Claude Code Creator's Prompt Runs for 15 Days to Rewrite App in Swift
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-01
Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, shared an astonishing use case involving an ultra-long running prompt that has been executing continuously for 15 days.
The prompt tasked Claude Code with recreating Claude's Electron-based desktop application as a native Swift app, pixel by pixel. This case vividly demonstrates the immense potential of AI coding agents in handling long-horizon, highly complex code refactoring tasks.
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