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YesClaude · 9 Jun 2026

Only this time it doesn't take two months of grueling work

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In the thread “Claude Fable 5”, replying to this comment

Helped: Steering the model through multiple rounds to reach the right solution.

Got in the way: Initial code quality was horrible and required significant manual steering.

… It's not my first database switch for a startup. Only this time it doesn't take two months of grueling work. I know exactly how this is done, but the amount of grunt programming and testing and repetitive work is just not great. …