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YesClaude · 29 Sep 2026

I had recreated for a few tens of dollars something that would cost $1000 per year to buy

alkonaut on Hacker News

500 source files, several thousand unit tests

In the thread “Sonnet 5.5”, replying to this comment

Helped: Extremely well-specified task with test doubles for verification.

… As a programmer it's kind of chilling. I had recreated for a few tens of dollars something that would cost $1000 per year to buy. Obviously it's not a complete implementation only the parts of the API we use. …