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YesClaude, Codex · 11 Feb 2026

the first shot is doing what used to be a week's work in about an hour, and then the next few hours are polish

acjohnson55 on Hacker News

first shot is doing what used to be a week's work in about an hour

In the thread “Something Big Is Happening”

Helped: First shot generates significant work, reducing time to hours.

Got in the way: Polish phase delayed by tooling speed and human review.

… The difference is vast. At work, I wouldn't say I'm one-shotting tasks, but the first shot is doing what used to be a week's work in about an hour, and then the next few hours are polish. Most of the delay in the polish phase is due to the speed of the tooling (e.g. …