Faster Than You Think: Part 2

A case in point: this website — and how Claude hit our agency vendor like an asteroid. Six weeks ago, Liz and I retained a UK-based design & development agency. While demanding, we were ideal clients (so we all think). Before kickoff we shared the copy, the logo, and a fully formed design system. Their mandate was straightforward: design and development. Ideally in a month. A month and a week later, we were still circulating homepage comps in Figma. I've experimented with most of the LLMs — technical tasks, non-technical tasks, large and small. As recently as six months ago, my bias was simple: I'd rather pay a professional than wrestle with the tools myself when it comes to coding. A nerd friend and heretofore LLM skeptic had been urging me to spend time with Anthropic's newest release since it launched. So on the afternoon of February 16th, I decided to dip my toes into Claude Opus 4.6. The goal was modest: push the homepage forward with a clickable prototype. I fed Claude our design