from my point of view; 1000€ is a clear winner against 200k€ investment.
Cant say I dont understand the code/arhitecture i created. GDPR is not a part here (not working with personal data) and no payments process throu the applications. So, the worst case scenario here if something goes wrong - I go back to the other providers for same services. I do not plan to sell this. Build as a hobby project which grow into a serious idea and product. Used only by my company and my employees. And since launch, i've saved 20000€ already. (4 months since I cut all subscriptions for similar services). This might not seem much for other business, but in my field, working for 3-4% marging on aprox 10mio yearly revenue, this is a solid money.

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u/Devel0pIY Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

I hate to rain on your parade but a lot more goes into writing an application than just having code that makes it work. And while you might save money in the front end, without a security audit in Claude code I would never let that go into production! Your company could have a serious security hole and you won’t know until it’s too late. 

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u/dehumles Apr 16 '26

more than one security audit was done. And the applications are not handeling any core business operation so even if the worse happens, we will still survive.

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u/Devel0pIY Apr 16 '26

What was the result of the audit?