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Test your language's manual by having a fresh Claude learn only from it

He designed the Sharpee language and had Claude Code generate the code and a manual, then had a blank Claude instance in a VM work through the manual chapter by chapter to find gaps.

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ChicagoDave on Hacker News · 2026-10-23

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-23.

What they did

He designed the Sharpee language and had Claude Code generate the code and a manual, then had a blank Claude instance in a VM work through the manual chapter by chapter to find gaps.

Result (as claimed)

"Compiling" the manual this way did more than anything else to firm up the language.

Tools they used

Claude Code

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Goal: Test your language's manual by having a fresh Claude learn only from it
What the original author did: He designed the Sharpee language and had Claude Code generate the code and a manual, then had a blank Claude instance in a VM work through the manual chapter by chapter to find gaps.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): "Compiling" the manual this way did more than anything else to firm up the language.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50204331
Tools they used: Claude Code
Category: Dev & ops

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1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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