Developer Recreates Watermill with Claude Opus, Hitting 46% Efficiency

A developer spent an afternoon with Claude Opus 5.5 understanding and recreating a watermill: water fills buckets to turn the wheel, gears boost 6 rpm to 120 rpm to drive the grindstone, achieving 46% efficiency.

2026-10-14 ~ 2026-10-14 · 2 related posts

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