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YesClaude Code · 2 Aug 2026

In 3 rounds we had a better version of what they were selling for $200/year

springtimesun on Hacker News

20ish hours on the first pass

In the thread “Things I would have done differently (consulting)”

Helped: Replacing SaaS to avoid fees and limits.

Got in the way: High barriers for non-technical users.

… I set him up with a prompt line in Claude, showed him how to capture the screenshot and enter the prompt. In 3 rounds we had a better version of what they were selling for $200/year. The barriers are still pretty high when it comes to nontechnical users making things that don’t turn into spaghetti after a few turns (he doesn’t even have a computer, much less know how to open a terminal and the amount of people that only have a phone/tablet is I would assume growing), but it feels like it’s coming.