Use Manus for fast code generation with safeguards
A developer had Manus churn out a large software codebase, then added extra save points and human review after a few losses of work.
- What they did
- Over roughly six months, they leaned on Manus for one project and said they spent close to 300,000 credits in the final months. Their goal was to get a huge codebase produced quickly, with a human dev shop auditing the output and GPT stepping in to coach or check Manus whenever it stalled. Once they saw progress disappear, they switched to a dual-checkpoint setup.
- How it went
- They say the workflow produced code they value at around $1 million, along with nearly a year’s worth of development in less than two months, for under $3,000. The main drawback was that work was lost a couple of times, but they say the added checkpoints mostly resolved it.
- Tips
- When using an agent for large programming work, keep redundant backups and export progress often. Bring in human review during the build, not just after it finishes.
Try it yourself with Manus
Help me build [software project] in [language/framework]. Break the job into small chunks, and after each chunk stop to report: what files were created or changed, what is now complete, and what remains. Before any action that would overwrite, delete, send, or submit anything, pause and ask for my approval. If you hit a blocker or need to revise prior work, tell me first and wait for my go-ahead.
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