Here’s the context: Claude Code currently offers a $200/month plan with very generous usage, including advanced features like Ultrathink, Opus, and (as of v1.0.71) background commands that let it run 24/7. I’ve been building real products on top of it, using these features exactly as intended. By leaning heavily on Claude Code (with some help from Cursor), I ended up being the top token consumer globally.
Some commenters on Reddit saw this as “abuse.” Personally, I don’t. Everything I did was within the rules Anthropic set. To me, it shows what’s possible when you treat Claude Code not just as a coding assistant, but as an actual development engine.
Here are the products I’ve built so far: 1.Raphael AI https://raphael.app – AI image generation with no login, no daily cap, and unlimited free usage. Paying users can unlock higher-fidelity models. 2.AnyVoice https://anyvoice.net – Ultra-fast voice cloning from a 3-second sample, producing voices that are nearly indistinguishable from the original. 3.Fast3D – https://fast3d.io A platform that turns text or images into 3D models in seconds, designed for speed and simplicity.
All three products are already profitable and sustaining a small company, and we have two more major launches planned before September.
The Reddit thread raised an interesting debate: - Where is the line between “power use” and “abuse” when a SaaS product offers generous terms? - Should companies celebrate heavy users who push their tools to the limit, or restrict them? - And more broadly, what new kinds of businesses become possible when development itself can be automated at this scale?
Curious to hear the HN community’s take.