Solo Developer, Enterprise Tool, Sixty Days: The Real Story of AI-Assisted Shipping

This matters because it honestly evaluates which aspects of LLM-assisted development actually accelerate shipping, rather than perpetuating the hype-heavy 'I built it with AI' narrative. For developers considering whether Claude Code workflows are worth adopting, the candid breakdown of what required domain expertise versus what the tool genuinely accelerated offers rare actionable insight. The critical takeaway: AI productivity gains depend on pre-existing developer capabilities and accumulated practice, not discovery during execution.