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I turned an Excel CRM into a SaaS style web app in about 15 minutes with Claude

I turned an Excel CRM into a SaaS style web app in about 15 minutes with Claude

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Many small businesses still run critical operations from Excel.

Normally, modernizing those systems requires developers, budget, and months of work.

I wanted to see if AI had changed that.

I uploaded an existing Excel CRM into Claude along with a simple instruction pack.

Claude generated:

A browser based interface
CRUD functionality
Responsive UI
Database schema
Integration instructions for Supabase

Then I repeated the experiment with a much larger ERP workbook.

The interesting part wasn't code generation.

It was how well Claude understood existing business logic and recreated workflows.

I think there may be a real opportunity here for consultants helping businesses migrate Excel based systems into lightweight SaaS applications.

Has anyone here built a business around this yet?

🔗: https://www.excelforfreelancers.com/excel-to-web-indiehackers-community1

on July 8, 2026