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I started the same project end of last year and it’s true - having an LLM guide you through the setup and writing docs is a real game changer!

I just wish this post wasn’t written by an LLM! I miss the days where you can feel the nerdy joy through words across the internet.

GeForce Now is a pretty good deal for people who just want to play the “Game of the Year” titles without paying 2.5k for hardware they barely use and loose its value rapidly.

If you want a hands-off gaming experience, you just get a console. Streaming services are always going to be economically and technically unsatisfying.

Same here! I built around 6 side projects this year! One literally in 1h which now serves my little community I living in (<5k people) everyday.

A fun side effects I got from this: Now I can see my ideas fully fleshed out, and realised that, a), most of these ideas are stupid and better solved by existing solutions , or b), that the code was never the problem but tweaking the UI or user facing part to really hone in the problem I am trying to solve!

what coding agents you are using?

I am using Claude 98% of the time, and using Zed as an IDE for it.

I would be so curious how they got to the data!

I am actually on a legacy plan, and they shut down the machine by default if not used. Last month I got a bill of 1.15 USD, which they said I don't have to pay since it's below 5 USD :)

Claude through the Web, and just normal IDEs (Rust Rover and Zed) without any built in help. Just copy/pasting + adjusting through the Web UI of Claude.

I specifically prompted the UI to be simplistic, component based etc. I also prompted tailwind, so that the LLM doesn't go crazy on hundreds of lines of CSS. Everything generated I can understand and change.

Just the Web UI. So usual subscription price. I used Claude Code previously, but wasn't super satisfied. Also changing files directly gave me more headaches in the past. I want to see the code first, judge it how it looks, and then do the change myself.

Nope, all through their web UI. I used Claude Code once, but it wasted a lot of money for not much better results. So I stick to the web UI for now.

I am using Axum, Tokio, Tracing, SQLX. I am an experienced Rust programmer, so I could always judge what code I am getting, and how to refactor it after. But it saved me writing lots of boiler plate SQL queries etc.

I thought about server side rendering, but have no experience doing it with Rust. So I sticked to the stack I am used to, to ship a bit faster.

Any recommendations on server side rendering crates?

Wow, that's impressive.