Shown·Failed, with a lesson·Claude Code, Codex
VNC client build attempts
Claude Code and Codex: The author asked Claude, then ChatGPT 5.6 Sol, to build a bare-bones VNC viewer for Windows 10 that avoids dropped keystrokes.
Claude gave failed builds for a week and used up the 20x Max weekly limit. Sol had worked 20+ hours without success.
Overview
How it was set up
Mac Mini server, old Windows 10 client, SSH tunnel to localhost:5921 over gigabit LAN. Prompts written as an email to Claude, and a public timer page for Sol.
Worth knowing
Neither agent delivered a working viewer. The author deleted the Claude project and says swearing at the agent speeds up compliance.
A prompt to start from
The source does not show the prompt.
Sources 1
History
- Source published
- 2026-08-10
- Added to Agentic Feats
- 2026-10-13
- Pick
- No
- Markdown copy
- /c/vnc-client-build-attempts-claude-code.md
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