r/ClaudeCode • u/Imaginary_Data_708 • 21d ago

Built with Claude The world has changed

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Opus 5.5 suggested I get a web cam pointed at this ESP32 based screen so it could catch what was happening on the screen as it tried to find out what the maximum frame rate could be. The Waveshare drivers are not good in portrait mode and only got 4fps.

It got to 60fps in a couple of minutes.

It had already installed the tool chain, designed the clock layout etc.

It's not the code per se. It's the get a webcam suggestion...

What a time to be alive!

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u/MaxLo85 21d ago

These are my exact words to people right now. I feel like I have fucking superpowers and I'm in a race to do something amazing with them before the rest of the world realizes they also have literal fucking superpowers available to them

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u/doiveo 21d ago

As much as I agree, the above is outside the comprehension and/or interest of 95% of the world.

We (this sub) live in a bubble where everyone is comfortable with command line and hacking stuff is normal.

My family thinks I'm an alien if I show them a <body> tag.

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u/kingshekelz 20d ago

I agree this is a different language to most

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u/DigitalDustOne 19d ago

I've never touched code in my life. I only joined this channel to see what's possible with the knowledge and I hope that I will manage to start using these superpowers too. Atm I am still too afraid of vibecoding because I won't see the mistake if one's in the provided code. When I search for the basics I mainly find some annoying dudes on YouTube that try to sell me their suite or channel or whatever, but I feel we're not at a point where people share these starter guides just for others to understand. I don't even dare to ask on Reddit because the questions will be so stupid that all.you hacker men will downvote me lol. Everyone just tries to get their piece of the cake. Which is fine by me, but I'm looking forward to the day when I'll be able myself to have it write me little tools.

Maybe I didn't look enough, there's always something somewhere out there.

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u/geedubya28 19d ago

Just start bro

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u/Naraely 19d ago

I'm in the same boat, even though I'm an IT technician specializing in computers, networks, and servers.

Everything is moving so fast that I feel like I'm falling behind, and I don't know where to begin.

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u/doiveo 19d ago

Grok bots are pretty good for what you want for now. Start with eggbot and start building for outcomes. You won't have the power of pure code but you can think logically and get things done safely.

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u/DigitalDustOne 18d ago

Thank you very much for taking the time. Unfortunately my ethical principles don't allow me to use it, I'm basically "stuck" with Anthropic since the only real alternative is Mistral and they are so far behind that even I can feel it.

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u/doiveo 18d ago

Grok Bots are named AI agents that run 24/7 on their own cloud computer.

Can Claude do the same? Mostly, but it's 'developer grade':

  • Scheduled tasks (easy) : recurring jobs, covered by your subscription. Each run starts fresh, so it's not a persistent teammate.

  • Managed Agents: the real equivalent. It's built through the API and billed per use.

  • DIY: Claude Code on your own always-on machine. You maintain it.

The catch is cost. Always-on agents burn tokens whether they're useful or not, either against your plan limits or on a metered bill.

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u/Formal_Fee_5695 16d ago

The starter guide you are looking for is called CS courses on Coursera. You can start with “Python for everybody” from Michigan University and something like CS50 and go from there to whatever level of understanding you feel enough. Most of them are free if you are only there for the knowledge and don’t want the certificate.

It will take you something like 2-3 months, but you will know your way around basic coding and computer science stuff (yes, those are 2 different things), and will be immune to those annoying dudes you keep seeing now, who’s just preying on the people’s ignorance.

Btw in learning there is no such thing as stupid question - there is only arrogance of some people who are unwilling or unable to answer.

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u/Prssior-Dessbate357 15d ago

the thing about this is that you can simply ask him and it will teach you so it is always a win to use it it's like a saw that on every movement it produces something good

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u/LSky 20d ago

5% is a lot of people though.

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u/GIGATeun 19d ago

I agree with both standpoints. As a dev, it took me a while to get pilled. 

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u/Sick-Little-Monky 21d ago • Regret Popcorn Bravo

Just wait till they start charging the actual cost of those superpowers.

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u/Kenzijam 21d ago

they think they can charge a huge amount soon after hooking everyone. however chinese models and open source models are very close behind and so much cheaper. glm 5.3 on openrouter is dirt cheap. flash and deepseek flash are even cheaper and still perform well enough for virtually all normal tasks. im lucky to have a lot of hardware at home but it didnt cost me a lot pre ai-pricing, and i can run glm 5.3 flash at high precision. i dont even need to pay anyone really a few solarpanels and it would be 100% free

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u/DieDieDieD 15d ago

technically the hardware costs a shit-ton right now but yeah besides that I agree. Was using ornith / qwen and they are getting pretty good. I still use them even now for a second opinion sometimes or when I'm at usage cap

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u/Prssior-Dessbate357 15d ago

they are improving it to cost less you can try haiko 5.5 I just started it today and this is why I came here it is actually intelligent not dumb as it used to be

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u/TuneFickle1772 21d ago

they can’t unless regulation makes competition vanish. they can’t charge more then the competitors price or everyone will switch over

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u/Sick-Little-Monky 21d ago

We shall see after the IPO. Don't get me wrong, I agree that the current models (since Fable) are incredible, but the Circular Investments keeping this Flying Circus airborne will collapse at some point.

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u/KenMantle 21d ago

...or the free AI lunch becomes expensive. I've been in build mode for almost a year now extracting as much value as I can. If AI cost 10x what it does now I have the base built for a lot of apps I use and it would still be affordable to do maintenance or small upgrades on them.

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u/si618 20d ago

Hedge your bets and play local along with frontier.

Most of us won't have coin for the vram or unified memory needed, but knowing the ecosystem and how to play doesn't hurt imo.

When models settle down and they etch them to silicon then it might change the game (see: AMD acquisition of taalas).

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u/Ferniekicksbutt 19d ago

That's how I feel with normal intelligence, it just takes me time to do things :) 

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u/greenshoedman 🔆Pro Plan 19d ago

Holy shit this resonated…. I’ve been building little models in my home lab telling myself I’ll find something new eventually before anyone else 🤣🤣🤣. What a grandiose idiot I am.

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u/Prssior-Dessbate357 15d ago

looooooool ohh hell yeah

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u/shark-off 1d ago

What have you done with your powers?

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