Rebuilding a Decade-Old System with AI in Two Weeks
archiekane · reddit · 2026-07-09
A developer shared their experience leveraging powerful AI models (like Claude 3.5 Opus) to completely refactor a decade-old internal video hosting system in just two weeks. The new architecture utilizes a tech stack including Python, Django, and React. It runs efficiently and has fully replaced the services of multiple external SaaS tools, including Vimeo, Frame.io, and Trint.
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