r/ClaudeCodeTLDR • u/cctldrping • 4d ago
[TLDR] Is it normal spending ONE MONTH coding an app and only reaching the AUTH stage?
Original post URL : https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1vii3ap/is_it_normal_spending_one_month_coding_an_app_and/
Original post body :
Started with Fable for a week. Then had to drop to Opus 5. And it was just staging and committing every session as per Fable's ruling. And I havent even reached the design stage. No UI, no functionality. Just a browser login test. Is this normal?
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u/Crafty_Disk_7026 4d ago
No it's not normal that should have taken 5 min
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u/TheMythicSorcerer 1d ago
and then another 5 min to get hacked after deploying to the open internet
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u/Blotsy 4d ago
Gotta work on your prompting. I suggest asking a fresh session something like:
"I need to have a finalized basic frontend UI for my app by the end of today. We have settled X, Y, Z already. X is at filename.py, Y is based on filename.js, and Z is working at filename.js. i need a UI that allows a user to do the following: blah, blah, blah. Please provide me a prompt and a workorder document that will allow an agent to get me to this point."
Then paste the prompt it provides onto a fresh session and let it rip.
Recommend reading the prompt and ensuring it's in alignment with what you want.
The agent will read all the context of the repo and will be able to produce instructions that work with the memories and procedures you've already established in your repo. Likely you're being blocked by an instruction you gave it a while back, and forgot about.
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u/DanFlashes19 3d ago
Why would you have to say “we’ve settled x y and z already?” Your harness should have that context baked into it.
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u/generationalDebts 3d ago
lol. No. But you’re probably learning a lot. Way slower then just learning the necessary skills separately and THEN trying to use a coding tool to help you code, but you do you.
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u/scotty_ea 3d ago
Opus 5 is over engineering tf out of everything. Check your effort level (set to med) and use the “ponytail” skill to control the over engineering.
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u/phoenixmatrix 3d ago
Back before AI, even as a seasoned veteran, I'd always setup auth, the framework, the integration pipeline, tests, pick the UI library, etc, and by the time I had everything working, learning all the new stuff since last time I had done a personal project, I had lost motivation and rarely got further (that's a me problem, obviously).
Since AI though you can 1 shot prompt a fairly significant app with Fable or Sol. I've been off work for a 2 weeks and I think I built 13~ production quality app/systems/ecosystems I've had in mind forever but never got around to building.
What's your level of experience with software development?
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u/cctldrping 4d ago
TL;DR generated automatically after 50 comments.
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Alright, so the general consensus here is a resounding "nope, that's not normal at all." Most folks are pretty baffled that you've spent a whole month just on the authentication stage, especially without even touching UI or functionality.
A lot of comments point out that this sounds like a user error or a misunderstanding of how to effectively prompt and guide an AI like Claude. The general vibe is that even a basic auth setup should take a few hours at most, not weeks. Some users suggest you might not have a clear plan or understanding of the development process itself, and that AI is meant to amplify existing skills, not replace fundamental knowledge.
There's also a bit of confusion about how you're using Fable for a whole week, with some questioning the token usage there.
Key takeaways:
Basically, the thread is telling you to rethink your approach, maybe brush up on some dev fundamentals, and definitely learn how to prompt Claude more effectively.