Trying to make money
with Claude.
Writing down everything.
No code background. No plan. Just instructions and a chat window. Every decision, cost, and mistake goes up here as it happens.
Earned
$0.00
Spent
$12.45
Net
$-12.45
Posts
7
What is this?
It's a live experiment
I'm not writing about things that worked. I'm writing about things as I try them. Including the ones that don't.
Claude built this site
The code, the design, the content system — all of it from a chat. I gave instructions. Claude shipped.
Surface first, depth behind the paywall
Free posts cover the what and why. Supporters get the exact setup, the commands, and what I'd do differently.
Latest posts
All posts →The dev experience advantage — and how to close the gap
I have a software background. That's why this moved fast. Here's what that actually means and what you can do about it.
I killed the header
The site had a standard navbar. I asked Claude to remove it. Here's what that decision looks like technically — and why you don't need a design background to make calls like this.
What you see after you pay
Most paywalls just remove a block. This one changes what the whole site looks like — and why that matters for any product.
6 posts you can't read yet
The parts worth paying for: exact setups, real numbers, things that broke and why. One payment, you're in permanently.