I was able to produce the code in a few days while having a fever of 100-102, which I definitely couldn't have done on my own
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code that used to require upwards of 30 seconds in a particularly heinously ugly stress test now finishes in about 8ms
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Helped: Exact instructions and mature codebase/tests enabled high-level architectural focus.
Got in the way: Claude missed key bugs and claimed no further optimization opportunities existed.
… Yes, definitely. But I was able to produce the code in a few days while having a fever of 100-102, which I definitely couldn't have done on my own. Moreover, it was plainly apparent to me, while I worked, that I was better able to think about high-level architecture and design because I wasn't stuck on the details of actually writing the code. …