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YesChatGPT, Claude · 1 Mar 2026

It took me about 8 hours total to vibe code an internal web tool with a lot of features that if I had estimated before AI, I would have said a mid level developer would have taken two weeks at least

raw_anon_1111 on Hacker News

8 hours total to vibe code an internal web tool

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

Helped: Pasting architecture diagrams and explaining goals to AI.

… It took ChatGPT 2 minutes before I started using Claude just by my pasting a well labeled architecture diagram and explaining the goal. It took me about 8 hours total to vibe code an internal web tool with a lot of features that if I had estimated before AI, I would have said a mid level developer would have taken two weeks at least. It wasn’t complex - just a CRUD app with Cognito authentication. …