[butILoveLife]

> it still takes a lot of trial and error to develop intuition about how to use them well.

I used to think so. Then a customer made their own replacement for $600/mo software in 2 days. The guy was a marketer by training. I don't exaggerate. I saw it did the exact same things.

[suheilaaita]

It's true. We're also at the point where the models and the orchestration around them are so good that any beginner to those tools who knows how to use a computer can build working apps. Interesting times.

I was pointing out that practice helps with the speed and the scope of capabilities. Building a personal prototype is a different ballgame than building a production solution that others will use.

[butILoveLife]

I said this 4 weeks ago...

Buddy its outdated.

[shinycode]

It’s true there’s some magic effect from Claude code’s work. But still, often it’s not exactly the same infra and scaling than production grade. But for a customer I guess that’s perfect, they have a mean to make their own tools instead of relying on platforms to build those tools.

[suheilaaita]

I Agree on the customer empowerment point.

I'd push back slightly on the production grade point. The models aren't the ceiling, the user's mental model of software is, depending on his experience/knowledge.

Someone just starting out will get working prototypes and solid MVPs, which is genuinely impressive. But as they develop real engineering intuition — how Git works, how databases behave under load, how hosting and infra fit together — that's when they start shipping production-grade things with Claude Code.

Based on what I'm seeing, the tool can handle it. The question is whether the person behind it understands what they're asking for. Anthropic, for example, mostly uses claude code to develop claude code.

[shimman]

Can you say what kind of software the customer replaced?