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Pirate's Cove Recap: We Built a Website From Scratch in the Terminal
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Today's Pirate's Cove session was all about building a website from absolute zero β no templates, no drag-and-drop, just Claude Code in the terminal. Video will be up on YouTube soon for anyone who missed it.
One great question came up from Amit about what my actual tech stack looks like and what it costs. So here's the full breakdown β no fluff, real numbers.
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β My Current Tech Stack
- Claude Max x20 β $200 USD/month (the engine room)
- ChatGPT Pro β $20 USD/month (second opinion + image gen)
- Google Workspace Business Starter β $22 CAD/month (email, docs, drive)
- Whspr Flow β $12 USD/month (voice-to-text)
- Canva Pro β (design work, not AI-related)
- Replit β $270 CAD/year (honestly, forgot to cancel in January π )
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β What I've Cancelled in the Last 12 Months
This is the part that might surprise you. Learning to build with Claude Code has let me cut a LOT of subscriptions:
- Two WordPress sites β ~$700 CAD saved, replaced them for free by building my own
- Grammarly Pro β ~$170 CAD (Claude handles writing assistance now)
- QuickBooks β $9 CAD/month (replaced with simpler tools)
- Email list service β $480 CAD (consolidated into other tools)
- ChatGPT Team β $60 USD/month (downgraded after Claude became primary)
- WIX site + domain β Paid $1,000 USD for the original site build plus a 2-year subscription. Bit of a loss, but this is actually what inspired me to start building my own sites β because I couldn't figure out WIX
There might be more I'm forgetting, but those are the big ones. The point is: learning to build in the terminal pays for itself.
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β What We Covered Today
- Starting a website project from a blank terminal
- Using PRD-driven development to plan before building
- Letting Claude Code scaffold, style, and iterate in real time
- The site we're building: claudecodepirates.ai
I'll drop the video link here once it's uploaded to YouTube. If you were there live β thanks for hanging out and asking great questions.
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ποΈ Key Takeaways
- You don't need expensive site builders β Claude Code can build a professional site from scratch
- The savings add up fast β cutting subscriptions you no longer need is real money back in your pocket
- Start with a PRD β planning first, building second keeps you from thrashing
- Pirate's Cove is every Thursday β come build with us
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Thanks to everyone who joined today's session β I appreciate you showing up and being part of this crew. π΄ββ οΈ
βYour Trusty First Mate (on Captain's Orders)
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