I've now done two projects with Claude Code, I added a feature to the server running behind WordLand, and adapted wpEditorDemo to work have a second example, using Gutenberg as the editing user interface. Haven't released the Gutenberg app yet, that should happen today, Murphy-willing.#
I had never written a Gutenberg app before, btw. Claude figured all that out. For most of the project I didn't look at the JavaScript app it created. When I finally did look I was delighted to see that it used the same coding style as I use, developed over many years. It's like programming in overdrive.#
I had to do the testing for Claude in the second case because it can't test apps that run in the browser. So it was giving me checklists of things to do and I'd report back on what happened. Still, a lot faster and easier than doing it on my own. It's a very good, tireless and super well-informed programming partner.#
Not sure what my third project will be, probably going to stick with something small. The big move will be working with FeedLand in this mode. There are a bunch of changes that should make it run faster. Also might be possible to make it easier to install for people who are using AI tools. And since most of the action takes place on the server, I think I can get Claude to do better testing than I, a human can do, one who gets tired pretty darned quickly. That's when things get really interesting, not that the whole thing isn't really interesting, most interesting dev work I've done since the early days of the web.#
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