Developer builds Python hosting project Muru with AI coding tools
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Veteran developer Graham Dumpleton, during an extended leave, used AI coding tools to develop the Python web application hosting project Muru, writing code almost every day from morning to night for a month. He was accepted into the second round of the Claude for Open Source Program, freeing him from the constraints that $20 or $200 monthly subscription fees place on usage patterns. Dumpleton says AI merely spares him the drudgery of typing code, and judging whether code is acceptable still relies on his twenty years of mod_wsgi experience.
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Graham Dumpleton, creator of mod_wsgi, describes using AI coding tools during his sabbatical to build Muru, a new Python web application hosting system, working seven days a week because he finds the process engaging and fun. He explains that AI removes the typing he finds a chore while leaving him the ideas and judgment, compares incremental improvement to the Japanese craft of making a dorodango, and credits the Claude for Open Source Program with freeing him from cost worries. He invites readers to review Muru's documentation and submit ideas via the GitHub discussions ideas section about what they would want in a Python hosting system.
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