How people are using Claude Code to build websites, apps and tools

Claude Code, an artificial intelligence tool that generates computer code from text prompts, is experiencing a surge in use, Anthropic said. The company, which introduced Claude Code in May, said the tool had shown record growth over the past two weeks but did not share its data. Anthropic said people had time to experiment with Claude Code over the holidays and realized how capable it was.

Claude Code is one of several A.I. coding tools — which also include Base44 and Cursor — that people with no coding experience are increasingly using to build websites, programs and apps, a trend the article said is being called “vibecoding.” Users pay a subscription fee of $20 to $200 a month depending on features.

The article described five user projects. In Melbourne, assistant principal Sam Hindes used Claude Code to make a program that identifies which clothes belong to each of his three daughters by teaching the system from photos; he said the process took about an hour and that the girls were excited.

In New York, photographer Rob Stephenson built a website with an interactive map in about a day and said he pays $20 a month; he also said he turned to Google’s Gemini when Claude Code could not solve a problem. In St. Louis, assistant prosecuting attorney Chris Roberts used Claude Code and Cursor to create a basic mobile app called AlertAssist for sending mass texts in an emergency.

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