Taiwan workplace information platform “Interviewing Fun” and “Salary Comparison” founder Chen Zhihong (Max) recently shared on Threads that he used Claude Code to independently build the nationwide early childhood education park review website “Parenting Fun” over 56 hours, completing 216 code submissions. Based on Max’s past product experience over the past decade, a website of the same scale usually requires a 7-person team and takes about half a year.
Parenting Fun website scale: Information for 7,284 kindergartens and 2,300 penalty records
According to Max’s explanation on Threads, the website’s launch metrics are as follows: fee, space, and registration information for 7,284 kindergartens nationwide; penalty records for more than 2,300 kindergartens (published in three tiers based on severity); tuition fee lookups and subsidy calculators for 282 administrative districts; and an anonymous parent review mechanism that is manually reviewed and does not delete reviews.
Two days after launch, the number of users reached 13,327, the cumulative number of review submissions reached 94, and organic search traffic began to appear.
Max said Parenting Fun was designed around two major pain points for parents: (1) kindergarten penalty announcements on government document websites expire and are taken down, leaving parents unable to access historical records; and (2) parents’ firsthand experiences are scattered across private groups, with limited public channels. The solution is to permanently preserve every penalty record and create an anonymous review mechanism that does not accept vendor-sponsored content and does not remove negative reviews due to requests from industry parties.
Claude Code: 56 hours, 216 submissions
Max said that during the 56-hour development process, his role was to handle judgments and requirements descriptions, while the actual code writing was done by AI. In total, he made 216 code submissions, and each submission corresponded to converting one requirements description into a launched feature. The 56 hours included two periods of waiting for Claude Code to reset, as well as time to eat and sleep; the actual time spent on development was under 20 hours.
Max also said he does not use the term “Vibe Coding” to describe this process: “Making a product is not at all ‘vibe’—you still need rigorous planning and architecture to make the product good enough and stable.”
Underlying system engineering and Max’s technical architecture
According to Max, in addition to website feature development, the following underlying system engineering was completed within 56 hours:
· Dual-machine separated deployment pipeline
· Cloudflare edge network architecture
· Four-layer caching system
· Versioned database migration mechanism
· Nightly automated data collection and correction process
· Three-layer backups and restoration drills
· Server security hardening
· Performance optimization driven by Lighthouse measurements
Max said the above designs come from product thinking he has accumulated over the past decade through running Interviewing Fun, Salary Comparison, and the rental transparency platform “Good Roommate.” Launching the website is just the starting point—the subsequent content maintenance and comment review are the parts that take the most time and effort.
FAQ
How long did it take founder Max of Interviewing Fun to develop Parenting Fun using Claude Code?
According to Max’s posts on Threads, the total time spent was 56 hours (including waiting for Claude Code to reset and time for eating and sleeping). The actual development time invested was under 20 hours, completing 216 code submissions.
What kind of kindergarten information does Parenting Fun cover?
According to Max’s explanation, Parenting Fun integrates fee, space, and registration information for 7,284 kindergartens nationwide. It includes penalty records for more than 2,300 kindergartens (categorized into three tiers by severity) and provides tuition fee lookup and subsidy calculators for 282 administrative districts, along with an anonymous parent review mechanism.
What is the typical development timeline for a website of the same scale?
According to Max’s explanation, based on his decade of product experience, for a website of the same scale, it usually takes about half a year with 1 PM, 3 front-end/back-end engineers, 1 system engineer, 1 designer, and 1 content editor.
