So, it's at most $400 in Claude expenses for a fully custom suite of software in 2 months. Even if your time is 300/h, it's less than $2k in your own time (which, I would expect, you enjoyed spending). That's insanely impressive.
reply> That's insanely impressive.
replyliterally every app they need, except the browser, at least have 10 alternatives that are FOSS, much more mature, better structured and prone to be bug free... or do you really think the OP with months/years of use won't need some other feature and will re-invent the wheel on software that is around for more than a decade with hundreds of bug reports done (i3 wm was released in 2009)
I need Claude Max in any case for my work, so the cost is effectively null. And I do creative stuff in my spare time regardless, and I don't really think about my hourly rate when I play with my kids either ;)
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replyDid you miss a factor of 10 in that time-cost calculation?
replyAs a hobby, normal rates don’t apply, but just not to be misleading on the equivalent cost.
Indeed, I forgot it. Must be $10-20k worth of human engineering time.
replyInterested to hear about your CC setup if you'd like to share.
reply@geir_isene: This is insanely cool, thanks for writing about it.
replyDo you know how much it would have been at API prices?
replyCan't speak for their usage, but I calculated my token use with Copilot, my employer paid 22$ for >2000$ in tokens. Given estimates margins, Github is paying 98-99% of the costs for us.
I imagine Claude max etc is similar. So it's not sustainable at all
replyNo idea. Probably quite expensive. I usually run 4-5 concurrent CC sessions, so hard to pinpoint for just CHasm and Fe2O3
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