Astronomy data exploration interface with galaxy plots
This would have helped me SO MUCH if I had something like this when starting out in astronomy. Took me a few hours to think about how I'd wish this was designed, and then another ~5 hrs for Opus 5.5 to implement it. https://t.co/NKCwEVitLL
— John F. Wu (@jwuphysics) Sep 25, 2026
What they asked for
A summary of how the author describes the request. It is not their exact prompt.
Asked Opus to design and implement an astronomy visualization they had only sketched mentally.
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- Opus effort
- high
- From the author
- Took a few hours to think, then ~5 more to implement.
- On X
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