Claude, Python, Supabase, shadcn/ui
u/Adarsh_Ajith · Jul 30, 2026
Quotes in 15 minutes instead of an hour; a projected US$2,000 to US$4,000 a month in engineering salaries
TL;DR
What did u/Adarsh_Ajith use Claude for?
The owner of a manufacturing business that shrank from 15 to 3 staff built a custom ERP and CRM with Claude, including a design engine and one-click quotes. They say the software's designs match more than 90% of their engineer's past work, and knowing true margins let them cut prices 15 to 25% and win more orders.
What they did
They ran six years of handwritten job cards and work orders through Claude over 10 to 15 sessions to pull out and check the data, then built a design engine that also works out the materials needed. A quote module lets a non-technical salesperson enter client needs and get a datasheet, drawings and a quote. The system also tracks costs and expenses.
How it went
They say the software's designs match more than 90% of their engineer's past work, and knowing true margins let them cut prices 15 to 25% and win more orders.
"What used to take me an hour now takes the software 15 minutes."
— u/Adarsh_Ajith
Worth knowing
- They are four months into building it, and the salary saving is a projection ("will soon save us"). It is built only for their own business.
- Price check: Claude: free plan; Pro: US$20/month, or US$17/month on a yearly plan (US$200/year) (checked Nov 1, 2026).
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Try it yourself
Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.
Here are photos or typed copies of 20 past job cards: [paste]. Pull each one into a table with the client, specs, materials used, hours and final price, flag any card with missing or unclear values, and tell me which fields I'd need to quote a similar job.
More people who did this
- u/HumbleBedroom3299 (Reddit, Oct 9, 2026): Used Claude to build a barebones ERP for a spouse's small startup with sales, manufacturing and expenses modules. Says it "does 95% of the job" and produces the 3 main financial statements, with no bank integration.
Original post
See u/Adarsh_Ajith's original post on Reddit → (Jul 30, 2026)
Filed under Money & Bookkeeping hacks
Sources
- u/Adarsh_Ajith on Reddit, Jul 30, 2026 — the original post
- Claude pricing — checked Nov 1, 2026