Ryan Sael builds an interactive lens lab with Opus 5.5 for a claimed $25.66
The one-prompt run took 86 minutes, Sael says, and drew on files from his earlier projects rather than a blank workspace.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Sael's demo shows how a coding model can turn a specific teaching brief into a usable interactive page. His prior project files and maximum-effort setting are essential context for the one-prompt, $25.66 claim.
Ryan Sael (@RyanSael) published an interactive camera-lens lab on September 23rd after asking Anthropic's newly released Opus 5.5 to build an explanation of focus. In his post on X, Sael said the model completed the project in one run lasting one hour and 26 minutes, at an API cost of $25.66. Those time and cost figures are Sael's account of this run, not a measured cost for reproducing the project.
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