All 4,799 reports

MixedClaude · 15 May 2026

I built a limited feature-set MVP, consisting of a front-end, and a new API on our existing back-end

cub-creature on Hacker News

In the thread “AI is making me dumb”, replying to this comment

Helped: Building limited feature-set MVP with well-defined soft-ball features.

Got in the way: Uncertainty about performance on complex features requiring extensible integration.

… To be more clear on Claude's role: I didn't vibe-code the "final product" we've been aiming for in a few hours. I built a limited feature-set MVP, consisting of a front-end, and a new API on our existing back-end. Claude was able to take our existing models, with a few tweaks I described, and build new controllers and a new front-end for a handful of the features we've been working on migrating over to the new system. …