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Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by operatingthetan »

lanyard-textile wrote: post #82
CSMastermind wrote: post #53

I'm increasingly convinced that there's a killer app waiting for whoever can come up with a UI that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user. Onboarding my non-software engineer teammates to it has super-charged them and essentially given them all their own personal developer that can automate tasks for them. Managing codebases, etc. is still a hassle though. 90% of the power of Excel was that it was…

I am building a product in that space :) It's targeted for creatives atm. For the few in private testing, it's been amazing what they're able to do with the little tooling I've given them. It is a legitimate change in their daily drive.

>I am building a product in that space :)

I don't know anyone not building a product in that space

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by wiseowise »

falcor84 wrote: post #27
applfanboysbgon wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an inconsequential competition because both are giving away products that are somewhere between non-functional and barely-functional while torching a mountain of borrowed money. Both will go bankrupt if not bailed out by the government.

I don't know what frustrations you have, but the impact of Claude (and particularly Claude Code) on my productivity over the last year has been astronomical. If there wasn't this fierce competition, and I had to pay 10 times as much, I still gladly would.

> If there wasn't this fierce competition, and I had to pay 10 times as much, I still gladly would.

Just pay the excess to me and let’s pretend it costs 10x more then.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by devsda »

CSMastermind wrote: post #53

I'm increasingly convinced that there's a killer app waiting for whoever can come up with a UI that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user. Onboarding my non-software engineer teammates to it has super-charged them and essentially given them all their own personal developer that can automate tasks for them. Managing codebases, etc. is still a hassle though. 90% of the power of Excel was that it was…

> Onboarding my non-software engineer teammates to it has super-charged them and essentially given them all their own personal developer that can automate tasks for them.

This is probably fine as long as the code is acting on local resources. The moment you have vibe coded software interacting with shared state or database the risk increases exponentially and all it takes to have a bad day is a poorly worded prompt from one of those users.

Some oversight by humans or automated guardrails will probably reduce those instances.

Re: Claude for Small Business

#94

Post by robbomacrae »

CSMastermind wrote: post #53

I'm increasingly convinced that there's a killer app waiting for whoever can come up with a UI that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user. Onboarding my non-software engineer teammates to it has super-charged them and essentially given them all their own personal developer that can automate tasks for them. Managing codebases, etc. is still a hassle though. 90% of the power of Excel was that it was…

I'm trying to do this with orcabot.com

A figma like dashboard for turning ClaudeCode, Gemini Cli, Codex into an OpenClaw but with security measures to break the lethal trifecta while running on a VM.

But it's not quite there in terms of usability. I agree that is the hardest part of the equation. It's something I'm constantly experimenting with and haven't found the solution to it yet. Open to feedback!

Re: Claude for Small Business

#95

Post by nicce »

ageitgey wrote: post #90
CSMastermind wrote: post #53

I'm increasingly convinced that there's a killer app waiting for whoever can come up with a UI that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user. Onboarding my non-software engineer teammates to it has super-charged them and essentially given them all their own personal developer that can automate tasks for them. Managing codebases, etc. is still a hassle though. 90% of the power of Excel was that it was…

> that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user That's what they aim Claude Cowork at. Every executive/leader I've shown Claude Cowork to has gone from 'what is AI' to 'vibecoding whole apps' in weeks. Then when Claude is down for an hour, they get visibly angry and don't remember how to do anything pre-Claude :) I understand the impulse to provide a UI to manage codebases, etc. But my observation is…

> Then when Claude is down for an hour, they get visibly angry and don't remember how to do anything pre-Claude :)

The drug is scary when everyone is depending on it. I wonder what is future like.

Re: Claude for Small Business

#96

Post by endofreach »

operatingthetan wrote: post #91
lanyard-textile wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am building a product in that space :) It's targeted for creatives atm. For the few in private testing, it's been amazing what they're able to do with the little tooling I've given them. It is a legitimate change in their daily drive.

>I am building a product in that space :) I don't know anyone not building a product in that space

So, what are you building in that space?

Re: Claude for Small Business

#97

Post by tim-projects »

> Claude helps take the late-night work off their plates.

This is dangerous. Relying on so much of your business on a third party. We've seen this many times before where businesses get destroyed because something gets broken somewhere that they have outsourced and have no control over.

In my view this service should not be used, unless there is a local llm or clear manual alternative.

Then the question begs - Why use Claude at all?

Maybe a proof of concept only while you come up with a real solution. Maybe to use claude to get rid of Claude

The people who get dazzled by bright lights are going to be the ones licking their wounds later. There is going to be eggs on faces one day.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by vasco »

CSMastermind wrote: post #53

I'm increasingly convinced that there's a killer app waiting for whoever can come up with a UI that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user. Onboarding my non-software engineer teammates to it has super-charged them and essentially given them all their own personal developer that can automate tasks for them. Managing codebases, etc. is still a hassle though. 90% of the power of Excel was that it was…

Whoever does it everyone else will just prompt the same UX.

Re: Claude for Small Business

#99

Post by wiseowise »

mlsu wrote: post #66
rohansood15 wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you define your productivity? Are you astronomically richer and/or freer now that you're so much more productive?

Why, lines of code, of course! As to how those lines of code translate to customer value, well, I'm not quite sure what the code does. And in any case, I've been talking more to my fleet of agents than to customers these days. I'm sure the value will fall right out of this tree if I just shake harder, eh?

Infinite monkeys with typewriter theory, you’re onto something. Keep grinding (and paying for Claude, better multiple $200 subscriptions), king. I’m sure the success is around the corner, surely casino loses this time.
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