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YesClaude · 1 Mar 2026

That was so successful (tooks days instead of weeks) I started applying it to client work and basically haven't written any substantial code since

chris1993 on Hacker News

tooks days instead of weeks

In the thread “AI is making junior devs useless”, replying to this comment

Helped: Avoiding web searches for API and CSS syntax details.

Similarly, I started using Claude to add some features to an native app on iOS and Android in early January. That was so successful (tooks days instead of weeks) I started applying it to client work and basically haven't written any substantial code since. A big change from around 40 years of writing code pretty much every day and I'm enjoying the increased velocity from not having to web search for API and CSS syntax details. …