Module 6, Lesson 13: Adding Stripe Payments with Claude Code: A Real Walkthrough
How do you handle payments when your app needs a subscription and you don't want to wait on Apple or Google's developer setup? You start with Stripe. In this lesson I move into Phase 4, which covers calendar, document vault, and premium AI features, and I
Module 6, Lesson 12: Testing Phase 3 on the Device
How do you test Phase 3 features on a real Android device with Claude Code? You connect the device, let Claude Code build and install a real build on it, then walk through the new features yourself instead of trusting the emulator. In this lesson, that catches a camera scan
Module 6, Lesson 11: Building Payments and OCR (Phase 3)
How do you build the monetization phase of an app with Claude Code, receipts, payments, and all? You hand Claude Code the whole epic again, let it break the phase into sprints by difficulty, and make the calls it can't make for you: native in-app payment instead
Module 6, Lesson 10: Building the Expense Lifecycle (Phase 2)
How do you build a whole phase at once with Claude Code instead of a few issues at a time? You hand Claude Code the entire epic, tell it to review every story and sub-issue underneath it, and have it ask its clarifying questions before touching any of it.
Module 6, Lesson 9: Testing on a Real Device
How do you test your app on a real Android phone with Claude Code? You connect the phone over USB, put it into USB debugging mode, and confirm the connection with ADB. Then you let Claude Code build a real dev build instead of relying on Expo Go, choose a
Module 6, Lesson 8: Build & Completing Phase 1
How do you close out the first phase of a real build with Claude Code? You batch the remaining issues together, let Claude Code ask its clarifying questions in one pass, work through the blockers that only you can clear (domain setup, provider credentials, design calls), then walk the finished
Module 6, Lesson 7: Build the Profile Completion
How do you build profile completion with avatar upload? Batch profile completion with the related session and push notification issues, then bring in object storage. You stand up a Cloudflare R2 bucket, scope an API token to it, enable public access, and wire presigned uploads for the avatar. Claude Code
Module 6, Lesson 6: Writing the Base Authentication
How do you build authentication with Claude Code and Clerk? Batch the related auth issues together, then provision a Clerk app and wire its keys into your .env.local files. Correct the Clerk dashboard to match your spec, then watch Claude Code drive the emulator itself, catching and fixing a
Module 6, Lesson 5: Working the First Issue
How do you work your first real issue with Claude Code? Open the issue in YouTrack, copy its ID, and hand it over with one standing instruction: ask me clarifying questions before writing any code. You answer as the product owner, and sometimes it pushes back on an answer. Review
Module 6, Lesson 4: Testing the Scaffold Frontend (Mobile)
How do you run your mobile scaffold on a real device? You use an Android emulator, which works the same on Windows or Mac. Have Claude Code walk you through the setup and ask questions first, then work across two terminals to install Android Studio, create the emulator, and boot