When YouTube kicked Pat Walls’ Starter Story channel off the platform, he spent a weekend getting Claude Code to build him a replacement. I wanted to see how it was done, so he walked me through it step-by-step. Turns out it was a mistake and he’s back on YouTube, but the site he made was so good that it’s his company’s new homebase. <p><a href="https://mixergy.com/interviews/he-claude-code-build-me-a-youtube-replacement/"><img src="https://mixergy.com/interviews/he-claude-code-build-me-a-youtube-replacement/?get-twitter-card=true&amp;v=14&amp;time=1769153330" alt="" class="alignnone size-full"/></a></p><p>Pat Walls is the founder of <a href="https://www.starterstory.com/">Starter Story</a>, a media and education company that helps entrepreneurs learn how real businesses get built. <a href="https://www.starterstory.com/">Starter Story</a> generates over $2M a year through subscriptions, courses, and content, and its YouTube channel reaches millions of viewers each month. A former software engineer turned creator, Pat is known for experimenting publicly with new tools—most recently using AI to rebuild his own video platform when YouTube put his business at risk.</p> <strong>Sponsored by</strong><br/><p><a href="https://zapier.com/">Zapier</a></p> <p>More interviews -&gt; <a href="https://mixergy.com/moreint" target="_blank">https://mixergy.com/moreint</a><br /> Rate this interview -&gt; <a href="https://mixergy.com/rateint" target="_blank">https://mixergy.com/rateint</a></p>