Day 43: Have you used claude code? I did! And DAMN!!

Hi again, this is G. This is. Day 43 of my build in public and... i just wanted to share that if you exploring alternatives to Cursor or Windsurf... check out claude code.

Anyway, today I finally ran Claude Code in my Mac terminal. First time. All I can say is: bakit ngayon lang?

Here’s what happened:

I pulled my GitHub repo of the Proposal Generator (RFPWin) into the terminal. Then I just asked Claude to analyze the codebase, check for vulnerabilities, suggest improvements — and it literally gave me a checklist and asked:

"Want me to implement these one by one?"

😳 Uhm... yes?

It doesn’t just write code. It thinks, tests, and debugs with you. Like, it made a demo HTML page first. Even simulated test accounts just to make sure the auth flow wouldn’t break.

Then came the magic:

I told Claude I wanted to turn RFPWin into a token-based pricing model. It not only helped me design a structure... it also:

✅ Built a full revenue dashboard

✅ Implemented token usage tracking

✅ Set up ARPU + conversion rate logic

✅ Added filters for users and export tools

✅ Designed milestone logic (₱300k+ revenue)

✅ Even created real-time graphs with clean visuals

All done within 2 hours.

API cost? $15 or ₱800.

For a fully working admin dashboard and web app. 😭😭😭😭😭 tears of joy. The only thing missing payment system... how I wish there is stripe in the PH. but got to look for alternatives.

Lesson of the day: