In less than a month since its launch, Anthropic’s most advanced AI model, Claude 3.5, has become the talk of the town. Anthropic asserts that its most recent product performs better than competitors like OpenAI’s GPT-4o.
Garry Tan, the president and CEO of Y Combinator, recently called it an “underrated trend”, sharing a Reddit thread — “Feeling very powerful as a technical founder with Claude Sonnet 3.5”, in which developers raved about their experience with Claude Sonnet 3.5.
Same Value As Hiring A New Developer
Claude has boosted productivity for many developers. They say it feels more potent with designs and better suited to creating functionality. As developer Mike Grant pointed out, “Easily the same value to me as hiring another developer!”
But what makes Claude different from others? Technology entrepreneur Tom Hutton points to the drastic reduction in development time and cost. In a post on X, he highlighted how features that used to take weeks (and significant resources) can now be built and shipped in an afternoon by a single founder.
That was a bold claim, but there are real-world examples to back it up. Hutton claimed that 100% of Members Bounce GC mobile application is by one person leveraging the power of Sonnet 3.5.
This real-world application of Claude 3.5 Sonnet demonstrates its effectiveness and potential impact on development speed and productivity.
The enthusiasm doesn’t stop there. Cognosys CEO Sully Omar echoed the sentiment, highlighting the dramatic increase in development speed enabled by Sonnet. He stated, “With Sonnet, we’re shipping so fast, it feels like we’ve tripled headcount overnight.”
He warned that teams not using Claude 3.5 for coding might fall behind those who do.
Claude + Cursor Combination is Killer
The combination of Claude 3.5 and Cursor is also generating significant excitement among developers. By integrating Claude 3.5, developers can enhance their coding experience and benefit from Claude’s advanced code generation capabilities.
Users have reported that Claude 3.5 significantly improves coding efficiency. Tasks that previously took considerable time can now be completed much faster, enhancing productivity.
Insane Coding Abilities
Another X user, Joao Montenegro, showed off Claude’s excellent code-generation skills. In one exchange, Montenegro used the JavaScript tools Three.js and Cannon.js to create a 3D recreation of the solar system, a task that would typically require extensive coding and design work.
Joao integrated these two libraries to produce a three-dimensional (3D) model of the solar system that shows how the planets, moons, and other celestial bodies interact by the principles of physics.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet Rules
Swami Sivasubramanian, the head of AI services and data at AWS, recently discussed the feature, highlighting Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s strengths in data science and analysis alongside its vision capabilities.
He said that access to a coding environment produces high-quality statistical visualisation and actionable predictions, ranging from business strategies to real-time product trends, such as customer preferences and market demand.
AI researcher Razia Aliani also recently experimented by turning research papers into actionable insights, identifying key concepts, visualising relationships, and extracting relevant data. “I made it possible with this AI agent (Claude 3.5 Sonnet). It turns information overload into actionable insights,” she added.
Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet has quickly established itself as a formidable player in the AI landscape.
It showcases advanced features and capabilities that resonate with developers and CTOs alike. With its promising features and capabilities, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is set to lead the charge in the next generation of AI development.
