Claude estimates work in people time
A user on Reddit's dev_community noted that Claude, an AI, estimated a task would take "about half a day of work." The user commented that in 2024, this task would indeed have taken them half a day. However, with Claude's assistance, the same task now only takes them 5 minutes, highlighting the significant efficiency gains provided by AI tools in development work.
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PublishedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 29, 2026, 02:54 UTC
IngestedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 29, 2026, 16:00 UTC
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- Sep 29, 2026, 02:54
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- Sep 29, 2026, 16:00
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“About half a day of work, whenever you want it”… yea, Claude, it would have taken me a half a day in 2024. But now I have you and it’ll take me 5 minutes.