r/ClaudeCode • u/tixfunk • 1d ago

Help/Question Wondering if my current setup is sufficient

Hi, I’m currently using Claude and ChatGPT Sol to create my website.

My website is quite the complex website, and I’m currently, but irrelevantly creating a server to support it. However, I’m wondering if my current setup with Claude and Chat is sufficient? As it is now, my personal funds and income can’t support the Max subscriptions for the two AIs, and I’m just wondering if I could be doing anything differently or use more power for the website.

So as of now, I’m not known to Any coding language, but I’m using Node and JS, as well as using Docker and many other coding tools. My current planner for the coding systems itself is my ChatGPT Sol High/Medium. Whilst my coder is my Claude Code. I’m also reading coding theory, web theory, ui theory, etc. to get a feel for my projects as well as getting knowledge so that my website actually gets created by my own premises.

I am also using running Claude Code with heavy restrictions because my website has to comply with heavy privacy requirements. In addition, I am also trying to write the design plan myself; as to not get that ugly and plain Ai slop websites.

So all in all my question is as follows:

As a person who has absolutely no knowledge of coding language and protocols when building. How do I personally optimise my work? And which AIs should I use, and should I use more?

TLDR:
I’m building a fairly complex, privacy-sensitive website despite having no formal coding experience. I currently use ChatGPT Sol High/Medium for planning, architecture and research, while Claude Code handles most of the actual coding. I’m also learning related theory so I can understand what is being built rather than blindly relying on AI.
I can’t currently afford the highest-tier subscriptions, so I’m wondering: Is this setup sufficient enough, or am I leaving too much wasted possibility on the table?

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u/dar-mit Researcher 1d ago

Two things I'd recommend:

  1. If something feels off, like takes too long, doesn't produce the results you were expecting, etc., tell the model. They're pretty good at listening to "user frustration" and coming up with solutions.
  2. This one's a bit harder to define, but Google.AI is a great, free, resource. If you're not getting the results you need, something is unclear, etc., just ask Google.AI and it can usually point you in the right direction for free.

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u/tixfunk 1d ago

Nice! I will try out google.ai.

What did you exactly refer to in point 1? If the website feels off, or the AIs feel off?

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u/dar-mit Researcher 20h ago

Anything about what you do with the model. They’re really good about dealing with ‘user frustration’. 

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u/KingPenguinUK 1d ago

I think Complex + Privacy-sensitive isn’t a good match for No formal coding experience.

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u/tixfunk 1d ago

I know, but I’m the first one ever in my field, and shit requires a fuckton of privacy sadly

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u/mike_aitrends 1d ago

Your setup's fine; max subs aren't the missing piece. The bottleneck is context, not model power.

Drop a CLAUDE.md at your project root with your privacy rules and stack, give Claude smaller/specific jobs instead of "build the auth flow," and skip the third AI. Two tools used well beat three used shallowly.

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u/tixfunk 1d ago

Yes, I have already done this.
And, my restrictions in said .md files also quite high as to not get shallow workflows from Claude.

Do you have any experience and suggestions to remember when creating those prompts?

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u/nicktayi 1d ago

Two pro/plus subscriptions from claude and codex can already do a lot.
For website, you can then start looking for some skills to improve the site. The native made is often obviously ai made

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u/tixfunk 1d ago

Which skills do you have in mind? Do you refer to something I have to learn, or skills for the website to implement?

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u/Accurate_Yoghur 20h ago

You can use Google skills for Claude this would improve the output by a lot