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YesChatGPT · 8 Mar 2025

Writing a new view used to take 5-10 minutes but now I can do it in 30 seconds

havaloc on Hacker News

Writing a new view used to take 5-10 minutes but now I can do it in 30 seconds.

In the thread “How much are LLMs boosting real-world programmer productivity?”

Helped: Simple stack without frameworks confusing the LLM or context window.

I write plain jane PHP/MySQL crud apps that people love for work, including a fitness center membership system. Writing a new view used to take 5-10 minutes but now I can do it in 30 seconds. Since it's the most basic PHP/MySql imaginable it works very well, none of those frameworks to confuse the LLM or suck up the context window. …