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YesGemini, GPT · 3 May 2026

Gemini provided the most structured solution that would allow me to work on it, add features etc in the future, and it created an MVP in one shot after working through the planning stage in detail

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2 weeks of work to get right

In the thread “Show HN: State of the Art of Coding Models, According to Hacker News Commenters”, replying to this comment

Helped: Iterating on prompts and detailed planning stages.

… I had to develop a complex piece of software that also integrated into 4 existing systems with a lot of poorly documented constraints. I tried with the major models and Gemini provided the most structured solution that would allow me to work on it, add features etc in the future, and it created an MVP in one shot after working through the planning stage in detail. I have managed to work on that code afterwards quite successfully. …