I’m from the days of learning basic language, coding on my high school TRS-80 Model III. 3 years of trial and error. Frustration and pure joy. My entire senior year was creating a drawing program. Started simple. Just plotting those, big ass, white blocks on the screen. Then moved to being able to print it out. To saving on a 5 1/4 inch floppy, among other upgrades. My brain was in heaven. I got to think, plan, organize and create. After graduation, that ended. I didn’t think much about it. I didn’t think much about how it had made me feel. Move to 2002. The internet was starting to really come into it’s own. Then a roommate showed me a website he was building. Of course, me being me, that curiosity came back. How do I do this? How do I do that? I was hooked from what he was showing me. So, in came CoffeeCup HTML Editor. Dove into that like it was my first time eating a birthday cake. Then came Photoshop for graphics. Then came doing web design for clients and some, for people that just needed a single page for advertising. I loved it. Then life happened in 2008 and I stopped. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago. I was paying for an app that I’ve used for several years. The subscription ran out. I remembered a co-worker telling about using AI for making apps. So I started researching, and… that feeling came back. The curiosity. The creativity. The brain kicking into the what if, what about, mode. So, I sat down with a plan in my head of what I wanted. How I wanted it to look and function. And dove in. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this way. Claude code has been so much fun! I created that app. There’s just a few more polishing details to toss in on it, but it’s basically fully functioning as I had in my head. Of course there’s the few bells and whistles that always come up as you progress. Regardless of the trials and errors, the frustrations of, “I know there’s a way to make this work,” I kept moving forward. The reward… is knowing I took this idea, and with the help of Claude code… brought it to life. There’s that certain feeling. It’s hard to describe it to most people. But, those that know… know exactly what I’m talking about. Just wanted to put this out there for others. Don’t stop. Don’t stop when it gets tough or you think there’s no way to do it. You’ll get there and you’ll be so glad you didn’t give up. submitted by /u/oregon68
Originally posted by u/oregon68 on r/ClaudeCode
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