Comment by MisterTea
Claude is really Bellard sitting in his kitchen, sipping coffee, casually replying to code requests while getting ready for his day.
Claude is really Bellard sitting in his kitchen, sipping coffee, casually replying to code requests while getting ready for his day.
He is extremely productive in its specialty: the intersection of programming language and system programming. I don't think that makes him superhuman.
It's more a model of what a really talented person who applies themselves building things they enjoy building can do.
I prefer thinking of it this way: if Bellard can make a small JS engine from scratch by himself, what's really stoping you from knocking down this library you are thinking about.
This explains a lot. Opus 4.5 gives you access to Bellard after his second cup of coffee.