Generate large amounts of code with Manus

A user had Manus produce a lot of code quickly for software projects, but lost work a couple of times and had to add extra checkpointing.

What They Did

The poster says they used Manus on one project for six months and spent close to 300,000 credits in the last few months, using it to generate a very large codebase quickly. They say Manus sometimes lost work, so they added a dual checkpoint system, and they also had a human dev shop audit the code while another LLM, GPT, coached or audited Manus when it got stuck.

How It Went

They say the approach produced what they describe as about a million dollars of code and roughly a year of coding in under two months for less than $3,000. Their main shortfall was occasional lost work, which they say was mostly fixed by the extra checkpointing.

Worth Knowing

Their practical warning is to add redundant checkpoints because they lost work a couple of times; they also recommend paying humans to audit along the way.