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YesClaude · 19 Jan 2025

I had a prototype running in 30 minutes

maccard on Hacker News

prototype running in 30 minutes

In the thread “Yek: Serialize your code repo (or part of it) to feed into any LLM”, replying to this comment

Helped: Generating complex infrastructure scripts and AMI configurations quickly.

Got in the way: Required small edits to match specific requirements.

… Claude to create an AMI with our workspace preloaded on it, and a user data script that set up a perforce workspace without syncing it, all on windows, with the tools I mentioned. I had to make some small edits to the code to get it to match what I wanted but for the most part it took 2-3 days screwing around with a pretty clear concept in my head, and I had a prototype running in 30 minutes. Turns out it’s quicker to sync from perforce than it is to boot the custom AMI , but I learned that with an hour in total rather than building out more and we got to look at alternatives. …