Benchmark compares AI coding cost across 12 JavaScript stacks
What happened
A JavaScript framework benchmark posted to the Hacker News front page on November 1 builds the same Pokémon app with Opus 5.5 across 12 stacks, comparing AI coding cost, time, lines of code and page quality. Most stacks ran 5 times and the median was taken. At API list prices, Hono+htmx cost $2.67 and Angular $4.97. Angular failed to produce a spec-compliant app in 2 runs, so its result covers only 3 successful runs, and the cost comparison should be read with that difference in mind.
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- Hacker News front pageThe AI cost of JavaScript frameworks
JavaScript 框架基准使用 Opus 5.5 构建同一 Pokémon 应用，比较 12 种技术方案的 AI 编码成本、耗时、代码量与页面质量。多数方案运行 5 次取中位数，Hono+htmx 的 API 标价成本为 $2.67，Angular 为 $4.97，后者有 2 次未生成符合规格的应用，仅统计 3 次成功运行。
Heat over time
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