Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan expressed extreme excitement about working with AI agents, claiming he has "cyber psychosis" and no longer needs stimulants like modafinil. He open-sourced his setup for Claude Code, called "gstack," which consists of reusable, opinionated prompts designed to simulate an engineering team structure (CEO, engineer, reviewer, etc.) for development tasks. The release was met with massive love, trending on Product Hunt and gaining thousands of GitHub stars, especially after Tan shared a testimonial claiming it found a critical security flaw. However, it also attracted significant hate, with critics arguing it was just a collection of basic prompts that developers already use, and that Tan only received attention due to his YC position. AI models like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini generally praised the setup, noting its value lies in simulating an organized engineering workflow rather than just simplifying coding.

(Source：TechCrunch)