Claude 4.5 Sonnet Just Refactored My Codebase in One Call
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25 tool invocations. 3,000+ new lines. 12 brand new files.
It modularized everything. Broke up monoliths. Cleaned up spaghetti.
None of it worked. But boy was it beautiful.
https://x.com/vasumanmoza/status/1972741452276072839
The author shares their experience of using Claude 4.5 Sonnet to refactor their codebase, resulting in a beautiful but non-functional output, sparking reflection on the capabilities and limitations of AI in software development.
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