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So it took $3-5k to build a 20k loc production grade service in a critical domain
therealdrag0 on Hacker News
20k Loc service
In the thread “AI coding at home without going broke”, replying to this comment
Helped: Using Composer for efficiency and avoiding frontier models for routine tasks.
Got in the way: High cost when building large greenfield services with Opus.
… The only time I spend 1k/mo was when I built a green field 20k Loc service with 2 other people (while also doing antagonistic code reviews etc)(mostly using Opus). So it took $3-5k to build a 20k loc production grade service in a critical domain. But most of the time I’m not doing that. …