How Much does it Cost to Run willow.camp?

I recently enabled image uploads in the marksmith text editor on willow.camp. I’ve been hesitant to add media management to willow.camp for two reasons: it is hard to get the user experience right, media management adds extra cost.

I am being cost-conscious on willow.camp because it doesn’t make any money. This is a passion project, and I’m having lots of fun doing it. But the more fun I have, the more it might cost.

It turns out adding storage is way cheaper than I thought. I would have to have a whole lot of media and a few really busy willow.camp sites to start getting charged more for data transfer fees.

I will eventually build a pricing plan for willow.camp to cover costs for active sites. In the meantime, if you want to support willow.camp, you can send me a tip on https://ko-fi.com/cassiascheffer.

Claude Code

I include Claude Code in here because it is part of my development process. I’m on the Max plan, and I use it enough that it pays off.

In the past 30 days, I’ve used CAD $188.49 of tokens, and I even took a week off in the woods.

I use Claude Code to scaffold ideas, experiment with features, and improve test coverage. I’ve been able to build willow.camp so quickly because Claude Code is pretty good at scaffolding a blog in Rails.

August Breakdown

September Estimate

Here is my estimate for September based on today’s exchange rate.

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