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I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by sitkack »

chaosprint wrote: post #56

It seems the original poster hasn't extensively tried various AI coding assistants like Cursor or Windsurf. Just a quick heads-up based on my recent experience with agent-based AI: while it's comfortable and efficient 90% of the time, the remaining 10% can lead to extremely painful debugging experiences. In my view, the optimal scenarios for using LLM coding assistants are: - Architectural discussions, effectively re…

Steve Yegge, you should know who he is AND the post also mentioned Cursor and Windsurf. His own company works on a similar product.

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by bdangubic »

chaosprint wrote: post #56

It seems the original poster hasn't extensively tried various AI coding assistants like Cursor or Windsurf. Just a quick heads-up based on my recent experience with agent-based AI: while it's comfortable and efficient 90% of the time, the remaining 10% can lead to extremely painful debugging experiences. In my view, the optimal scenarios for using LLM coding assistants are: - Architectural discussions, effectively re…

duuuuude :) you should seriously consider deleting this post… if you do not know who Steve Yegge is (the original poster as you call him) you really should delete this post

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by adamtaylor_13 »

Is it just me or is Anthropic years ahead of the competition? I’ve used several other AI tools and not a single one feels remotely close to Claude.

And notice how few benchmarks will include Sonnet 3.5/7 in their new model announcements, because they’re awful compared to Sonnet.

What’s going on here?

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by CGamesPlay »

jamil7 wrote: post #11

How does it compare to Aider with the same model?

I just posted as a top-level, but the biggest difference I see is that Claude Code does better at identifying which files to change than Aider does, and it's a lot more expensive.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43315371

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by ZeroTalent »

jmull wrote: post #190
fallinditch wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried using Cursor rules? [1] Creating a standard library stdlib with many (potentially thousands) of rules, and then iteratively adding to and amending the rules as you go, is one of the best practices for successful AI coding. [1] https://docs.cursor.com/context/rules-for-ai

> …many (potentially thousands) of rules, and then iteratively adding to and amending the rules as you go… Is this an especially better (easier, more efficient) route to a working, quality app/system than conventional programming? I’m skeptical if the answer to the way to achieve 10x results is 10x more effort.

10x more effort once, 10x faster programming forever. Also once you got examples of the rules files, LLM can write most of them for next projects.

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by ZeroTalent »

anon22981 wrote: post #218
gammarator wrote: post #212

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So you’re not _interviewing_ them, you’re having them complete expensive work-sample tests. And your evaluation metric is “completes lots of steps in a small time box.”

Seems more like trying to find out the most proficient LMM users than anything else. I’ve never done interviews but I imagine I’d be hard pressed to skip candidates solely because they aren’t using LLMs. Each to their own and maybe their method works out, but it does seem whack.

The thing is, when you're doing frontend, a human programmer can't write 4,000 lines of React code in 1 hour. A properly configured LLM system can.

This is why I wouldn't hire a person who doesn't know how to do this.

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by [deleted] »

majormajor wrote: post #258
draebek wrote: post #231

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I have to say that I am worried that, by taking myself out of the loop for the 99%, I'm going to get worse at the 1% of things that occasionally fall into my lap because the LLM can't seem to do them. I think software engineering is a skill that is "use it or lose it", like many others. There's also the question of whether I will enjoy my craft if it is reduced to, say, mostly being a business analyst and requirement…

It's very specialized already, though. How many devs could debug both a K8s network configuration issue and a bug in an Android app caused by a weird vendor's OS tweak? Not most of us. Some people will be better at pushing the LLM things to generate the write crap for the MVP. Some people will be better at using these tools for testing and debugging. Some people will be better at incidence response. They'll probably…

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Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by personjerry »

CGamesPlay wrote: post #255

I decided to check this out after seeing the discussion here. I had previously misunderstood that it required a Claude.ai plan, but it actually just uses your API keys. I did a comparison between Claude Code and Aider (my normal go-to): I asked it to do clone a minor feature in my existing app with some minor modifications (specifically, a new global keyboard shortcut in a Swift app). Claude Code spent about 60 secon…

That seems like a steal? Engineers are paid much more to do much less

Re: I've been using Claude Code for a couple of days

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Post by smallerfish »

majormajor wrote: post #253
smallerfish wrote: post #192

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No, I'm not doing leetcode or algorithm questions - it's basically "build a [tiny] product to specs", in a series of steps. I'm evaluating candidates on their process, their effectiveness, their communication (I ask for narration), and their attention to detail. I do review code afterwards. And, bear in mind that this is only round 1 - once I talk with the ones who do well, I'll go deep on a number of topics to under…

> it's basically "build a [tiny] product to specs", in a series of steps That seems like exactly what the person you're replying to is saying - that sounds like basic standard product-engineering stuff, but simpler, like any of a million examples out there that an LLM has seen a million times. "Here's a problem LLMs are good at, wow, the people using the LLMs do best at it." Tautolgy. So it's great for finding people…

> "Here's a problem LLMs are good at, wow, the people using the LLMs do best at it."

Yes, product engineering, the thing that 90% of developers do most of their time.

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