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Over the course of several sessions in the Claude chat interface, I had it build a total of 500 clocks.\n\nClaude’s summary of the prompting process and page design is here:\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftkgally\u002F500-clocks\u002Ftree\u002Fmain",{"problem":48,"audience":48,"pricing":48,"motivation":49,"time_to_build":48,"stack":55,"openness":66,"stage":67,"team_size":68},null,{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Testing frontier models by having them build self-contained pages, a personal version of the pelican-on-a-bicycle test","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",[56,62],{"value":57,"source":51,"evidence":58},"JavaScript",[59],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"50139114","That “cheapness” is because the designs are created programmatically in JavaScript, with no image files used.",{"value":63,"source":51,"evidence":64},"HTML",[65],{"id":54},"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":70,"objections":105,"requests":139,"questions":146,"alternatives":158},[71,87,101],{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"Variety and interest of the clocks","commenter",[75,79,83],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"50138029","vunderba","Nice job. The Pong one was a nice touch where the ball traveled within a second from each paddle. I also enjoyed the interactive fiction game clock. It doesn’t really have much…",{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"50144448","WheelsAtLarge","I have to disagree. I don't necessarily like all of them, but I found them all interesting in some way. I particularly liked the Brick Breaker one. It would have been a shame if…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"50138304","ksimukka","Amazing. Thanks for sharing.",{"value":88,"source":73,"evidence":89},"Impressive demonstration of what AI can do",[90,93,97],{"id":91,"by":81,"text":92},"50144608","Recently, I asked Gemini to create a nightstand clock app for a spare phone I have by giving it a picture and a quick prompt of what I wanted, and that was all. It did a pretty…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"50160137","deterministic","I absolutely love this, especially the detailed explanation of how it was created using Opus 5.5. I wish there were more posts like this on HN showcasing the creative…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"50138342","kromokromo","Once again, impressed by Opus 5.5 for a job well done. How much did this cost you?",{"value":102,"source":73,"evidence":103},"Detailed explanation of the creation process",[104],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},[106,120,131],{"value":107,"source":73,"evidence":108},"Many designs look cheap or hideous",[109,113,117],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"50138480","elxr","80% of these are hideous. Why choose 500 instead of whittling it down a bit but having the quality bar a bit higher?",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"50138857","sublinear","There really is a cheapness to the designs I can't quite put my finger on. Even if you had told me a human made them, I'd still assume the designs are knockoffs of something…",{"id":118,"by":115,"text":119},"50139404","Many (most?) things are rendered without image files. I think it's the overall flattened look, use of overly simplistic gradients, bland fonts, animations that feel dead, etc.…",{"value":121,"source":73,"evidence":122},"Token and subscription cost was very high",[123,127,128],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"50138542","ozanbora","490,000–670,000 tokens each session a bit much, no?",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},{"id":129,"by":11,"text":130},"50138680","Yes, I got carried away. It used a big chunk of my Max subscription tokens for this week.",{"value":132,"source":73,"evidence":133},"Clock ideas repeat themes and many are unrelated to time",[134,135],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"50138373","gavmor","Gosh, these are so enticing yet such a let down. For example, the Lorenz Attractor which, apparently, doesn't have anything to do with the clock.",[140],{"value":141,"source":51,"evidence":142},"Seed the model with original ideas to extend the gallery while keeping variety",[143],{"id":144,"by":11,"text":145},"50138170","Very nice! I particularly like that pi clock. I agree that Claude did tend to repeat certain themes. 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