Solo dev builds interruptible AI history podcast with Claude Code writing 80% of it
Goldenchild123 · reddit · 2026-11-05
A Reddit developer launched Historai: type any history topic and get a 1-minute two-host podcast with matching artwork, interruptible mid-episode, ending with an optional quiz. It prioritizes reference-grade sources, searches in the topic's native language, and links citations.
Highlights
- a dozen model calls per episode, each task assigned to the winner of bake-offs across GPT, Claude, Gemini
- Claude Code wrote 80% of the code; frontend came from Claude Design; most time went to review
- Surprises: Opus 4.8 was the clear best writer (honest about disagreeing sources), while Opus 5.5 produced more generic scripts; Gemini won on quality/speed/cost for small tasks
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