Developer Loses Money After Spending $4,000 on Opus 5.5 API

Indie developer marclou spent about $4,000 in Claude Opus 5.5 API costs building the email product MailCheap, and the AI coding expense exceeded revenue, making it his first money-losing project.

2026-11-13 ~ 2026-11-13 · 2 related posts

• Building a product with Opus 5.5 cost $4,000 in API fees — and it's unprofitable — marclou · 2026-11-13
• Indie dev's AI coding bill hit ~$4,000 building MailCheap, making it his first unprofitable product — marclou · 2026-11-13