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Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by KellyCriterion »

nicce wrote: post #95
ageitgey wrote: post #90

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> 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.

Opus 4.7 is really expensive, I had to throw in several times 5 bucks the last days just to get a larger task finished.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by FlyThruTheSun »

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…

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Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by nitwit005 »

prawn wrote: post #255
windexh8er wrote: post #240

> PayPal powers settlements, invoicing, disputes, and refunds inside Claude. > Intuit QuickBooks handles payroll planning, the monthly close, and cash-flow, along with tools to help businesses prepare for tax season, and reconciliation work that touches every other system. I can't wait for the horror stories, this is going to be fun. Remember last month when Anthropic was like: no, we're not going to refund you even…

I suspect that the time spent on accounting or the money spent on accountants will influence decisions made by small-small business owners (1-5 staff range), in that some will take these risks. Admin is a huge pain for very small businesses.

A lot of "admin" tasks are human problems though. You learn you were supposed to be paid, but it didn't happen, or you were paid the wrong amount.

A computer can help you find that problem, but solving it is still a human issue. One of the things people want to know about invoices is which are likely to be paid on time, as some customers consistently delay or attempt to avoid paying.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by KellyCriterion »

rahoulb wrote: post #162
ElFitz wrote: post #155

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> I understand the impulse to provide a UI to manage codebases, etc. […] 'I don't care what's happening, just ask Claude to do it'. Reading the first part, I was going to say they don’t even care about whether or not there’s a codebase. It doesn’t matter; it could be all gremlins and hamsters in wheels for all they care, and for all they should care. All that matters is the functionality, the value it gives them. We’…

When I quit my day job and started Rails freelancing a big chunk of my work was from companies with "that tech guy" who had built a database in Microsoft Access that was vital to the department's operations. And then either left the company - or the app had started to fall apart under its own weight. I would get called in to rewrite it, using a proper database, documented rules and ensure it stayed scalable - and eve…

But Access DB Apps had one big advantage: You could put it on a network share and everybody could use it - good enough for a lot of SME (at least if someone is there who can adminstrate it or develop new features) Access is/ws one of he by far underrated products from Microsoft Office in the last 30 years.

Its not a good experience,esp the "debugger" and its traits - but a good tool that just does its job :-)

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by agrippanux »

nicce wrote: post #95
ageitgey wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

There is a fintech startup that surrounds me at my co-working place. They literally stop working and shoot the shit with each other if Claude has a hiccup.

Yesterday one asked another "how much of this deck did Claude do"? and the response was "50%". "What 50% did you do?" => "I chose the font and colors".

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by unshavedyak »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #56
unshavedyak wrote: post #38

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$2k/m[1] is not something i could stomache for the quality i get from Claude Code, personally. I'm curious what your base number is for your 10x figure. [1]: 10x my $200/m bill

Do you come anywhere close to the limits for Claude at $200? I spent $100 for one month and I only managed to almost fill the context window once. (Opus.) And I was doing a lot of coding. I guess it’s a price tier for agent farming? Bunch of agents in parallel?

Typically i use more than the 10x plan, i maybe use around 50% of normal, interactive usage.

Though because i have a sub i then try to work extra and /loop some to make use of my money. I use a simple home grown (all claude built lol) skill combo which i manage a TODO file, and then have claude read that and commit changes, and run a /loop against that.

Ideally i end the week with ~90% usage.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by mediaman »

darepublic wrote: post #228
ageitgey wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

I have seen people just generate large docs with Claude cowork and they themselves have not scrutinized it or know why/how it's useful. It's just kind of impressive in its volume and well formatedness. And then they dump it in your lap as being helpful

I have seen this happening with contracts. Using AI to help evaluate contracts is fine, but I'm getting 5-10 page Claude docs with dozens of asks that they haven't read and many of which don't make sense. I find it pretty counterproductive, because it makes negotiation almost impossible -- you can't tell what the other side wants, because they haven't even read the output.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by redanddead »

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…

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Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by redanddead »

timacles wrote: post #419
freetanga wrote: post #168

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I feel like it will be like going back to the 80s, when PCs became a norm and most programmers and hobbyists could code without the need of a University or a Corporation. Thousands of shareware apps you had to navigate, everyone trying to solve the same problems from different angles.. I do agree quality will be missed, and shadow IT will be again a big issue like at the end of the 80s and early 90s.

I imagine a much darker future when it’s almost every enterprise system known for stability is now unstable. Planes falling out of the sky, trains crashing into each other, pacemakers downloading updates and freezing

yeah i don’t think this is crazy tbh

didn’t we see this with crowdstrike

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