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Claude Code Unleashed

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Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#11

How are people using Claude to use this much API? I use it to write the occasional bit and the free one seems enough - I've only once been told to come back tomorrow.

Pro was not sufficient when i started to: Use git worktrees, type every command in plain english in CC. For example “commit and push”

How good is it at writing commit messages out of interest?

Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#12

How are people using Claude to use this much API? I use it to write the occasional bit and the free one seems enough - I've only once been told to come back tomorrow.

They continue conversations in huge contexts which quickly slurps up their credits and instead of changing their workflow and adapting, they shovel more cash into it so it burns brighter.

Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#13
This is the dream, but we are not yet there. For any reasonable complex code base, CC needs guidance, like avoiding duplicate code/use library function. Write more tests. Sometimes there is a much more elegant solution for a problem. Claude will find it, but you need to hint and ask.

If people use Claude without a critical eye, our code bases will grow immensely.

Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#16
When I work side-by-side with Claude to fix bugs or ask it to fix problems. It constantly makes mistakes, like the other day it got the concept of batchItemFailures on an sqs queue completely wrong.

How are people just firing them off to build stuff with any confidence?

Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#17

This is the dream, but we are not yet there. For any reasonable complex code base, CC needs guidance, like avoiding duplicate code/use library function. Write more tests. Sometimes there is a much more elegant solution for a problem. Claude will find it, but you need to hint and ask. If people use Claude without a critical eye, our code bases will grow immensely.

> If people use Claude without a critical eye, our code bases will grow immensely.

Sounds like the baseline for programming in teams. People are more likely to write their own helpers or install dependencies than knowing what's already available in the repository.

Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#18

This is the dream, but we are not yet there. For any reasonable complex code base, CC needs guidance, like avoiding duplicate code/use library function. Write more tests. Sometimes there is a much more elegant solution for a problem. Claude will find it, but you need to hint and ask. If people use Claude without a critical eye, our code bases will grow immensely.

It's a lot of work, but it's a different type of work.

Re: Claude Code Unleashed

#19

Whats the benefit of this over the Claude code github action? https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action It's already great at spinning up 5+ agents working on different PRs, triggered by just @mentioning claude on any github issue.

I guess this uses your subscription, when the GH action doesn't. That alone is a significant benefit, as I've turned the action off due to cost.
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