How to get Claude Code without the subscription

Just used my own file converter to compress some bloated pngs for my website

Am testing PNG, JPEGs, AVIF and WebP head to head for site load performance. Should I post the results?

Just saw this nonsensical TikTok ad on YouTube

What the hell is happening?

It’s a brand new day

And Claude 4.7 is out 👀

Just shippin'

Let me know if you need a file type added. I've been taking requests from here for over a year and just keep shipping.

This does everything in one place. Batch conversions, compression, cropping, trimming.

$29 one-time for lifetime updates. (Also, most multi-media conversions are free on the web demo)

Also didn't love sending my files to random websites.

How it's different:

Apps like Permute only do multi-media. Command-line tools like ffmpeg are powerful but most people don't want to use the terminal.

Documents, videos, images, audio, email, comic books. Started with 2,000 formats a year ago. Now it does way more.

Why I built it:

I was tired of looking up command-line tools every time I needed to convert something. Wanted a drag-and-drop app that anyone could use.

Most file converters upload your files to their servers and charge you monthly.

I built something different.

howtoconvert.co

A local app that converts 5,384 file types completely on your computer. No uploads. No subscriptions.

How to Convert Convert almost any file locally - nothing gets uploaded to the cloud. Do 5384 document, video, image, audio & email conversions with one app for Mac, Windows & Linux.

Works on Mac, Windows, Linux.

howtoconvert.co

What file type are you always needing to convert?

No uploads. No subscriptions. Just a one-time purchase.

Documents, videos, images, audio, email, comics. Started with 2,000 formats a year ago and kept adding what people asked for.

Ever tried to convert a file online and the site either:

- Uploads it to their servers (sketchy)
- Charges you $10/month
- Takes 20 minutes to process

Yeah, I got tired of that too.

So I built an app that does 5,000+ file conversions completely locally on your computer.

When you finally fixed that bug

Best place to code + Best coding editor

Coding in 2026 be like

How to Convert Convert almost any file locally - nothing gets uploaded to the cloud. Do 5384 document, video, image, audio & email conversions with one app for Mac, Windows & Linux.

That's grown from just over 2,000 when I first launched it here

You can check it out at howtoconvert.co

I've been building this file converter for over a year now

It runs completely locally as an app, is a one time purchase, and is all built by me.

5,384 document, video, image, audio, email and comic book format conversions are now possible.

Unpopular opinion:

I'm finding GPT-5.4 WAY better for coding tasks than claude 5.6 lately

Usually I'm a claude guy, but right now it's almost night and day for me. Has something changed? Am I crazy?

How to Convert Convert almost any file locally - nothing gets uploaded to the cloud. Do 5384 document, video, image, audio & email conversions with one app for Mac, Windows & Linux.

It's also a drag-and-drop app so you don't have to be a programmer to use it.

You can check it out at howtoconvert.co
It's a one-time purchase for all future updates.

Let me know if a file type you need is missing and I'll add it. Genuinely.
I just added comic books!

April fools!

But not for most converters you find on Google. They upload your files to their servers, share them with others, and if you use them a lot, they charge a subscription.

How to Convert uses the same tools as those websites do, but completely locally.

Here's what's next for my file converter app:

- Files uploaded to the cloud forever
- AI analysis of your files for training
- $99/month

Privacy is so 2025

My file converter app just crossed 2,427 users!

My little photomosaic generator website is going nuts!

1-2k to 8k visitors a month! (now at ~$45 a month revenue)

aand what have i changed? Absolutely nothing.

finally 🥲

PhD thesis done.

now to move on with my life

There are plenty of file conversion sites, but when you use them, you’re sending your files to their servers.

I didn’t like that and I wanted to use local tools with a drag-and-drop app so non-programmers could use it.

How to Convert Convert almost any file locally - nothing gets uploaded to the cloud. Do 5384 document, video, image, audio & email conversions with one app for Mac, Windows & Linux.

I made howtoconvert.co

It’s a universal file converter that performs conversions locally on your device.

This is a file converter for your desktop

It works with drag and drop and converts almost any file
(also makes them smaller)

Just crossed 2,420 users 🥬

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AudioNewsRoom just reviewed my file converter app

They called it "The Local File Converter Built for Privacy"

Turns out there's a lot of people tired of sketchy online converters that upload your files to random servers

5,384 formats
Runs completely locally
No subscription