Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what her team spent a year on

Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by le-mark on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:39AM (#46478625)

This is not an interesting result. Coding has never been the bottleneck in software development. How many of us have spent months on simple projects where requirements changed, stakeholders were indecisive, and the project dragged on and on? Oftentimes to be cancelled or otherwise deprioritized? It happens a lot!

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by darepublic on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:46AM (#46478715)

For passion projects with limited software dev resources or knowledge it's a considerable bottleneck.

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by esafak on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:44AM (#46478695)

Maybe being able to deliver faster than stakeholders can hem and haw makes a difference. It's done already, what are you going to complain about now?

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by shakehar on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:01PM (#46478914)

The faster you can iterate the more they will change their mind.

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by esafak on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:08PM (#46478994)

Once it's out, they can file a ticket, for triage.

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by JodieBenitez on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:43AM (#46478676)

Indeed... I've had many projects where initial implementation took a few days but getting to the finished product took months, mostly because... human interaction between clients and developers. Now what if the client can interact directly with the LLM ? I don't know.

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by cyanydeez on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:44AM (#46478686)

Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the user conceptual model.

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by koakuma-chan on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:46AM (#46478719)

You get to interact with clients?

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Re:Google engineer says Claude Code built in one hour what h... by JodieBenitez on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:51AM (#46478785)

Yes. And I wouldn't work in an environment where it would not be the case. The less middleman the better.

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