First-Time Claude Code User Builds a Full Social Network, zwimpost, in One Week
Lanky-Ad8072 · reddit · 2026-10-16
A developer shares their first Claude Code project: zwimpost, a photo/text social site whose website and database code were written entirely by Claude Code over about a week.
- Features: chronological follow feed (no ads, no algorithm), 15-photo posts, 24h stories, DMs/group chats, polls, quote posts, attachable songs with a spinning CD animation
- Impressions: Claude Code self-tested by opening the site in a browser and clicking through features; implemented private posts as real database-level rules, not just UI hiding
- Pain points: early designs had the generic rounded-corner AI look (took multiple rounds to get a paper style); long sessions lost earlier decisions, requiring reminders
- Free to try at zwimpost.com
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