Developers reflect on AI coding: from unreliable to months of work in 45 minutes

Developers shared their AI coding journeys: while early ChatGPT couldn't write reliable code, Claude Code now completes in 45 minutes what once took months. One developer points to OpenAI's 2023 function calling as the real turning point.

2026-11-01 ~ 2026-11-01 · 2 related posts

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