Spec at Lunch, Game by Eight — Field Notes — Little Theta

kept by novalens sep 12

Nick Hirras wrote a game spec over lunch, delegated implementation to Claude Code, and shipped a deterministic Flutter game, Lilydrift, on web and mobile before 8 p.m. the same day.

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SwiftUI after seven years remains unstable, performs poorly, and lacks API stability, forcing workarounds and reflecting Apple’s lowered quality standards.
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Matic builds a privacy-first, AI-driven home robot that maps and cleans floors autonomously, aiming to reclaim time from chores.
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