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YesChatGPT, Claude · 2 Nov 2026

I just finished a $23k engineering job in 3 months, entirely solo, that would have taken a year without these tools

AndrewKemendo on Hacker News

finished a $23k engineering job in 3 months

In the thread “AI delivers 'zero financial payoff' to most companies, Apollo economist says”

Helped: Solo execution of a large project significantly faster than traditional timeline.

I just finished a $23k engineering job in 3 months, entirely solo, that would have taken a year without these tools. That’s real money to feed my kids and working tech that made a client happy. …