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"I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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Re: "I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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Post by philipp-gayret »

cess11 wrote: post #20

Better link, at least for me: https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1953289830982664236 I've done that, occasionally, though through deterministic means, i.e. code generation tools. If you know what you're getting it's no big deal. If you don't, it probably is, but not in a good way. If it's actually true and the result reasonable, I expect ~7-8 KLOC out of those 10 to be adequate and necessary tests, and roughly 4 out of…

> I also expect static analysis tooling, linters, ast-grep and so on get a lot of use.

Better yet, feedback from these kind of tools is exactly what AI is great at in iteratively resolving so you don't have to review code below your standard of quality.

Re: "I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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Post by brainless »

I stopped looking at my code about 2 months back. I am launching "Lets Order", a micro SaaS, entirely generated by Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Google Jules, etc. I follow a structured approach, using issues on GitHub, Git branches, etc. - as I have done as an engineer for more than a decade.

Rust (backend) and TypeScript - Admin app (for managers), Menu app (for guests) and marketing site. SQLite database with LiteStream for backups. Basic tests, CI/CD.

All this - solo, in 10 days. Plus I market a lot more than I have ever had time.

- Source code and GitHub issues: https://github.com/brainless/letsorder

- Site: https://letsorder.app

I am sure there are parts that will break, but what I am getting out of a Claude Pro $20/month in value is a dream. I am generating a couple other products in parallel too, all sources available.

Re: "I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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Post by guelo »

pg somewhat backs off with the claim in a subsequent tweet "The fact that you can write x number of LOC in 12 hours doesn't imply that you work 12 hour days every day." The first tweet says "lines of code a day".

https://x.com/paulg/status/1953321877746901060

Re: "I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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Post by oxfordmale »

brainless wrote: post #33

I stopped looking at my code about 2 months back. I am launching "Lets Order", a micro SaaS, entirely generated by Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Google Jules, etc. I follow a structured approach, using issues on GitHub, Git branches, etc. - as I have done as an engineer for more than a decade. Rust (backend) and TypeScript - Admin app (for managers), Menu app (for guests) and marketing site. SQLite database with LiteStrea…

Thanks for sharing this, very brave.

Looking at the code, there is a good chance this codebase is vulnerable to SQL injection.

Re: "I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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Post by uamgeoalsk »

DANmode wrote: post #23
DANmode wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that a joke?

I bet he'd be pumped to know he created a community that's so counterculture it either doesn't know who he is, or disdains him. Actual lol.

Counterculture? Do you think you have to be counterculture not to know who Paul Graham is? What the fuck lol. Ask anyone outside of your little bubble and they won't have a fucking clue.

Edit: The above was needlessly confrontational. I don't know you and it was uncalled for. I just fucking despise Silicon Valley.

Re: "I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI"

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jackdoe wrote: post #30

I can see that. Last week I have been working on remote controlling Borunte welding robots, I wrote 10k lines of code per day, creating all kinds of interfaces, weird ik strategies, camera calibrations, weird joypad controls, cad mouse controls, simulations etc. None of it was prod ready, I was just experimenting, but tbh I would've made 1/10th of the progress if it wasn't for gemini and claude. Now I know what to wr…

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