The "just build it with Claude" paradox
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This has always been true to a degree, but AI seems to have pushed it into overdrive.I keep running into "why can't I just build this with Claude?"And it's like… yeah, you probably can?
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I've put ~100 hours into getting an MVP working and trying to market it at around 30-50 bucks a month.
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Then I'll talk to someone making 100 an hour and they go, "yeah this is a good idea but I'll just hack this together in a few weeks with Claude and n8n"Lets say on the low side for their specific use case they spend ~10 hours.
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That's $1k of their time to avoid paying 30 bucks a month.On paper that makes zero sense.
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The Claude sub is already paid for, so the output feels free.
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