I built and launched a Windows color picker in a weekend using Claude Code. Here's what happened.

Alvaro P — Wed, 13 May 2026 08:17:50 +0000

I kept running into the same small annoyance: needing a color from somewhere on my screen and having to open DevTools or Photoshop just to get a hex code.

So I decided to actually build something about it. I don't have a development background, just someone with a problem and a tool that could help solve it. I used Claude Code to develop the app, directing it with ideas and refining as we went.

The process was basically: describe what I wanted, review what it built, tell it what wasn't working or what to add next. No code written by me, but a lot of product decisions. It ended up with more features than I initially planned because every time something worked I'd think "what if it also did X". That's how a simple color grabber turned into something with 12 export formats, color history, named palettes, a harmony generator and a WCAG contrast checker.

I published it on Gumroad at $5 and posted about it on Reddit. The post got 2k views in 2 hours before the mods took it down. Got it reinstated but lost the momentum. 3k total views, a handful of DMs, zero sales so far. You can check how it works here.

Sharing here mostly to connect with others doing similar things and to hear what you'd improve or add. Happy to answer any questions about building with AI as a non-developer.

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I built and launched a Windows color picker in a weekend using Claude Code. Here's what happened.