About $600 of LLM°hard word credits. This includes°hard word one month of $200/mo°hard word Claude°hard word Code°hard word, about 8 months of having two $20/mo°hard word subscriptions°hard word (between ChatGPT°hard word, Claude°hard word, Replit°hard word, Zencoder°hard word), and API°hard word calls to generate data. ⚙️ there is a difference°hard word between "LLMs°hard word to write code°hard word" and "code°hard word that uses LLMs°hard word to generate data". although they do blur°hard word together.
Other costs°hard word include°hard word:
- $99/year to be an Apple Developer
- $10/year for a domain°hard word name
- $30/month for web°hard word hosting on Digital°hard word Ocean.
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Of course, the largest expense°hard word remains my own time 💡 None of the coding°hard word tools are good enough to do a project longer than about 2000 lines of code°hard word without expert supervision°hard word. Yet°hard word.. My time is not metered, and thus is somewhat°hard word invisible°hard word. But, at the low end, I would probably quote°hard word Fifty Thousand°hard word Dollars°hard word to do a similar project for someone else as paid work.
Compared to what it would take to build a similar app 5 years ago, this is fairly inexpensive°hard word. However, it is still a barrier°hard word to entry°hard word substantial enough to explain why there has not been a 🔥 more substantial flood°hard word of apps into the App Store.